The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association Annual Conference and Exhibition will be held at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix Arizona on November 16-19, 2021. Control Chief will be at the show at Booth 924 to showcase our Locomotive Remote Control Systems with our Locomotive Remote Control experts, Dave Tenney and Dan Sipko. […]
Dustin Smith, Lafarge Holcim We love our Control Chief wireless remote that runs our RailKing. It makes our job so much easier! In the cement industry, we are busy for much of the year. Not climbing in and out of our machine saves us a lot of time and increases our production! Thanks Control Chief, […]
Jeremy Wyatt, Maintenance Engineer, Sitran It helped us out by putting the engineer right beside us… He can see how quickly the coal is coming out. He’s more involved in the whole process. There’s no reason anymore for us to have downtime. Watch the Video Views: 25
Aaron, Locomotive Engineer, Glen O. Hawbaker It is so much more efficient because we did a lot of stone loading off that dock, so as you’re dumping stone in the cars, you are trying to communicate with the engineer to move the cars, and it’s hard to do that because you always have that delay. […]
Eric Taylor, Chief, Bradford City Fire Department With our older overhead door opener, sometimes we were right in front of the building, and unable to open the door, obviously, time is of the essence… but now The Access 1000 helps us serve the public quicker. Watch the Video Views: 28
Jeff Kloss, Lieutenant, Bradford City Fire Department We can choose what door we want to open. If we have to get into the other ambulance station across town, we can get into that as well… the other issue is the distance from which we can open the door. Now, we can get in and out […]
Today is National Skilled Trades Day, a day set aside to bring awareness to the need for skilled workers in the United States. According to a report by Forbes, over 53% of workers employed in a skilled trade are nearing retirement age. But only 1 in 5 graduating high school seniors are pursuing a trade […]
According to economists and researchers at Wall Street’s top investment firms, as the global pandemic loosens its grip on the economy, markets are bracing for what it calls a “supercycle” in commodities. That could mean a high yield for investors, and manufacturers like Control Chief are bracing for an increased demand in industrial remote controls. […]
To our valued customers and partners: As the COVID-19 outbreak evolves and continues to impact the marketplace and the economy, Control Chief wants to reassure you that we are monitoring the situation with vigilance. We are doing all we can to safeguard our workforce, and to keep our manufacturing process running smoothly. We are pleased […]
According to a report issued this month by the USDA, agriculture exports are continuing to grow steadily, with a focus shifting from corn to soybeans. U.S. grain and feed exports are forecast at $29.7 billion, up $200 million from the November forecast, as higher wheat and rice exports more than offset a decline in corn. […]
