Anyone on here fluent in Windows 3.11?
Windows 3.11 trundles on as job site pleads for 'driver updates' on German trains

I was! I've still got all the (printed) books in my workroom, and probably the complete installation files om 3 1/2" disks.

Yikes!

That's scary!!

Single threaded and voluntary yield to system...

One bug, or one glitch, and... Game Over.


Keep on rollin'?

Train safe?
Martin

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Replace the system with a RasPi-2040?

Ya know it makes sense!!


Keep searchin',
Martin

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This article is not about trains but McLaren F1 supercars. They need a DOS system for maintenance: https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/3/11576032/mclaren-f1-compaq-laptop-maintenance

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I was! I've still got all the (printed) books in my workroom, and probably the complete installation files om 3 1/2" disks.

I still have the 2 books that came with 3.11 in my library, but I gave away the 2 complete box sets that I had (along with complete box sets of '95 and '98SE on floppies) to an avid young fellow down the road who also takes all the old hardware that I can't be bothered with anymore.

Cheers.

Court finds that derailment was completely avoidable if communications hadn't broken down.

Australian Rail Track Corporation and NSW Trains plead guilty to duty breach after fatal Wallan derailment.

Two government rail organisations have pleaded guilty to criminal charges after a deadly high-speed train derailment in Victoria.

The XPT train service between Sydney and Melbourne derailed on February 20, 2020, near the regional town of Wallan with 155 passengers on board.

The train driver, John Kennedy, 54, and his co-pilot, Sam Meintanis, 49, were killed in the crash, while 61 passengers and five staff were injured.

The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) and NSW Trains each appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday, pleading guilty to a breach of duty under the Rail Safety National Law.

The court was told the train had been diverted along a secondary track, entering at more than 100km per hour when the speed limit was just 15km per hour.

This caused the lead power car to roll and all five passenger cars derailed in a “concertina effect”.

Lawyers acting for each government-owned organisation acknowledged they had breached the law and spoke of the “deep regret” felt......

,,,,,,Under the system, a qualified worker would board the train between Kilmore East and Donnybrook, and advise the driver of issues along the line.

However in the days before the crash, the ARTC made a number of changes to the safety system and procedures.

One of these changes, implemented on February 19 would divert the XPT train service along a secondary 1.5km line from 2.30pm the following day, however the information was not passed along to Mr Kennedy or NSW Trains.

The court was told Mr Kennedy had driven the route eight times between February 6 and 20, with this being the first time he was diverted. ....

Not a new idea, the crossing at Sumburgh Airport has been in place since before 1975, which is when I first used it.

And then there's Buochs Airport in Switzerland where Pilatus have their factory, although there have traffic lights for the aircraft & the road traffic.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Don't forget Gibraltar Airport: (but at March 31st 2023, a tunnel under the runway was opened).

A massive pile up. :-O

3 trains involved in collision, derailment in Pennsylvania.

I expect that there will be more to come.

There are strange habits when it comes to railways.

Bristol man quits job to build railway departure boards
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Russell Pirie, a software engineer from Bradley Stoke, was inspired to make a homemade version of the station displays after becoming fascinated by them on his daily commute.

The displays have proven popular with commuters and people with autism, and Russell's family have been recruited to help manufacture them.

People living abroad have even bought them, to track train activity at their local stations back in the UK.

The brew may not of noticed it, but many others did.

Train goes up in flames while rolling through London, Ontario.

It certainly lit up the night.

Cheers.

Yet another 1 comes to a fiery end after running off the rails.

Investigation underway after freight train carrying fuel derails, igniting large fire.

Automation doesn't seem to help either.

Train collision hits iron ore giant Rio Tinto in WA.

Mining giant Rio Tinto is investigating a serious train collision on its rail network in Western Australia.

One of its autonomous trains smashed into a set of stationary wagons about 80km from Karratha in the state’s Pilbara region just after midnight on Monday.

The company confirmed no one was injured in the smash but three locomotives and 22 wagons were impacted.

“We have notified the appropriate regulators and commenced an investigation,” a spokesman said.

“Work will soon begin to clear the rail line.”

The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator is also looking into the collision......

If you're going to do something, you might as well do it right.

In an unassuming rumpus room, model rail enthusiast Peter Michalak has been working for more than a decade on a mammoth project that has cost him tens of thousands of dollars and caused him to suffer "lots of" burnt fingers.
He estimates it will "easily" take him at least another 10 years to finish the intricate and nostalgic recreation of the broad gauge train line that once ran from Adelaide to the Victorian town of Serviceton.
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So how much has it cost so far?

"Please don't ask," Mr Michalak said.
"Just locomotives and rolling stock, there's at least $20,000 worth of stuff on there. That's not including the track, or the scenery, or the bench work.
"It gets expensive, fast. Very, very fast."

Model train enthusiast recreates Adelaide to Victoria broad gauge rail line in his rumpus room.
The video is well worth watching.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Four dead, dozens injured in passenger and freight train collision in Czechia.

Four people have died and more than 20 were injured when a passenger train collided with a freight train in the Czech city of Pardubice, emergency and government officials say.

At least 20 people suffered light injuries and another three were seriously injured, Interior Minister Vit Rakusan said.

Rescue services were on the scene, the police said, and were helping passengers.

The crash occurred after 11pm on Wednesday evening, local time, on the country's main rail corridor from Prague to the east......

At least 13 people have died and over 25 have been injured in a train crash in India

The goods train hit the Kanchanjunga Express on Monday morning local time, which was on its way to Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, from the north-eastern state of Agartala, derailing three passenger carriages, police said.

Senior police officer Abhishek Roy told Indian news agency ANI that they had rescued 25 to 30 people.

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Grant
Darwin NT