April 7, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The Des Moines Register posted the following article by Jason Clayworth on its website on April 5.) DES MOINES, Iowa — A labor union is questioning the safety of remote-control trains at two Union Pacific rail yards in Des Moines. Charles Hintz, a spokesman for...
March 31, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article by Jennifer K. Morita was published by the Sacramento Bee on March 30.) SACRAMENTO — Union Pacific Railroad’s use of remote-control technology to drive locomotives has one labor union trying to garner support for a ban against the...
March 27, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article by Robin Cleavenger appeared in the Erwin Record on March 26.) ERWIN, Tenn. — The Unicoi County Commission unanimously passed a resolution Monday against the use of remote-control technology by CSX Transportation. “I have gotten...
March 20, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(Canac distributed the following press release on March 19.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CANAC Inc, today announced that CSX Transportation Inc. (CSXT) has ordered and will take delivery of seventy-five (75) BELTPACK(R) locomotive remote control (LRC) systems during...
March 18, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article by George Lauby was published in the North Platte Telegraph on March 16.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — They want safe trains, and the want them now. About 60 people carried placards and rallied Saturday outside the Lincoln County Courthouse...
March 14, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control, TTD
(WorkdayMinnesota.org posted the following article on its website on March 12.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Acting on behalf of 35 unions representing transportation workers, the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department called upon the Federal Railroad Administration to...
March 12, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article is from WFSA in Montgomery, Alabama.) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A group of engineers claims if something isn’t done soon, there’s a train accident out there just waiting to happen. A lot of people don’t know it, but a number of...
March 12, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control, UP
(The Daily Nonpareil posted the following article by Greg Jerrett on its website on March 7.) COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — If you thought playing with toy trains was fun, imagine the rush of playing with the full-size models right in the rail yard. That is the sole...
March 12, 2003 | CSX, Headlines, Remote Control
(The Newport News Daily Press posted the following article by Peter Dujardin on its website on March 11.) NEWPORT NEWS, Va.–It may be an old-time industry steeped in the romance of America’s past, but the railroad business has always adapted to...
March 12, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The Chicago Tribune posted the following article by Frank James on its website on March 12.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The growing use by railroad companies of remote-control technology that permits freight trains to operate without humans in the cabs was criticized...
