2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers
CHAPTER 39-6 - Railroad Companies
§ 39-6-27.1 - Maintenance of way employees in area of double or multiple tracks.

SECTION 39-6-27.1

   § 39-6-27.1  Maintenance of way employees in area of double or multiple tracks. – Whenever maintenance of way crews or employees are working in the area of double or multiple railroad tracks, the following safety precautions shall be mandatory:

   (1) All trains shall be notified of the location of the crews or employees by mile markers or mile posts by train order.

   (2) All trains operating adjacent to such a work area shall reduce speed to freight train speed, not to exceed fifty (50) miles per hour.

   (3) One member of the crew shall be assigned as a flag person to warn of approaching trains and shall be equipped with a radio, horn, and flag.

   (4) No work shall be conducted and all employees shall stand clear while a train is approaching, passing, and clearing a work area.

   (5) Failure by the railroad company to issue information by train order, which results in any violation of the above requirements, will subject the railroad company to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation. The fine will be collected by the public utilities commission and remitted to the general fund of the state.