| Posted by Samurai |
3/27/2006 4:26 AM | remove |
next time a freighter goes through at night, try to get a look into the control room... instead of gauges and dials, it's all digital (or at least the couple that I have seen were [CP Rail])
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| Posted by Agent Skelly |
3/27/2006 4:27 AM | remove |
Yeah, they are digital, you should see a GE Genesis cab :P It runs Windows 2000 :P
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| Posted by homestead |
3/27/2006 12:49 PM | remove |
sorry folks, we have been delayed by a worm
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| Posted by Path Walker |
3/27/2006 1:19 PM | remove |
That's great - all I can see is an engineer getting a "blue screen of doom" in the middle of a run and not being able to stop for a school bus load of kids stuck on the tracks... Blame Gates. :P
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| Posted by Samurai |
3/27/2006 3:12 PM | remove |
sorry but your train has suffered a fatal error and must be shut down. :oP
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| Posted by 'Dukes |
3/27/2006 11:48 PM | remove |
So after refitting does Windows say "Found new hardware and attempting to locate software for it" when they start the train forthe first time? "Found new hardware; generic electric direct drive system"
Speaking of Genesis; I was talking to one of my retirees today who usedto work for Metro North, they had them.
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| Posted by 'Dukes |
3/27/2006 11:50 PM | remove |
What if you hit the brake lever/button and nothing happens? CTRL ALT DEL; "BRAKES is not responding it may be busy; you can wait to see if BRAKES responds or you can press CTROL ALT DEL again to restart your train"
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| Posted by Path Walker |
3/28/2006 12:21 AM | remove |
ROFLMFAO
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| Posted by Samurai |
3/28/2006 1:55 AM | remove |
oh god, that's some funny shit.
I am chuckling warmly.
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| Posted by M. Fuzzy |
4/13/2006 10:54 PM | remove |
"Sorry, windows encountered a fatal error booting up, please reinstall the operating system" "ah crap 3rd time this week"
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| Posted by JimBoylan |
4/14/2006 3:50 PM | remove |
The "Darwin Awards" forum had a thread about "Brittish Submarines Have Windows". The posts were very much like these!
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| Posted by Bfagan |
7/3/2006 3:10 AM | remove |
*Blue screen of death* "Windows encountered major errors. Starting memory dump in 10 seconds....."
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| Posted by INeedAttention.com |
8/25/2007 3:37 PM | remove |
What does AMT stand for on the handset?
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| Posted by Agent Skelly |
8/26/2007 6:32 AM | remove |
AMT is just an abbreviation of Amtrak...not an official one though; their AAR mark is AMTK.
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| Posted by Shawnerr |
2/27/2008 6:08 AM | remove |
I would of brought a 12v battery with me to power up that radio and see if I could call anyone or even pick up any transmissions.
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
2/29/2008 2:32 AM | remove |
Funnily enough, the local Montreal commuter train transport agency goes by the same initials.
http://www.amt.qc.ca/english/welcome.asp
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| Posted by Agent Skelly |
2/29/2008 8:11 PM | remove |
Shawnerr: Its a Motorola Railroad Spectra which if I remember right, Amtrak has setup to run on 72V. And plus, I already hear Amtrak and the other railroads on my scanner :)
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| Posted by Shawnerr |
5/16/2008 6:09 PM | remove |
Agent Skelly: Yeah, I read somewhere that today that pretty much all locomotives are operating on the 72vDC system. I believe this specific radio has 12vDC, 36vDC or 72vDC modes. The 12vDC mode is usually used in trucks or on the repair bench. But yeah, you can just hear the railroads on a scanner. Scanners are awesome! :)
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