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 ...

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 ...

Virtually every day, Union Pacific moves a train of up to 80 cars – many of them filled with ethanol, liquid petroleum, and a variety of highly toxic chemicals – from its Settegast yard to the nearby ...

A remote-controlled train struck and killed a railroad worker in a CSX railyard on Sunday. Freight railroad safety has been under intense scrutiny since the Norfolk Southern derailment and chemical ...

A railroad worker died over the weekend after he was pinned between two railcars by a remote-controlled train in a CSX railyard in Ohio, raising concerns among unions about such technology. The death ...

A railroad worker died over the weekend after he was struck by a remote-controlled train in a CSX railyard in Ohio, raising concerns among unions about such technology. The death highlights the need ...

A railroad worker died over the weekend after he was struck by a remote-controlled train in a CSX railyard in Ohio, raising concerns among unions about such technology. The death highlights the need ...

DB Cargo has equipped a locomotive with Automatic Train Operation (ATO) for automated driving and Remote Train Operation (RTO) for remote control capabilities. These advanced technologies will allow ...

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.

The Vectron is equipped with the ATO system. Credit: DB Cargo. DB Cargo has equipped a locomotive with Automatic Train Operation (ATO) for automated driving and Remote Train Operation (RTO) for remote ...