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Today's historic photo of the day: Candy liveried EMD diesel locos 42101 and 42219, after bringing the Canberra Monaro Express down from Sydney, only just fit into the headshunt as they run around their train at the absolute end of the line at Canberra station, Kingston, ACT, November 22 1985

Instead of running as a DEB set down to Cooma as it did most days, on Sundays in the 1980s, the Canberra Monaro Express ran as a loco-hauled #train to Canberra only before stabling for its afternoon return
A pair of diesel locomotives, both painted in bright red 'candy' livery, sit coupled together and hard against a buffer backed with a mound of earth. The loco at the buffers has a streamlined cab with its nose to the buffers. The second loco is of a boxcab style. The ground around the tracks is fairly well covered in green grass. A second track veers towards us in the lower foreground leading to a rocky mound from which this photo was snapped and which forms a barrier to runaways on that track. Behind the locos are a number of tall green trees, and to the right is a high cyclone wire or chain wire fence beyond which are some flowering street trees and a suburban street. Above it all is a cloudless, rich blue sky.
#train

Floppy Discs still run a U.S. Metro? Japan steps in with 'Project kill Floppy'.

Yes, we're talking about the good old floppy disk, which is somehow still being utilized for something as important as a critical function of a public transport network within a major city’s.

https://www.govtech.com/transportation/s-f-muni-will-spend-212m-to-move-train-control-off-disk

#us #rail #train #control #metro #floppydisk #publictransport #travel #hitachirail #retrocomputing #engineer #media #tech #news
San Francisco's Muni Metro could be finally getting ready to wave goodbye to the antiquated and archaic floppy disk-based train control system. To make matters worse, the current tech used within the infrastructure communicates via wire loops, a system prone to disruptions and as sluggish as a dial-up modem, which doesn't help the network's regular train delays and a whole lot of commuter frustration​. And if something breaks down, is a spare part needed? They've had to be scrounged off online marketplaces such as eBay and borrowed from other transit agencies. I don't think it gets any more cutting edge than that. Looking to replace the old system, Muni Metro will adopt a brand-new, shiny communications-based train control (CBTC) system. This move aims finally to drag the Muni Metro kicking and screaming into not just the modern age with Wi-Fi and cellular technology, but through a portal in time when the Nintendo Game Boy Color was at the cutting-edge technology during that time period.

S.F. Muni Will Spend $212M to Move Train Control Off Disk

San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency has approved a contract with Hitachi Rail for a new train control system. The replacement will move the Muni Metro off 1998 technology that runs on floppy disks.
GovTech
#news #travel #train #us #tech #media #publictransport #metro #Retrocomputing #engineer #rail #control #floppydisk #hitachirail

At 06:11 this morning began the journey back...

Theft of signal cabling near Doncaster means first train was canceled, fortunately further travel not affected 🤡

I used the 2 other days for a quick trip to Aviemore and a quick trek up Cairn Gorm - something I wouldn't have done without the ticket.

#train #choochoo #interrail

#train #choochoo #interrail

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