May 23, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control, UTU
(The United Transportation Union posted the following article on its website on May 21. Additional information in parenthesis added by BLE editors.) HERMISTON, Ore. — UTU member Tim Gettman of Local 473 in La Grande, Ore., lost his left arm in a switching...
May 23, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The BLE’s Texas State Legislative Board issued the following news release on May 22.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will warn Fort Worth residents of the potential dangers that are associated with Remote Controlled Train Operations...
May 20, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control, UP
(The Seattle Times posted the following article by Pamela Sitt on its website on May 20.) SEATTLE — To Greg Larson, the 3-foot-high concrete barrier that went up behind his manufacturing company last week is not just ugly it could put him out of business. The...
May 13, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(Fred Woodhams of the Port Huron Times Herald published the following article on May 13. Greg Powell is the BLE’s Michigan State Legislative Board Chairman.) PORT HURON, Mich. — Port Huron likely won’t join a number of Michigan cities that ban...
May 8, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(Houston television station KHOU posted the following story by Chau Nguyen on its website on May 3.) HOUSTON — Remote controlled trains are coming to the Houston area — the big kind. Union Pacific plans to begin training railroad employees on how to use...
April 30, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(Utah television station KSL-TV posted the following story on its website on April 29. A video clip of this report may be downloaded at the KSL-TV website at: http://helix.ksl.com/video/ksl/0/34/3462.ram) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — An issue of safety is starting...
April 30, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The La Crosse Tribune posted the following story by Joan Kent on its website on April 30.) LA CROSSE, Wisc. — A La Crosse Common Council committee voted Tuesday to hold public hearings on whether to support use of remote controls on trains. Burlington Northern...
April 29, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The LaCrosse Tribune posted the following article by Joan Kent on its website on April 28.) LA CROSSE, Wisc. — Safer than human beings or a prescription for disaster? That’s the divergence of opinions regarding remote control technology for trains, which...
April 14, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The Florida Times-Union posted the following story by Christopher Calnan on its website on April 13.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It was a Thursday morning and train conductor Wayne Caruthers spent it pushing tons of steel around Baldwin. Using a bright-green remote...
April 8, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The Amarillo Globe-News posted the following column by David Horsley on its website on April 7.) AMARILLO, Texas — A story in last week’s newspaper included a sentence which leaped off the page at me. It concerned a March 30 train derailment in south...
