The term "remote-control locomotive" conjures up images of full-size model railroads operated by some unseen operator, perhaps in a yard tower or a distant dispatching center.

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 ...

Railroads like CSX Corp. have used remote-control technology to move trains in and around their rail yards for decades. In recent years, though, in Buffalo and elsewhere across the country, those ...

Some railroad unions want more scrutiny of the safety of remote control operations major railroads have used for years in and around railyards without significant problems.

HERMISTON - After watching part of a remote control train demonstration Thursday, Hermiston city officials remained unconvinced the technology is safe. Union Pacific officials conducted a 11/2 ...

The remote-control trains that Union Pacific operates through the Fifth Ward area are operated by a trained and certified employee.

Fred Anderson is the third carman killed in an incident involving a remote-controlled locomotive, the unions said.

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

Some railroad unions want more scrutiny of the safety of remote control operations major railroads have used for years in and around railyards without significant problems. Remote control helps ...

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