CLEVELAND, October 16 — Clinton County, Iowa has become the 11th county to enact a remote control safety resolution in recent months. The resolution was passed on October 6, 2003.
The Clinton resolution requests that the Federal Railroad Administration investigate the safety of remote control locomotives and develop comprehensive regulations for the use of remote control.
The 10 other counties to pass reomote control safety resolutions are: Douglas County, Wisc.; West Baton Rouge Parish, La.; Point Coupee Parish, La.; Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Huron County, Ohio; Erie County, Ohio; Whitley County, Ky.; Unicoi County, Tenn.; Contra Costa County, Calif.; and Knox County, Tenn.
For a PDF of the resolution, click here:
http://www.ble.org/pr/pdf/clintoncounty.pdf