June 30, 2003 | BNSF, Headlines, Remote Control
(The Springfield News Leader posted the following article by Mike Penprase on its website on June 27.) SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Working in his Commercial Street barbershop, appropriately called the Whistle Stop, provides Bob Pfister a prime spot to watch Burlington...
June 19, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article by Merilee Reinke was posted on the Superior Daily Telegram’s website on June 19.) SUPERIOR, Wisc. — Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co.’s planned use of remote controlled locomotives in Superior will not create safety hazards,...
June 13, 2003 | Accident, Headlines, Remote Control
(The LaCrosse Tribune posted the following article by Joan Kent on its website on June 13.) LaCROSSE, Wisc. — A Burlington Northern Santa Fe engine operated by remote control collided in the La Crosse railroad yard on Oak Street on Wednesday with a BNSF engine...
June 12, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article by Joan Kent was posted on the LaCrosse Tribune’s website on June 12.) LACROSSE, Wisc. — It looked like Burlington Northern Santa Fe switch foreman Wayne Storlie was just walking alongside the locomotive in the train yard on Oak Street....
June 11, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following editorial appeared in the June 3 issue of the Hermiston Herald.) HERMISTON, Ore. –- Since community safety in Umatilla County is a key factor in the debate over remote control locomotives, the area’s governments should be getting up to speed on the...
June 6, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article by Fred Leeson was published by the Oregonian on June 6.) PORTLAND, Ore. — People accustomed to waving at a railroad engineer may be in for a surprise soon in Portland. Chances are the locomotive won’t have anyone on board. Union...
June 2, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article by Jesse Bogan appeared in the San Antonio Express-News on June 1. Patrick Pino is a member of BLE Division 307 in San Antonio.) SAN ANTONIO — An engineer suffered minor injuries Saturday at a Southwest Side rail terminal when the...
May 28, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The Quad City Times posted the following article by Kay Luna on its website on May 27. William C. Peart is a member of BLE Division 125 in Clinton, Iowa.) CLINTON, Iowa — One year from now, Clinton’s Union Pacific Railroad switchyard is expected to introduce...
May 27, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The Tri-Valley Herald posted the following article by Inga Miller on its website on May 25.) MARTINEZ, Calif. — Just like regular trains, they chug along the tracks, lugging box cars and clanging as they go. In all ways but one, the locomotives running on the...
May 27, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The Clinton Herald posted the following article by Scott. T. Holland on its website on May 25.) CLINTON, Iowa — Are remote control trains a threat to public safety? Not the ones that move around a miniature landscape in someone’s basement, but real, live,...
