Remote-controlled railroad locomotives have been in use in U.S. railroad yards for decades, railroad experts say. A worker with a controller is often on the ground with their eyes on the train during ...

Railroad unions are raising safety concerns about the growing use of remote-controlled trains after a rash of fatal accidents. By Frances RoblesSergio OlmosMark Walker and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs ...

Federal investigators say a railroad worker from Jonesborough who was killed at a Chattanooga rail yard in April was struck by a remote-control locomotive. Allen Lowe was killed at CSX’s Wauhatchie ...

In an era when technological advancements promise enhanced efficiency and safety, Union Pacific Railroad’s shift toward remote control locomotives (RCLs) in Las Vegas represents a dangerous leap ...

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe engine operated by remote control collided in the La Crosse railroad yard on Oak Street on Wednesday with a BNSF engine preparing for a local run. No one was injured in ...

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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.

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 ...