§ 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 employeesin area of double or multiple tracks. – Whenever maintenance of way crews or employees are working in the area ofdouble or multiple railroad tracks, the following safety precautions shall bemandatory:
(1) All trains shall be notified of the location of the crewsor employees by mile markers or mile posts by train order.
(2) All trains operating adjacent to such a work area shallreduce 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 personto warn of approaching trains and shall be equipped with a radio, horn, andflag.
(4) No work shall be conducted and all employees shall standclear while a train is approaching, passing, and clearing a work area.
(5) Failure by the railroad company to issue information bytrain order, which results in any violation of the above requirements, willsubject the railroad company to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for eachviolation. The fine will be collected by the public utilities commission andremitted to the general fund of the state.