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I am an engineer and I work one of the last two jobs with an engineer left in my terminal. Where I work the remotes go over multiple public crossings everyday, several times a shift. There is nothing illegal about running a remote over a public crossings. <br /> <br />As far as operating from the cab there was an injunction to prohibit the operation from inside the cab until a decision was made by arbitration. That decision has been made and a remote operator can now control the locomotive from inside the cab of the locomotive. <br /> <br />The carriers and the BLE still don't see eye to eye about everything that is being done and I am sure that there will be additional arbitration. The carriers believe that the term "in and around the terminal" from the arbitration allows them to run remotes outside yard limits. The BLE believes that it is not allowed. The carriers believe that one operator or the utility man may give radio and hand signs so the other operator can control the movement without being on the proper end of the movement. The BLE believes that radio and hand signs to control the movement are not allowed under the arbitration. Timeslips are being turned in on the moves that are in disagreement. Eventually the timeslips will reach the NMB and a decision will be made on these issues.
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