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Links to Information About Remote Control Locomotives
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Michigan Railroads News
- NTSB Report on Alton & Southern Accident in East St. Louis on Sept. 21, 2004.pdf
- OSHA says watch out!
- Romeoville, Illinois – Remote control train derails, lands on bridge.
- Safety of Remote Control Operations – March 2006 – Final Report.PDF
- UTU complaints about Remote Control filed with the FRA.pdf
- 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
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Remote Control Locomotive Accidents
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Click on the following links to see who doesn’t want remote control in their communities:
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- 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.
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- Woodbridge bans remotes.
- Letter from BLET General Chairman Koonce to the Canadian National Railroad
- Central City, Illinois bans Remote Control Locomotives
- Wamac, Illinois bans remote control locomotives
- Irvington, Illinois bans remote control locomotives
- History of Accident Reports
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