2705 - Speedometers and speed recorders.

     § 2705.  Speedometers and speed recorders.        (a)  General rule.--No railroad locomotive shall be operated     in excess of 30 miles per hour in this Commonwealth without a     device or devices making a record of the speed at which the     locomotive is traveling and providing the engineer or operator     of the locomotive with a view of such speed. Both devices shall     be functioning correctly within four miles per hour.        (b)  Exceptions.--Locomotives operated or used exclusively     within designated yard limits in switching or transfer service     need not be equipped in accordance with the provisions of this     section. Locomotives while being used in commuter passenger     service need not be equipped with a speed recording device.        (c)  Notification of compliance.--Each railroad shall notify     the commission of the date that each locomotive comes into     compliance with the provisions of this section. The notification     shall state the serial number or other identification of the     locomotive.        (d)  Schedule of regulated locomotives.--Each railroad     affected by the provisions of this section shall maintain at a     designated location a list or schedule of the locomotives     referred to in this section. It shall set forth, along with     other information, the date that the device or devices referred     to in subsection (a) were calibrated and found to be functioning     in accordance with the provisions of this section. It shall     advise the commission as to such location. In the event of an     accident during the operation of a locomotive or in the event of     a disciplinary proceeding in which a railroad employee is     charged with excessive speed, the record required by this     section showing the speed at the time and place involved shall     be retained by the railroad, at a location made known to the     Public Utility Commission, until permission to destroy them has     been granted by the commission or otherwise permitted in     accordance with a rule, regulation or order of the commission.     In any disciplinary proceeding in which a railroad employee is     charged with excessive speed in the operation of a locomotive     equipped with a speed recorder the railroad may not introduce     other evidence of such speed unless the record has been retained     in compliance with this subsection.        (e)  Enforcement.--The commission shall enforce the     provisions of this section and may issue such order or orders as     may be proper to require compliance therewith.     (Nov. 26, 1978, P.L.1241, No.294, eff. 60 days)        1978 Amendment.  Act 294 amended subsec. (d).