December 9, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article by Lisa Sandberg was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on December 9.) SAN ANTONIO — Operating trains by remote control doesn’t appear to be any more dangerous — and could be safer — than running them using...
December 8, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article by Hernán Rozemberg was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on December 8.) SAN ANTONIO — A Union Pacific railroad employee was struck and killed early Sunday by a locomotive he was operating via remote control —...
December 4, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article by Jane Roberts was posted on the Memphis Commercial Appeal website on December 4. Brother Joe Hunt is the Local Chairman and Legislative Representative of BLE Division 762 in Memphis.) MEMPHIS — Shelby County will not push for changes in...
December 2, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following report by Brian Maas appeared on the Denver television station CBS4 website on December 2. A video is available at: http://news4colorado.com/investigates/local_story_335162208.html.) DENVER — Technology is supposed to make our lives better, but...
November 21, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following story by Joan Kent appeared on the Lacrosse Tribune website on November 21.) LACROSSE, Wisc. — The four Democratic members of Wisconsin’s Congressional delegation have sent a letter to the Federal Railroad Administration asking for...
November 20, 2003 | BNSF, Headlines, Remote Control
(The following story by Bob Brewin was posted on Computerworld.com on November November 19.) LAS VEGAS — Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. wants to transfer much of its wireless operations from its own systems to commercial cellular service provided...
November 17, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control, UP
(The following article by Stacie Hamel was postedon the Omaha World-Herald website on November 14.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Railroad has halted its rollout of remote-control devices in rail yards until early next year because of train-crew shortages....
November 6, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article by David Patch was posted on the Toledo Blade website on November 6. A clarification in second-to-last paragraph was made by BLE editors (in parenthesis).) TOLEDO, Ohio — Norfolk Southern railroad’s assignment of a remote-controlled...
October 15, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The BLE’s Pennsylvania State Legislative Board issued the following news release on October 14.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — The idea of moving hazardous and dangerous materials in and around populated areas on locomotives and trains with no engineer on board and...
October 14, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The Whittier Daily News posted the following story by Ben Baeder on its website on October 6.) WHITTIER, Calif. — With several railroad companies planning to install remote-control train operation systems within six months at area train yards, railroad union...
