October 11, 2004 | BNSF, Headlines, Remote Control
(The following story by Vikas Bajas appeared on The Dallas Morning News website on October 9.) FORT WORTH, Texas — For an old economy company, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. is a poster child for brave new world automation. The railroad drills its engineers...
September 30, 2004 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following story by Scott Wong appeared on The Argus website on September 30.) FREMONT, Calif. — Hotel owner Kamlesh Patel says hardly any of the guests who stay at his Holiday Inn Express in Warm Springs ever come back. Since Union Pacific Railroad began...
September 29, 2004 | Accident, Headlines, Remote Control
(The following story by the Associated Press appeared on the Kansas City Star website on September 29.) EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Two federal agencies have begun an investigation into a railroad tanker car fire that led to the evacuation of about 200 people in East...
September 23, 2004 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following report appeared on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on September 21.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Four train cars went off the tracks at an East St. Louis area rail yard about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, setting fire to a spilled chemical and possibly sickening...
September 20, 2004 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article by Lois Caliri was posted on the Roanoke Times website on September 19.) ROANOKE, Va. — Remote-control trains are not just for kids anymore. Actual railroad workers are using small radio-control boxes to send trains forward or backward up...
September 7, 2004 | BNSF, Headlines, Remote Control
(The following story by Mike Linn appeared on the Clovis News Journal website on September 5.) CLOVIS, N.M. — The cause of death of a Clovis railroad worker moving a tank car is still under investigation, according to city and railroad officials. Glen A. “Skip”...
July 30, 2004 | Headlines, Remote Control
CLEVELAND, July 30 — Two remote control operators were injured on July 28 when the remote control equipment they were operating for the Alton and Southern Railroad collided in Gateway Yard at East St. Louis, Ill. One of the injured employees was riding on the...
July 28, 2004 | Accident, Headlines, Remote Control
(The following story by Linda N. Weller appeared on The Telegraph website on July 28.) ALTON, Ill. — Environmental cleanup crews worked for hours Tuesday to stem a leak in a diesel fuel tank and to clean up several hundred gallons of fuel that spilled when a...
July 26, 2004 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following story appeared on the North Platte Bulletin website on July 24.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — A remote controlled train collided with another train near the east end of Bailey Yard Friday morning, derailing two cars. The accident happened about 9 a.m....
June 23, 2004 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article by Anthony Flint was posted on the Boston Globe website on June 23.) BOSTON — Subway and commuter rail riders will be discouraged from bringing briefcases or backpacks on board during the week of the Democratic National Convention, and any...
