2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 81.44.031: Safety appliances — Locomotives operated on class 1 railroads.

Every locomotive operated on every class 1 railroad within the state of Washington shall be equipped with:

     (1) Power driven wheel brakes and appliances for operating the train brake system, so equipped that the engineer on the locomotive drawing such train can control its speed without requiring the brakeman to use hand brakes for that purpose, in operating condition at all times;

     (2) Couplers coupling automatically by impact, which can be coupled or uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the locomotive and the locomotive or car to which the same is being coupled or from which it is being uncoupled, and with suitable uncoupling levers;

     (3) Proper sill steps and grab irons, and with proper footboards if used in switching service;

     (4) Electric headlights of approved design on each end in operating condition at all times;

     (5) Except in switching service, a speedometer calibrated in miles per hour, accurate within five miles per hour, and operable at all times: PROVIDED, That if a speedometer is determined to be out of calibration or inoperable while the locomotive in enroute, it will be deemed as being in good working order until the locomotive reaches the next terminal where repair facilities are available or where a locomotive with a working speedometer is available for substitution;

     (6) Windshields with fully operable windshield wipers capable of removing rain and snow, and adequate operable defrosters on each lead unit of the locomotive consist.

     At least one unit of the leading engine-consist on every railroad in this state shall be equipped as of January, 1977, with one or more colored oscillating lights, visible on all sides of the locomotive for a distance of at least two hundred yards. Said light or lights shall be operated whenever the locomotive is in motion or is stopped on a grade crossing, and may be of any color allowed by law, other than the color of the locomotive's headlight.

[1977 ex.s. c 263 § 1.]