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Re:Dieselgate, but for trains – some heavyweight hardware ha... by metadat on Friday December 08, 2023 @10:19AM (#38570047)
The article covers this, and says the information about the lockouts was not in the manufacturer provided manuals.
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Re:Dieselgate, but for trains – some heavyweight hardware ha... by 93po on Friday December 08, 2023 @05:18PM (#38575380)
According to who?
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Re:Dieselgate, but for trains – some heavyweight hardware ha... by metadat on Friday December 08, 2023 @05:22PM (#38575444)
Directly in TFA, matey:

  > Newag explains that the train were
  > blocked by a “safety system” – but in
  > the 20,000 pages of  instructions, it
  > is in vain to  find even a mention
  > of it.
No mention whatsoever in the maintenance documents. It then becomes prudent to question the intentions and fitness of the company behind such a product.

This episode puts even John Deere to shame. I'm imagine JD are enjoying themselves right now on this Friday afternoon.

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