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Hack on the track: Signaling flaw leaves UK trains vulnerable

UK train services could be vulnerable to being hacked, hijacked and crashed, due to the trial of new digital signaling system designed to make lines safer, reports ITV.

According to government advisor Professor David Stupples, the new European Traffic Rail Management System (ETRMS) could be targeted by hackers and exposed to malicious software which could result in an accident. The system – which is being implemented by Network Rail and expected to be operational in the 2020s – is designed to replace aging signal lights, using computers to transmit critical information live from the tracks.

Hack on the track: Signaling flaw leaves UK trains vulnerable

Found Photo

From Mount Rainier National Park:

Found Photo

Driving up to Paradise from Longmire hasn't always been as easy as it is now. Crossing the Nisqually River has been a bit troublesome at times. Our current bridge, seen under construction in this slide from July, 1959, is the third bridge for the Paradise road.

NPS Photo ~ams

Transportation Empowerment Pilot

From the U.S. Department of Transportation:

Transportation Secretary Foxx in Indianapolis today, launching our Transportation Empowerment Pilot to help turn transportation projects into true ladders of opportunity. (We're kinda proud of our new LadderStep program!) http://1.usa.gov/1Gb21eN

Gasoline Railroad Speeder

From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS):

For #TBT here's a shot of Willis T. Lee on a gasoline railroad speeder performing research for Union Pacific guidebook in Sweetwater County, Wyoming 1914

#USGS #science #ThrowBackThursday #Wyoming#railroad #historical #history

Woman in custody after wrong-way crash on I-35 near downtown | Local News - KMBC Home

Truck driver suffers minor injuries

Woman in custody after wrong-way crash on I-35 near downtown | Local News - KMBC Home

Drei Mädchen im Gleis - Selfies zwingen Zug zur Notbremsung - Bremen - Bild.de

Three girls forced a train into an emergency stop by taking selfies of themselves on a railroad bridge.



The event took place on a stretch of track between Bremen and Oldenburg, Germany.



Fortunately, no one was hurt.



The girls were handed over to their parents.



Drei Mädchen im Gleis - Selfies zwingen Zug zur Notbremsung - Bremen - Bild.de