Congress is pushing to mandate a specific crew size on trains following a series of dangerous incidents. But the legislation leaves out a type of train that regularly carries hazardous chemicals in major metropolitan areas with no conductors onboard.
Emergency personnel work at crash site near Raymond, Minn., on Thursday, the morning after a BNSF freight train derailed.Julie Tsirkin
Union Pacific has for 20 years used workers who are not licensed engineers or conductors to operate these trains using remote joysticks. The workers are required to have only two weeks of remote operation training, as opposed to six months or more for conductors, to move these trains between rail yards.
On Thursday, March 9, a nearly mile-long train traveled from Settegast Railyard to Basin Railyard, about 6 miles, right along the Interstate 610 loop around Houston. The train went along the edge of residential neighborhoods that line the city of about 2.3 million and through several rail crossings, including one a little more than a mile fromwhich was remotely operated by Union Pacific,
“I can’t even carry out a conversation with my customers,” said Efren Gonzalez, the owner of Azteca Farmers Market in Houston. “Besides how annoying it is, the trains just block the street. Traffic has to turn around, so it affects my business.” Two engineers and conductors who work for Union Pacific and who spoke to NBC News on condition of anonymity say the company is looking to “dramatically” expand its use of RCLs. According to a locomotive engineer who works for Union Pacific, the remote operator can be in the front or back of the train, or even on the side of the tracks.
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