October 21, 2008 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Tim Huber on October 20.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A coal miner killed at a Consol Energy operation in West Virginia was pinned between an underground locomotive and a rail car, a spokeswoman for the federal Mine...
September 18, 2008 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Catherine Godbey on September 17.) DECATUR, Ala. — Blue-and-white striped caps and denim overalls — the iconic image of a train conductor — disappeared years ago, and now the engineers are gradually fading from...
May 5, 2008 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following report appeared at KCRA.com on May 2. Tim Smith is Chairman of the BLET’s California State Legislative Board.) ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Remote-control locomotives are a fairly new technology that’s become more common across Northern California. But the...
April 3, 2008 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on April 2.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today dispatched two investigators from its Office of Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Investigations to investigate an...
March 18, 2008 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following story by Douglas John Bowen appeared on the Railway Age website on March 14.) All eyes are on the prize—remote control locomotive (RCL) operations on main line track. Almost everyone acknowledges it’s possible, even feasible. Most will allow that, in...
March 17, 2008 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following story by Douglas John Bowen appeared on the Railway Age website on March 14.) All eyes are on the prize—remote control locomotive (RCL) operations on main line track. Almost everyone acknowledges it’s possible, even feasible. Most will allow that, in...
January 14, 2008 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following report by Sharlonda L. Waterhouse appeared on the Post-Tribune website on January 13.) EAST CHICAGO — A 23-year-old steel worker from Hobart died Saturday while working at an ArcelorMittal blast furnace, the victim of an industrial train crash. Jason...
May 3, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, Remote Control
(The following report by Tim Doulin appeared on the Columbus Dispatch website on May 3. Tim Hanely is Chairman of the Ohio State Legislative Board.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — A derailment at a Columbus rail yard last week set in motion a heated debate between railroad...
March 9, 2007 | Headlines, Remote Control, UP
(The following article by Dean Brickey was posted on the East Oregonian website on March 9.) HERMISTON, Ore. — Despite the city’s efforts to ban remote- controlled trains, Union Pacific Railroad intends to extend remote operations from Hinkle. Chris Peterson,...
February 6, 2007 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article by David Patch was posted on the Toledo Blade website on February 6. Rod Bloedow is the Local Chairman of BLET Division 937 in Toledo.) TOLEDO, Ohio — A train of cars being pushed by a remotely controlled locomotive ran through the end of...
