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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MATTOON — A locomotive running down the tracks without an engineer in the cab used to be a runaway train. Today, a locomotive driven by someone outside the engine cab is a run-of-the-mill operation in ...

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 ...

LINWOOD — When Norfolk Southern began putting new remote control technology in place in its rail yard, the company promised a safer environment. But local engineers and conductors who work there say ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...