April 11, 2005 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following story by John O’Connell appeared on the Idaho State Journal website on April 10.) POCATELLO, Idaho — It’s a brave new world on the Union Pacific Railroad tracks through Pocatello, where train engineers are a vanishing breed. In Canada,...
April 5, 2005 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following report appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on March 24.) OMAHA — A 55-year-old switchman for BNSF Railway Co. lost part of a leg Wednesday while working in the company’s Omaha railyard just south of the Henry Doorly Zoo. The injured...
November 29, 2004 | Headlines, Remote Control, UP
(The following article by Amy Dorsett was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on November 29.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Already under the microscope for a series of San Antonio accidents, Union Pacific was involved in two train derailments only moments...
November 22, 2004 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following story by Dan Weikel appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on November 22.) LOS ANGELES — Two of the nation’s largest railroads are turning to remote-controlled locomotives in their freight terminals throughout Southern California — part...
October 25, 2004 | Headlines, Remote Control, UP
(The North Platte Bulletin posted the following article on its website on October 23.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Two remote-controlled locomotives derailed Friday near the east end of the world’s largest train yard. No one was injured. Some 100 gallons of fuel was...
October 18, 2004 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on October 15.) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. has sold its remote control business, used by major North American railroads in yard switching operations, to the Cattron Group Inc. Terms of the deal...
October 14, 2004 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following report appeared at WorkDayMinnesota.org on October 13.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Locomotive Engineers’ long campaign against unmanned locomotives on freight trains has finally gotten congressional attention, with a Texas Democrat calling the...
October 12, 2004 | Headlines, Remote Control
(The following report appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on October 9.) LINCOLN, Neb. — Traffic in west Lincoln backed up for hours Friday because of a railcar spill. The spill occurred at the U.S. Highway 77 overpass just south of Interstate 80. The...
October 12, 2004 | Accident, Headlines, Remote Control
(The following story by Jennifer Brookens appeared on the Fairmont Sentinel website on October 11.) FAIRMONT, Minn. — A 48-year-old Trimont man lost an arm in a workplace accident at the Cenex Harvest States’ soybean-processing plant Wednesday. Jeffrey...
October 11, 2004 | CSX, Headlines, Remote Control
(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on October 11.) RICHMOND, Va. — When Bob Bryant heard about the visitor to his short-line railroad in Buckingham County, he knew it wasn’t a social call. It happened in...
