This is probably for working on Siemens' Sibas 32 family of products. This ia a large product range for their rail portfolio. You're not going to change the break control driver system on a high speed train unless absolutely required. The oldest OS that qualifies for interacting with these systems seems to be Windows 3.11, so it seems knowledge of such a system would be part of the requirements of a field engineer, just like knowledge of first aid is a requirement even though in theory you are only going to touch a keyboard, but interfacing with high-power electrical systems can have serious physical consequences.
For a taste you can read through https://www.scribd.com/document/442402647/5A-Monitor-prog-Si...
A lone position, or do they have a Workgroup?
This article is just copy-pasted (stolen) from this blog entry, which also contains more of the original posting:
https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/bahn-administrator-fuer-windows...
shame!
After 30 years or privatization, Deutsche Bahn might be broken beyond repair.
> "Deutsche Bahn is unable to cope with the simplest tasks of daily rail operations,” says a senior European railway official [0]
In this case, however, I think they are doing the right thing in keeping software that has been working reliably for over 30 years.
[0] https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/deutsche-bahn-str...
Previous discussions:
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39168469
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39160956