[INDEX-TRANSPORTATION] - Index to Y2K issues in transportation...
...that I found interesting.
Contents
- General
- UK Railroads
- US Railroads
- Shipping
- FAA
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General
(To be filled in future posts).
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US Railroads
' I95 is the major N-S corridor and it runs at capacity.'
Some further elaboration on the railtrack problem
Message 4316557
Message 4615715
"Going back to the rail system, they've taken out manual points. I talked to some of the major rail companies a few days back and said, 'Go to manual.' And they said, 'All our manual points are in the warehouse up in New York State waiting to be disposed of. We cannot switch manually anymore. We have taken out manual reversion systems on most of our key communication, power, and switching systems.' "
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UK Railroads
UK: Rail industry bands together to beat millennium bug
railtrack.co.uk
19 November 1997
Senior rail chiefs have voted overwhelmingly to create a cross-industry body to solve potential problems caused by the millennium bug.
Message 3221037
IEE and British Railtrack training program: 'accredited by both the IEE...'
railtrack.co.uk
This gives some idea of the status of the IEE.
Message 3221163
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Shipping
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Shipping full-speed ahead to beat millennium bomb
Copyright c 1998 Nando.net
Copyright c 1998 Reuters News Service
LONDON (June 16, 1998 10:39 a.m. EDT Error! Bookmark not defined.) - World shipping is at risk from the millennium computer bomb, delegates to a conference were told on Monday, and much work needs to be done to ensure against catastrophic failure.
Message 4887362
[SHIPPING] 'Ship systems failures & Y2K'
Message 4291691
[SHIPPING] Areas concerned
Message 4587303
[SHIPPING] INTERESTING! Components to be tested - long list
Message 4587335
[SHIPPING] 'Is it too late to take action?'
Message 4587360
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IATA
[IATA] 'Year 2000 Executive Seminar
Message 4418958
Article on IATA : 'Millions of microchips, such as those found in many runway landing lights, will also need replacing. '
web.lexis-nexis.com
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FAA - Federal Aviation Agency
'Mayday, Mayday <(FAA)>
Message 5038903
Message 4663051
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) continues to be at significant risk of system failure.
Message 3791489
GAO report: ' Observations on FAA's Modernization Program
Message 3708985
3/1998
FAA - 'Now try to debug something like that!'
Found on C.S.Y2K, thank to Jim Cobbs. Sample of production code containing some stuff coded without assembler.
'The problem is that the date functions are not in programming languages, like Fortran or Cobol, but in machine language -- strings of ones and zeros more basic to the computer than even the operating system'
Message 3176008
The main concern is actually about the air traffic control
It seems that not only the US FAA is in big trouble; but also the UK Air traffic control (CAA it is called I think) :
Message 3311151
news.bbc.co.uk
Mixed bag
" Y2K planning is now at a critical phase, one that requires the input of
every department. To do this, each department has appointed a Y2K
representative. These individuals will work with the Y2K Steering Team to
identify and correct potential trouble areas that could have an adverse
affect on NS operations."
So, Norfolk Southern is "planning" and trying to hire 41 programmers --
good grief.
Message 4656683
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