Re: Y2K Fears to Stop Cityrail Trains

[jumbojim@my-deja.com]

Fair enough. Stop the trains before midnight. Who would really want to
spend 0000 on 1/1/00 on a train anyway.

The problem is unlikely to be one of Cityrail's making. More likely it
will be a failure of Energy Australia's Power Supplies or
Telstra's/RAC's communications/signalling equipment.

Imagine what might happen. You could conceivably have trains stranded in
tunnels without traction, tunnel lighting or station lighting power for
several hours.

If it happens, Cityrail won't be the only ones in strife, many other
entities such as RTA traffic control might be in the same boat.
Emergency service assistance to evacuate underground stations and trains
would be minimal on that night. Trains need not be refuged or stabled,
just stood at a platform for the duration.

A further problem time could be 0100 on 1/1/00 (midnite EST) and the
sleeper of a problem time could be 1100 on 1/1/00 (midnite UTC or GMT).

Y2K is a consultants minting machine. How many are real. How many are
grabbing the cash and running.  I think there are more of the latter
than the former. All will be revealed by 1100 on 1/1/00.

JJ


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