2005 Minnesota Statutes - 219.561 — Track motor car; equipment.

     219.561 Track motor car; equipment. 


    Subdivision 1.    Lights.  From and after January 1, 
 1950, a person, firm, or corporation operating or controlling a 
 railroad shall equip each of its track motor cars used during 
 the period from 30 minutes before sunset to 30 minutes after 
 sunrise with: 


    (1) an electric headlight of such construction and of 
 sufficient candlepower to render plainly visible at a distance 
 of not less than 300 feet in advance of the track motor car a 
 track obstruction, landmark, warning sign, or grade crossing; 
 and 


    (2) a rear electric red light of such construction and of 
 sufficient candlepower as to be plainly visible at a distance of 
 300 feet.  


    Subd. 2.    Windshield and top.  Upon request of the 
 section lead supervisor in any section operated by a railroad 
 referred to in subdivision 1, a track motor car must be equipped 
 within 90 days with a windshield and top wide and high enough to 
 reasonably protect the employees from weather.  However, a 
 railroad company is not required in any one year to equip more 
 than an additional 25 motor cars with that equipment. 


    Subd. 3.    Penalty.  A person, firm, or corporation 
 operating or controlling a railroad and using or permitting to 
 be used on its line in this state a track motor car in violation 
 of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.  


    HIST: 1949 c 680 s 1,2; 1961 c 405 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1; 
 1986 c 444