CANAC Remote Control Technologies Inc.'s BELTPACK remote control units have been used since 1989 by the Canadian National Railway Co. to operate locomotives during switching and maintenance projects - ...

Union officials contend Union Pacific's trial remote controlled operation of locomotives is "unsafe", and would be detrimental to the Houston area if the technology is implemented later this year as ...

Every Union Pacific freight train that runs in Houston is operated by a Union Pacific employee, whether it is an engineer operating a conventional locomotive or a conductor operating a ...

The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad on Tuesday morning confirmed that there will be use of remote control technology after the first of the year, but not in the way that is being discussed with ...

DEARBORN, MICH. — Members of the group Railroad Workers United were enjoying a few beers after their biennial convention in Dearborn, Mich. April 23 when one of them got a text message with some ...

Using remote control operators helps limit costs by using less experienced workers to move locomotives that help assemble trains — a task that once required licensed engineers who are among the ...

The CSX worker who discovered his friend run over by a pair of remote-control locomotives in a railyard last year sees a simple solution to preventing similar deaths in the future: two-person crews.

A rail worker fatally crushed by a remote-controlled train has sparked calls for an investigation into the accident. The worker died over the weekend after he was struck by a remote-controlled train ...

MATTOON — A locomotive running down the tracks without an engineer in the cab used to be a runaway train. Today, a locomotive driven by someone outside the engine cab is a run-of-the-mill operation in ...

The death of a railroad worker struck by a locomotive he was operating by remote control has revived a debate over whether the devices assist rail workers or threaten their safety. The locomotive hit ...