100kph tops. The section of track between Morayfield and Burpengary seem straight enough for a speed increase. Narangba to Dakabin could be a possible candidate because of the gentle bends, but I could be wrong.
Now the next step is to upgrade Beerburrum to Nambour.
Between Narangba and Burpengary used to be 120km/h in the 90s and 2000s before it was lowered to 100km/h around the early 2010s. It was intended for the ICEs at the time, but was also used for the IMUs (which ran fewer services to Nambour around that period prior to the Sector timetables introduced in the mid 2010s).
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Anyone know why Clarks barely runs artics on weekends? 555 should be artics all the time IMO.
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Saw a set of steam-hauled wooden carriages pass at Roma st (behind the tilt train in this picture of you look closely).
What sort of event is happening to run that kind of train?
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Saw the train consist pass through Bundamba earlier this morning. DEL, water gin, BETY tender first, wooden carriages.
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My guess is trial or training run for the Santa train. Purely a guess, though.
Donât they run Santa trains with suburban trains instead of heritage stock?
This year as part of QRâs 160 years they are having a Santa Steam Express Celebration Sunday 30th November 2025.
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And? Why does that matter? Plenty of industrial systems rely on old but stable operating systems. I know places that are running Windows 2000 and OS/2.
Provided it doesnât have internet access, it shouldnât be a problem. Personally, Iâm glad theyâre not running Windows 11.
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Currently at Fortitude Valley, and thereâs just been an announcement that the first three cars of the Shorncliffe train are locked.
There was a similar announcement yesterday afternoon, although I have no idea if it was the same set. Didnât catch the leading set, but trailing is SMU285.
Iâm wondering whatâs wrong with it, seeing as it obviously still moves.
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The oneâs at central are (at least were earlier this year) using Windows for Embedded Systems which I found amusing.
Do the PIDs count as an embedded system? It doesnât really need a tonne of functionality apart from showing details of the next few scheduled trains, so embedded windows does a good job for the PIDs.
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It makes sense, just not what first picture when you think of an embedded system.
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All those systems are getting replaced with the roll out of CRR and QTMP.
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That article is only about the QTMP trains. Is there something else for station PIDs that the other posts are talking about?
I know but they are getting updated as well in the back end.
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Honestly I feel like PIDs & the like should be running embedded OSes. Itâs quite wasteful to have a computer capable of running an entire operating system when all youâre doing is displaying timetable data and announcements (plus, the less complex the system the less chance for bugs). Obviously this doesnât always happen because of dev/setup time constraints but I can dream
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Separate to above, bit of chaos on the train network this morning. 5 to 10-min delays on a few different services departing Bowen Hills, and a lot of inbound Roma St terminators running as 3-car units. Very glad Iâm not a passenger on one of those
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