2014 Indiana Code TITLE 8. UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE 9. RAILROAD LABOR CHAPTER 9. PLACEMENT OF LOCOMOTIVES WITHIN TRAINS
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IC 8-9-9
Chapter 9. Placement of Locomotives Within Trains
IC 8-9-9-1
Unlawful acts; exceptions
Sec. 1. On and after March 8, 1913, it shall be unlawful for any
person, firm, or corporation, or lessee or receiver of any person, firm,
or corporation, owning or operating any line or lines of steam railroad
in this state to place, attach, couple, or otherwise connect any car or
cars between any two (2) or more locomotive engines in such manner
that one (1) or more such locomotive engines shall precede, and one
(1) or more such locomotive engines shall succeed, such car or cars,
and, in such case, and in such cases only, when such locomotive
engines, having such car or cars placed, attached, coupled, or
otherwise connected between them shall be used or employed, or
shall be intended to be used or employed to haul, push, draw, switch,
shunt, or otherwise move or transport such car or cars over or along
the track or tracks of such railroad or railroads, or any part or parts
thereof lying within this state. And it shall likewise be unlawful to
haul, push, draw, switch, shunt, or otherwise move or transport such
car or cars when placed, attached, coupled, or otherwise connected
between such locomotive engines in the manner described in this
section, over or along any sidetrack, spur, turn-out, or switch located
in any yard or yards or elsewhere when used, owned, operated, or
leased by any such railroad or railroads, and in any and all other cases
when the hauling, pushing, drawing, switching, shunting, or
otherwise moving or transporting such car or cars when placed,
attached, coupled, or otherwise connected between such locomotive
engines in the manner described in this section would imperil or
endanger the life or lives of any person or persons engaged or
employed on or in such car or cars and engines, or who have a lawful
right to be or ride therein or thereon; provided, that none of the
provisions of the section shall be construed to apply to cases where
it is necessary or imperative to use or employ a switch or other engine
to assist in starting or overcoming the inertia of a standing train, or in
pushing or moving such train over steep or heavy grades, or around
sharp curves, for short distances, and when it is customary to detach
such engine or engines when the bend of such curve shall have been
passed, or when the summit of such grade or acclivity shall have been
reached.
(Formerly: Acts 1913, c.130, s.1.) As amended by P.L.62-1984,
SEC.136.
IC 8-9-9-2
Violation; forfeiture
Sec. 2. Any person, firm, or corporation, or lessee or receiver of
any person, firm, or corporation owning or operating any line or lines
of steam railroad in this state who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter shall forfeit and pay to the state of Indiana the sum of
five hundred dollars ($500) for each and every offense, and each and
every day that the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter
shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a separate and distinct
offense.
(Formerly: Acts 1913, c.130, s.2.) As amended by P.L.62-1984,
SEC.137.
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