[net-gold] TRANSPORTATION: RAILROADS : LIBRARIES: PUBLIC : INTERNET ACCESS: Library Saves the Railroads
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- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:22:52 -0400 (EDT)
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TRANSPORTATION: RAILROADS :
LIBRARIES: PUBLIC :
INTERNET ACCESS:
Library Saves the Railroads
Library Saves the Railroads
Published: 04.23.10
Highlands Ranch Herald
<http://coloradocommunitynewspapers.com/articles/2010/04/23/
highlands_ranch_herald/opinion/29_hr_column_larue.txt>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/2fe5l7w>
The North American Freight Railroads operate 90,000 miles of track 24
hours a day. On some of the busiest lines, such as Chicago to Los Angeles,
and many other sections, trains are scheduled every 10 minutes under the
watchful eyes of dispatchers far away in Omaha, Jacksonville, Fort Worth,
Atlanta, Edmonton and Calgary.
<snip>
Tying all of this together is a communications network comprised of
fiber-optic lines, radio base stations on mountain tops, copper wire
strung on poles along the track, cell phone modems, satellite links and
phone lines. Railroads have been operating for 150 years or so, and have
seen every bit of new technology deployed.
<snip>
The trains have to keep running. Stopping a train can cost as much as
$250,000 per hour, and can back up traffic for hundreds of miles,
affecting dozens and dozens of other trains. If the communication circuits
go down, the dispatchers can not issue instructions to clear signals, and
things grind to a halt.
<snip>
Thanks to the magic of the modern Internet, I am then able to remotely
connect to computers far away, and assist in the troubleshooting. To
ensure that I can be effective, I have two land line phones, an Internet
voice phone, two cell phones from different providers, dial-up Internet
connections, and a DSL Internet connection.
Until the day the road construction people cut the fiber-optic cable
between Delta and Paonia.
<snip>
We could make local phone calls in town, and to the nearby town of
Hotchkiss, but other than that, we were cut off from the outside world.
I had a crisis on my hands, since we were in the middle of the upgrade
process, and without my help, the railroad personnel could not go forward,
and could not go back. A lot of trains were going to be stopped.
I started calling around town to see if anyone had a satellite Internet
connection, but no one did, and time was running out. Someone suggested I
try the Hotchkiss Library, since they had a radio internet provider and
might be ok.
Success! With my laptop under my arm, I walked into the Hotchkiss library,
explained my predicament, and was given a table in the corner where I
could set up camp. Within a few minutes I was back in contact with my
customers, and we finished the upgrade in time to prevent any train
delays.
The complete article may be read at the URL above.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
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