> I raid that the Dutch Railways are now planning for 2009 to move their > traffic management system away from VAX/VMS.
You got a link for this? As it happens, I was at the signal box in Maastricht a couple of weeks ago to look at the system and work method there (the advantages of belonging to the local model railway club with a member who can now gain access). The front end stuff that I saw is Redmond OS based. -- Rod