July 24, 2002 | News, Remote Control
CLEVELAND, July 24 — In temperatures over 100 degrees, locomotive engineers rallied yesterday against the use of remote control technology. The rally, held in conjunction with the BLE’s International Western Convention, took place in front of the Westcoast...
July 24, 2002 | Headlines, Remote Control
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Remote-control trains aren’t child’s play for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, according to the Tri-Cities Herald. Members of the union demonstrated Tuesday in Kennewick against what they say is the unsafe use of...
July 19, 2002 | Headlines, KCS, Remote Control
BEAUMONT, Texas — The operation of the nation’s railways has certainly changed since the first steam railroad was built in 1845. But when it comes to remote control operation of locomotives, not everyone is thrilled to see the latest technology make its...
July 15, 2002 | Headlines, Remote Control
SHREVEPORT, La. — Technology is causing controversy for a local railroad, according to Shreveport television station KSLA. Kansas City Southern has begun installing a remote control system at its yard. On July 11, dozens of engineers protested the move, saying...
June 12, 2002 | Headlines, Remote Control
TOLEDO, Ohio — Remote-control train switching, the subject of a bitter dispute involving two labor unions and the railroad industry, has arrived at a major Toledo-area rail yard, the Toledo Blade reports. CSX Transportation Corp. began training employees at...
May 28, 2002 | Headlines, Remote Control
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Remote-controlled trains are no longer found only in hobby stores. The real thing is coming to a railroad switching yard near you, according to the Lawrence Journal-World. Union Pacific Railroad this year plans to discontinue use of engineers...
May 24, 2002 | CSX, Headlines, Remote Control
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — CSX officials yesterday told Trains.com that it will apologize to the BLE for the removal of an anti-remote control billboard that BLE Division 532 placed overlooking the railroad’s Acca Yard in Richmond, Va. CSX says it should not have asked...
May 22, 2002 | Accident, Headlines, Remote Control
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — A remote control train derailed here on May 19, landing on the eastbound lane of the 135th Street bridge, the (Joliet, Ill.) Herald News reports. Romeoville police said the train carrying freight into the Midwest Generation Plant went over the...
May 20, 2002 | Headlines, Remote Control, UP
DENVER — The Union Pacific Corporatoin’s rail unit has been sued by the locomotive engineers union, which claimed “a serious safety threat” from use of remote-control equipment to move trains in freight yards, a wire service reported. The...
May 17, 2002 | News, Remote Control
CLEVELAND, May 17 — In response to the continuing disinformation from the United Transportation Union’s propaganda machine, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers’ Executive Committee has issued a letter to the union’s Advisory Board and its...
