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*Note - Some of the following
links are to PDF files which may be quite extensive to download and
require that you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed.
News story from KCNC in Denver
Colorado. Link to video of the news cast is included in the story.
Links to
information about remote control locomotives:
The December 14, 2006 death
of a CSX carman by a Remote Control Locomotive in DeWitt Yard outside of
Syracuse, N.Y has prompted the FRA to issue the first Safety Advisory for
2007. <
Click for
a link to Safety Advisory 2007-01.>
1/19/2007
Sept. 10, 2006 - E. St.
Louis Switchman killed by remote control locomotive
Since the end of
June the Galesburg yard of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF)
railroad .......
Commission Adopts Remote Control Locomotive Rules
Railroad changes weight rules after accident in East St. Louis
9/30/2004
Arlington, Texas -
March 10, 2004.....near tradgedy.
BLET - Remote
Control
BLET
statement on remote control train wreck in Arlington, Texas
East St.
Louis hazmat spill the latest in rash of remote control wrecks
Remote
control claims another victim - April 13, 2005
B of LE Washington State Legislative
Board
Canadian experience with
remote control - Kamloops Yard
Cheektowage, NY
-Feb. 9, 2004 - Accident
CSX Transportations web site - remote control incidents
Dallas, TX -
Remote control's been workin' on the railroad
Hazard Survey on Remote Control
Locomotives.pdf 6/26/2008
Office
of the Illinois Attorney General - Press Release - September 21 Derailment
at East St. Louis
Michigan Railroads News
NTSB Report on Alton
& Southern Accident in East St. Louis on Sept. 21, 2004.pdf
OSHA says watch out!!!!!!
Railway Age
article - They say it is safe!!!
Robotic
Automation? CANAC says no!!!
Romeoville,
Illinois - Remote control train derails, lands on bridge.
Safety of Remote Control
Operations - March 2006 - Final Report.PDF
UPRR B of LE Southern Reg.
GCA
UPRR B of LE Southern Reg.
GCA - News
UTU complaints
about Remote Control filed with the FRA.pdf
Large file
FRA information - "potential for serious injury exists"
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION : RCL-Questions and Answers
FRA Document - 2000-7352 -3 UTU Remote Control Complaints
KCBS
Channel 2 Los Angeles: Robot Railroads
NTSB Report -
Switch Foreman Killed by Remote Control Locomotive - Dec. 7, 2003
Letter from Senator
Kennedy to FRA - PDF
Letter to the Illinois 93rd General Assembly-Feb-03
Illinois AFL-CIO Resolution
Click on the following links
to see who doesn't want remote control in their communities:
2nd Ohio city bans remotes.
Beardstown, Illinois bans remotes.
Boston, Mass.
Bans Remotes.
Champaign County, Illinois passes
Resolution - PDF Document
Cleveland asks for remote ban.
Greenup County Kentucky - After serious accident!!!
North Little Rock bans remotes.
Ohio county bans remotes.
Woodbridge bans remotes.
Letter from BLET General
Chairman Koonce to the Canadian National Railroad
The documents page has a
copy of FRA Notice of Safety Advisory 2001-01
Recommended minimal
guidelines for the operation of remote control locomotives.
Remote Control in action at
Champaign, Illinois. April 15, 2005
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Remote Control in action at
Galesburg, Illinois.
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