Amtrak back on track after server breakdown forces dozens of cancellations

Amtrak trains across the US are back on schedule after a server breakdown forced the rail service to cancel dozens of routes across the American Midwest and parts of California. In a statement released over the weekend, Amtrak attributed the sudden spike in cancellations to "intermittent communications issues" with a rail- …

[Korev]

Sounds like some IT teams are due for some training

Looks like there was a sleeper on the job...

[Korev]

They couldn't see the points of working...

[Korev]

They need to alter some buffer settings on the server...

[Anonymous Coward]

We'll eventually get the Who Me? entry from a Wabco staffer who will explain how they got sidetracked while they were tending a critical process. They'll fill us in on how everything flew off the tracks. You just know that a blameless admin will get railroaded for the failure.

[Sceptic Tank]

From the wrong side of the tracks.

This is sending out the wrong signals.

[Gene Cash]

Brought AMTRAK to a crawl?

How could anyone tell?

The main train to the west coast has "temporarily" been out of service for 5 years now.

[Refugee from Windows]

Familiar territory

Transpennine Express beat them to it, with similar problems causing widespread chaos. The main difference is that they are managing to cut off the East Coast here and in particular to Scarborough.