Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
If there is any form of transportation ripe for automation, it’s trains. They work in one dimension and two directions—forward and backward. They’re not going anywhere else, nothing happens in a hurry, either. Not even started happening. One coal operator automated a private train hauling coal about 20 miles on their property thirty years ago, closed now. Never duplicated.
GF
Lots of remote control trains operating in rail yards and spur lines across the country today and have been for a long time. Point to point cross country isn’t happening but the technology to run trains remotely has been around for quite awhile.