February 25, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(Newsday.com posted the following Associated Press article by William Kates on February 21.) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The union representing railroad engineers is asking federal regulators to investigate the use of remote controls to move locomotives in rail yards,...
February 21, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article was published by Amarillo television station KAMR.) AMARILLO, Tex. — A controversial way of moving trains through Amarillo’s switchyards is under fire again. Burlington Northern Santa Fe has only been using Remote Control Operations...
February 18, 2003 | Accident, Headlines, Remote Control
(Syracuse.com posted the following article by Jim Read on its website on February 18.) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CSX accident investigators have returned to their Florida headquarters, where they will try to piece together the circumstances that led to the death of a...
February 14, 2003 | Accident, Headlines, Remote Control
(The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate posted the following story on its website on February 14.) BATON ROUGE, La. — Five months after the Metro Council voted to ban remote-controlled locomotives in Baton Rouge, an unmanned train derailed late Wednesday on a highway...
February 13, 2003 | Headlines, KCS, Remote Control
(Baton Rouge television station WBRZ posted the following story on its website on February 13.) BATON ROUGE, La. — Around 11:00pm last night, five train cars derailed on the portion of track above Interstate 110. I-110 north and southbound at North 19th Street,...
February 12, 2003 | Accident, Headlines, Remote Control
(The Amarillo Globe-News posted the following article on its website on February 11.) AMARILLO, Texas — An Amarillo train derailment caused by a remote-controlled operated car Sunday was caused by human error, a spokesman for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway...
January 28, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following story by James Burger was published in the January 27 online issue of the Bakersfield Californian.) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Members of the Bakersfield, Calif., City Council’s Legislative and Litigation Committee recently listened to concerns from...
January 24, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following editorial appeared in the January 21 online issue of the Bakersfield Californian.) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Railroad union members call remote-controlled switching engines unsafe at any speed. Management labels the innovation a marvelous advancement....
January 24, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control, UP
(The following story by Dan Piller was published in the January 23 issue of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Union Pacific Corp. reported record profits for the fourth quarter and full year of 2002, but cautioned that higher fuel costs and...
January 20, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following story by Jennifer M. Fitzenberger was published in the January 20 online issue of The Fresno Bee.) FRESNO, Calif. — Perched in a parking lot, Paul Contreras sounds a horn and starts a Union Pacific train down the tracks. Contreras, a switch...
