February 21, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, DOT, East Palestine-NS, News, NS, Remote Control
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 21 — The following statement is from BLET National President Eddie Hall in response to recommendations released today by U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg: Our members who work in the cabs of the nation’s train engines welcome...
January 27, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety, Remote Control, SMART-TD
(Source: SMART Transportation Division press release, January 26, 2023) In a letter dated Jan. 25, the general chairperson of SMART Transportation Division’s GO 577 informed Union Pacific’s senior vice president of operations that the union was withdrawing from any...
March 31, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, NTSB, Remote Control
NTSB publishes preliminary report on February fatality of BNSF worker in Denver (Source: National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report, March 29, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors...
June 13, 2019 | Headlines, NTSB, Remote Control
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, June 11, 2019) NEW YORK — A remote-controlled locomotive struck and killed a CSX railroad employee back on April 13, and the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed it almost two months later. Allen Lowe, who had worked...
November 13, 2018 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Remote Control
(Source: Reuters, November 11, 2018) MELBOURNE — An empty iron ore train has derailed in Western Australia after poor weather eroded part of the track, operator Mineral Resources Ltd said on Monday, just a week after the derailing of a runaway ore train in the state’s...
November 13, 2018 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Remote Control
(Source: The West Australian, November 11, 2018) OSBORNE PARK — BHP says it has resumed rail operations between its Pilbara iron ore mines and Port Hedland after the company had to derail a runaway train that severed the critical transport link last week. A company...
November 9, 2018 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Remote Control
(Source: The Guardian, November 9, 2018) LONDON — A runaway driverless freight train that derailed in northern Tasmania and injured two people did not respond to remote control commands before rolling away from a loading facility, a report has found. The...
July 3, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Remote Control
(Source: CBC News, June 27, 2018) TORONTO — A probe into how 74 rail cars were allowed to roll uncontrolled for five kilometres onto a busy track just north of Toronto has resulted in investigators calling for Transport Canada to overhaul training requirements for...
February 4, 2016 | CP, Headlines, Remote Control
(Source: CBC News, February 4, 2016) OTTAWA — Two pressurized tanker cars loaded with propane collided at a CP Rail yard northeast of Edmonton, marking the third such accident at the Scotford Yard involving a remote-controlled train in less than two months, CBC News...
October 5, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Remote Control
(Source: Montreal Gazette, October 1, 2015) MONTREAL — The train track in St-Henri is an example of how lax rules governing railway operations could lead to a disaster, said Daniel Green, the Green Party candidate for the Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest –Île-des-Soeurs...
