Railway Signal Systems. Hearing Before a Subcommittee ... on H.R. 2748 ... March 4, 1936 |
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American Railroads Association of American authority automatic block signals automatic signal automatic train stop average bill block signal system block-signal Brotherhood Bureau of Safety cab signal carrier by railroad CARROLL REECE Chairman class I railways collision committee decline defects devices and systems emergency application engine equipment false clear freight train highway grade crossing improvement income injuries inspection installation interlocking plants Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission interurban locomotive LYON maintenance of signal MARTIN merce Commission MERRITT mileage miles per hour occurred operating expenses operating revenues passenger trains passenger-miles percent period promote the safety Provided rail railroad operation railroad signal railway signaling railways of class record reduced result ROBERT CROSSER safety devices safety of railroad SCHUYLER MERRITT shows signal apparatus signal devices signal indication signals and interlocking standards statement steam-railroad system of transportation tion Total traffic units train accidents train control train orders train wreck VANDERSLUIS Virginian Railway
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Page 2 - States district attorney in the district court of the United States having jurisdiction in the locality where such violation shall have been committed, and it shall be the duty of such district attorney to bring such suits upon duly verified information being lodged with him of such violation having occurred.
Page 2 - ... in proper condition and safe to operate in the service to which the same is put, that the same may be employed in the active service of such carrier in moving traffic without unnecessary peril to life or limb...
Page 4 - States a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation, which shall accrue to the United States and may be recovered in a civil action brought by the United States.
Page 2 - That in the case of accident resulting from failure from any cause of a locomotive boiler or its appurtenances, resulting in serious injury or death to one or more persons, a statement forthwith must be made in writing of the fact of such accident, by the carrier owning or operating said locomotive, to the chief inspector.
Page 4 - ... within the meaning of this Act. "Sec. 26. That the Commission may, after investigation, order any carrier by railroad subject to this Act, within a time specified in the order, to install automatic train-stop or train-control devices or other safety devices, which comply with specifications and requirements prescribed by the Commission, upon the whole or any part of its railroad...
Page 2 - It shall be the duty of the Commission to see that the requirements of this section and the orders, rules, regulations, standards, and instructions made, prescribed, or approved hereunder are observed by carriers, and all powers heretofore granted to the Commission are hereby extended to it in the execution of this section.
Page 32 - employer" shall not include any street, interurban, or suburban electric railway, unless such railway is operating as a part of a general steam-railroad system of transportation, but shall not exclude any part of the general steam-railroad system of transportation now or hereafter operated by any other motive power. The...
Page 4 - ... as to such extension, that it is reasonably required in the interest of public convenience and necessity, or as to such extension or facilities that the expense involved therein will not impair the ability of the carrier to perform its duty to the public. Any carrier...
Page 2 - ... and, after approval by the Commission, such rules, standards, and instructions, with such...
Page 2 - That it shall be unlawful for any carrier to use or permit to be used on its line any locomotive unless said locomotive, its boiler, tender, and all parts and appurtenances thereof are in proper condition and safe to operate in the service to which the same are put, that the same may be employed in the active service of such carrier without unnecessary peril to life or limb...