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 ...

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.

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 ...

Waving to the engineer in the cab of a passing locomotive is a tradition as old as railroading itself, but a wave at the cab of an engine working in one of the region's switching yards might go ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Most of the reaction to ...

HALSEY - If as a child the thought of having a remote-controlled train set under the family Christmas tree kept you awake all night with anticipation, Ron Cuzick has what you might consider the ...

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 ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Most of the reaction to the predawn death of a rail worker who mistakenly stepped in front of two CSX locomotives last month has focused on whether the 19-year veteran should have ...