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Cy Valley


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Frontier Yard, Buffalo:

Last week, on February 16, a woman was struck and killed by a remote controlled locomotive (RCL) in CSX Transportations Frontier Yard in Buffalo, New York. This is at least the second time in the past year that a CSX RCL has been involved with hitting a local resident in a neighborhood bisected by CSX tracks in Buffalo. Last June, an 8-year-old child lost his leg to an RCL at almost the same spot. The Frontier Yard, like many rail yards, is not completely closed to the public. Whenever RCLs are used in uncontrolled environments they pose a significant public safety risk. BLET has been outspoken on this issue. BLET National President Eddie Hall in a guest editorial in the Houston Chronicle raised questions about the safety of RCLs and said their use, especially outside of rail yards, should be ended.



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The public not sposed be running around in a railyard but do it anyway. BNSF has 100's of no trespassing signs and remote control
signs posted in Everett. What else can you do?

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The Krink wrote:

What else can you do?

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A: Staff every crew with a highly qualified, well-trained, and well-rested locomotive engineer whose duty is to safely operate the locomotive from the lead locomotive.

 

Thank you.



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^This^

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jonnycantdo wrote:

^This^

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I missed, "safety-conscious." Oops. Snippy has seen too much PSR, where safety comes fourth or not at all.



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^^  THIS  ^^

 

 

Even if you had this, the Locomotive Engineer cant be 2 places

at the same time. 



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The article I read part of, which disappeared when the site told me I wasn't a subscriber, said that parts of Frontier Yard has public crossings.

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