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IN Code § 8-8-7-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 8. Railroad Equipment|Chapter 7. Caboose Cars|8-8-7-5. Maximum Height

Sec. 5. The Indiana department of transportation may limit or prescribe the maximum height of a caboose to be used upon any railroad operating in or through the state, and the department may grant to a common carrier, upon full hearing and for good cause shown, a reasonable extension of time in which to comply with this chapter. An extension may not exceed a period of one (1) year from the time for compliance with this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.60, s.5. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.122; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.83; P.L.18-1990, SEC.92.
IN Code § 8-8-7-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 8. Railroad Equipment|Chapter 7. Caboose Cars|8-8-7-6. Violations

Sec. 6. A common carrier that violates this chapter commits a Class C infraction.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.60, s.6. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.829.
IN Code § 8-8-7-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 8. Railroad Equipment|Chapter 7. Caboose Cars|8-8-7-7. Investigation, Safety, and Efficiency Factors

Sec. 7. The Indiana department of transportation shall investigate the conditions and efficiency of cabooses in use on the railroads in this state, and, if found upon investigation, that it is impossible for a railroad company to comply with sections 2 through 6 of this chapter, the department may grant to the company the right to construct a caboose which, in their judgment, will be safe and convenient for the employees and traveling public. The department may not grant the permission of any railroad company for constructing a caboose that has less than two (2) four-wheel trucks.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.60, s.7. As amended by P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.84; P.L.18-1990, SEC.93.
IN Code § 8-8-8-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 8. Railroad Equipment|Chapter 8. Railroad Track Motor Cars|8-8-8-1. Headlights and Red Rear Electric Lights; Violation; Offense

Sec. 1. A person operating or controlling any railroad shall equip each of its track motor cars used, during the period from thirty (30) minutes before sunset to thirty (30) minutes after sunrise, with an electric head-light of such construction and with sufficient candlepower to render plainly visible, at a distance of not less than three hundred (300) feet in advance of the track motor car, any track obstruction, landmark, warning sign, or grade crossing, and also shall equip each track motor car with a red rear electric light of such construction and with sufficient candlepower as to be plainly visible at a distance of three hundred (300) feet. It is a Class C infraction for such a person to operate or use any track motor car from thirty (30) minutes before sunset to thirty (30) minutes after sunrise if it is not equipped with lights of the candlepower, construction, and utility described in this section. Each day of operation or use in violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.Formerly: Acts 1955, c.141, s.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.830.
IN Code § 8-8-8-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 8. Railroad Equipment|Chapter 8. Railroad Track Motor Cars|8-8-8-3. Investigations and Enforcement

Sec. 3. The Indiana department of transportation shall make the necessary investigations concerning compliance with this chapter, and shall cause to be filed by the proper enforcing agencies, affidavits for the enforcement of this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1955, c.141, s.3. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.123; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.85; P.L.18-1990, SEC.94.
IN Code § 8-8-9-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 8. Railroad Equipment|Chapter 9. Track Motor Car's Windshields|8-8-9-1. Equipment; Requirements; Violation

Sec. 1. A person operating or controlling any railroad shall equip each of its track motor cars with:(1) a windshield and a device for cleaning rain, snow, and other moisture from the windshield, which device shall be maintained in good order and so constructed as to be controlled or operated by the operator of the track motor car; and(2) a canopy or top of such construction as to adequately protect the occupants from the rain, snow, or other inclement weather.It is a Class C infraction for such a person to operate or use any track motor car not equipped with a windshield and canopy or top as required in this section. Each day of operation or use in violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.Formerly: Acts 1959, c.35, s.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.831.
IN Code § 8-8-9-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 8. Railroad Equipment|Chapter 9. Track Motor Car's Windshields|8-8-9-3. Investigations and Enforcement

Sec. 3. The Indiana department of transportation shall make the necessary investigations concerning compliance with the provisions of this chapter and cause to be filed by the proper enforcing agencies affidavits for the enforcement of this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1959, c.35, s.3. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.124; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.86; P.L.18-1990, SEC.95.
IN Code § 8-8-10-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 8. Railroad Equipment|Chapter 10. Railroad Switch Lights|8-8-10-1. Light or Reflectorized Target Required

Sec. 1. Every railroad operating wholly or partly in Indiana must place and maintain a signal light or a reflectorized switch target upon each switch and each derail switch which is connected with the main track of the railroad. The signal light or the reflectorized switch target must indicate the position of the switch and be clearly visible at all times. Every switch position indicator must indicate safety when the switch is set to the main track and must indicate danger when the switch is not set to the main track.Formerly: Acts 1901, c.99, s.1. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.106, SEC.2.
IN Code § 8-9-1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 9. Railroad Labor|Chapter 1. Railroad Employee Rules|8-9-1-1. Publication and Distribution; Violation

Sec. 1. (a) A person operating trains by steam power on railroads shall:(1) publish printed rules for the control and operation of those trains;(2) deliver copies of the rules to all persons engaged in the operation of those trains;(3) file a copy of the rules with the Indiana department of transportation;(4) instruct employees in the application of those rules; and(5) examine employees about the rules at least once each six (6) months after employment until the service has continued for eighteen (18) months and at least once every two (2) years thereafter.(b) A person who fails to comply with this section commits a Class C infraction.Formerly: Acts 1907, c.272, s.1; Acts 1933, c.209, s.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.832; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.87; P.L.18-1990, SEC.96.
IN Code § 8-9-1-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 9. Railroad Labor|Chapter 1. Railroad Employee Rules|8-9-1-3. Intoxication While on Duty

Sec. 3. It is a Class C infraction for an agent, officer, or employee of any person engaged in the operation of railroad trains by steam power to be or become intoxicated while in the performance of his duties or to operate any such train or give orders or directions for the operation of any such train contrary to the printed rules of his company required by section 1 of this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1907, c.272, s.3. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.833.
IN Code § 8-9-1-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 9. Railroad Labor|Chapter 1. Railroad Employee Rules|8-9-1-4. Fatal Accidents; Rules Violations; Reports to Prosecuting Attorney

Sec. 4. Whenever the Indiana department of transportation, in the investigation of an accident involving loss of life, concludes that the accident occurred on account of the violation of the printed rules for the operation of trains, as required by section 1 of this chapter, by an officer or employee of a railroad company in this state, the department may, if the neglect of duty or violation of the rules is flagrant or has been brought about by the intoxication of a person while on duty, report the person to the prosecuting attorney of the county wherein the accident occurred for prosecution.Formerly: Acts 1907, c.272, s.4. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.125; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.88; P.L.18-1990, SEC.97.
IN Code § 8-9-5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 9. Railroad Labor|Chapter 5. Railroad Conductor's and Engineer's Qualifications|8-9-5-1. Engineers; Violation; Exception

Sec. 1. A person who operates a locomotive engine, upon any railroad in Indiana more than twenty-five (25) miles in length, without having worked or served for the preceding six (6) months as a fireman or engineer on a locomotive engine, commits a Class C infraction. Each day he so operates such an engine constitutes a separate offense. A person who for part of the six (6) months has worked or served as a fireman on a locomotive engine and for the remainder of the period has worked or served as an engineer on such a locomotive engine is considered to have the qualifications required by this chapter to operate a locomotive engine.Formerly: Acts 1913, c.43, s.1; Acts 1974, P.L.30, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.836.
IN Code § 8-9-5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 9. Railroad Labor|Chapter 5. Railroad Conductor's and Engineer's Qualifications|8-9-5-2. Violation; Brakemen or Conductors; Penalty; Exception

Sec. 2. If any person shall act or serve as a conductor on a railroad train upon any railroad in the state of Indiana which is more than twenty-five (25) miles in length without, for one (1) year prior thereto, having worked or served as a brakeman or conductor on a railroad train, he commits a Class C infraction, and each day he so acts or serves shall constitute a separate offense: Provided, That any person who for part of said period of one (1) year has worked or served as a brakeman on a railroad train and for the remainder of such period has worked or served as a conductor on such a train shall be deemed to possess the qualifications required by this chapter to serve or act as such a conductor.Formerly: Acts 1913, c.43, s.2. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.57, SEC.2.
IN Code § 8-9-5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 9. Railroad Labor|Chapter 5. Railroad Conductor's and Engineer's Qualifications|8-9-5-5. Exempt Operations; Negligence of Employees; Tort Liability

Sec. 5. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as applying to the running or operating of engines in taking engines to or from trains at division terminals by engine hostlers, or the shifting of cars or making up trains, or doing any work appurtenant thereto to any engine-houses, train or freight yards by switchman or yardman, or in the case of the disability of a qualified engineer or conductor while out on the road between division terminals, or in case of strike, where such companies can not obtain employees mentioned in this chapter who have the qualifications prescribed by the provisions thereof, than such companies may employ temporary firemen, engineers and conductors who have not the qualifications prescribed by this chapter, but no such employment shall continue longer than such companies can supply their respective places with employees who have the qualifications prescribed by this chapter. And, provided further, That nothing herein contained shall relieve any such companies from the negligence of any of its employees.Formerly: Acts 1913, c.43, s.5; Acts 1975, P.L.34, SEC.4.
IN Code § 8-9-5-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 9. Railroad Labor|Chapter 5. Railroad Conductor's and Engineer's Qualifications|8-9-5-6. Scope of Chapter

Sec. 6. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any person, firm, corporation, lessee, or receiver who or which operates in the state of Indiana a steam railroad more than twenty-five (25) miles in length.Formerly: Acts 1913, c.43, s.6. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.131.
IN Code § 8-9-5-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 9. Railroad Labor|Chapter 5. Railroad Conductor's and Engineer's Qualifications|8-9-5-7. Enforcement by Department

Sec. 7. The Indiana department of transportation shall enforce this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1913, c.43, s.7. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.132; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.91; P.L.18-1990, SEC.100.
IN Code § 8-9-6-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 9. Railroad Labor|Chapter 6. Substituting for Railroad Operating Employees|8-9-6-1. Violation; Injury or Sickness Exception

Sec. 1. It is a Class C infraction for a railroad company to allow any person to fill the position of an engineer, fireman, conductor, baggagemaster, brakeman, or flagman unless regularly employed as such. This section does not prevent any railroad company using any person in case of injury or sickness occurring between terminals to any engineer, fireman, conductor, baggagemaster, brakeman, or flagman.Formerly: Acts 1913, c.232, s.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.837.
IN Code § 8-9-6-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 9. Railroad Labor|Chapter 6. Substituting for Railroad Operating Employees|8-9-6-3. Enforcement by Department

Sec. 3. The Indiana department of transportation shall enforce this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1913, c.232, s.3. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.133; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.92; P.L.18-1990, SEC.101.
IN Code § 8-9-7-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 9. Railroad Labor|Chapter 7. Pilot Engineers on Detoured Trains|8-9-7-1. Duty to Provide Pilot Engineer, Conductor, or Motorman

Sec. 1. In all cases which may arise from and after March 6, 1913, where it shall be necessary or convenient for any person, firm, or corporation, or the lessee or receiver of any person, firm, or corporation, owning, or operating any line or lines of steam or interurban railroad in this state to detour any train or trains or car or cars owned or operated by them from their own track or tracks to the track or tracks of any other person, firm, or corporation, or the lessee or receiver of any person, firm, or corporation, owning or operating any similar line or lines of steam or interurban railroad in this state, and to obtain and procure the temporary use of the track or tracks, such person, firm, or corporation, or the lessee or receiver of any such person, firm, or corporation shall be required to secure and provide a pilot engineer, conductor, or motorman or other person of equal responsibility who is familiar with the road or roads over which it is necessary or convenient to run such train or trains or car or cars to reach the point or points which constitute the destination of such train or trains or car or cars, or the point at which such road or roads communicate or connect with such other road or roads over which it is likewise necessary or convenient to run such train or trains or car or cars, or the point or points at which such or any such road or roads communicate or connect with the road or roads from which such train or trains or car or cars were originally detoured. And the person, firm, or corporation, or the lessee or receiver of any person, firm, or corporation owning such railroad or railroads over which it is necessary or convenient for such train or trains or car or cars to pass, as provided in this chapter, shall provide and place at the disposal of such person, firm, or corporation, or the lessee or receiver of any person, firm, or corporation, a capable pilot engineer or engineers, or motorman, conductor, or other person of equal responsibility who is or are familiar with any or all of the road or roads over which it is necessary or convenient for such train or trains or car or cars to pass to reach their destination.Formerly: Acts 1913, c.100, s.1. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.134.
IN Code § 8-9-7-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 9. Railroad Labor|Chapter 7. Pilot Engineers on Detoured Trains|8-9-7-2. Violation; Penalty

Sec. 2. Any person, firm, or corporation, or lessee or receiver of any person, firm, or corporation, owning or operating any line or lines of steam railroad in this state who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter by failing or refusing to provide such pilot engineer or other person as provided in section 1 of this chapter shall forfeit and pay to the state of Indiana the sum of fifty dollars ($50) for each and every offense, and each and every day that the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a separate and distinct offense.Formerly: Acts 1913, c.100, s.2. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.135.
IN Code § 8-9-8-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 9. Railroad Labor|Chapter 8. Railroad Flagman's Qualifications|8-9-8-1. Passing Examination of Flagging Rules; Violation

Sec. 1. It is a Class C infraction for a steam railroad company to permit any foreman or person having charge of sectionmen employed for the purpose of building, constructing, and repairing railroad tracks to operate with the sectionmen outside of yard limits without the foreman or person having two (2) persons in the section who are capable of passing the examination of flagging rules of the company.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.233, s.1; Acts 1975, P.L.34, SEC.5. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.2, SEC.42; Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.838.
IN Code § 8-9-9-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 9. Railroad Labor|Chapter 9. Placement of Locomotives Within Trains|8-9-9-1. Unlawful Acts; Exceptions

Sec. 1. On and after March 8, 1913, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, or lessee or receiver of any person, firm, or corporation, owning or operating any line or lines of steam railroad in this state to place, attach, couple, or otherwise connect any car or cars between any two (2) or more locomotive engines in such manner that one (1) or more such locomotive engines shall precede, and one (1) or more such locomotive engines shall succeed, such car or cars, and, in such case, and in such cases only, when such locomotive engines, having such car or cars placed, attached, coupled, or otherwise connected between them shall be used or employed, or shall be intended to be used or employed to haul, push, draw, switch, shunt, or otherwise move or transport such car or cars over or along the track or tracks of such railroad or railroads, or any part or parts of the railroads lying within this state. And it shall likewise be unlawful to haul, push, draw, switch, shunt, or otherwise move or transport such car or cars when placed, attached, coupled, or otherwise connected between such locomotive engines in the manner described in this section, over or along any sidetrack, spur, turn-out, or switch located in any yard or yards or elsewhere when used, owned, operated, or leased by any such railroad or railroads, and in any and all other cases when the hauling, pushing, drawing, switching, shunting, or otherwise moving or transporting such car or cars when placed, attached, coupled, or otherwise connected between such locomotive engines in the manner described in this section would imperil or endanger the life or lives of any person or persons engaged or employed on or in such car or cars and engines, or who have a lawful right to be in or ride on the car or engine. However, none of the provisions of this section shall be construed to apply to cases where it is necessary or imperative to use or employ a switch or other engine to assist in starting or overcoming the inertia of a standing train, or in pushing or moving such train over steep or heavy grades, or around sharp curves, for short distances, and when it is customary to detach such engine or engines when the bend of such curve shall have been passed, or when the summit of such grade or acclivity shall have been reached.Formerly: Acts 1913, c.130, s.1. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.136; P.L.136-2018, SEC.96.
IN Code § 8-9-9-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 9. Railroad Labor|Chapter 9. Placement of Locomotives Within Trains|8-9-9-2. Violation; Forfeiture

Sec. 2. Any person, firm, or corporation, or lessee or receiver of any person, firm, or corporation owning or operating any line or lines of steam railroad in this state who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall forfeit and pay to the state of Indiana the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for each and every offense, and each and every day that the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a separate and distinct offense.Formerly: Acts 1913, c.130, s.2. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.137.
IN Code § 8-9-10-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 9. Railroad Labor|Chapter 10. Railroad Employee Sanitary Facilities|8-9-10-1. Duty to Provide; Terminals; Mobile Camps for Maintenance of Way Employees

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this section, "mobile camp" means a temporary location where at least two (2) railroad maintenance of way employees are housed.(b) Every railroad company within the state of Indiana shall provide and adequately maintain a heated room or rooms at all terminals, headquarters, and mobile camps in the operation of the railroad company, for the use of its employees.(c) Each room required by subsection (b) must contain adequate wash basins, shower-baths, inside toilets, and sufficient lockers for checking employees' clothing.(d) Every railroad shall maintain at all permanent assembly points and mobile camps a supply of drinking water dispensed in a sanitary manner. A permanent assembly point under this chapter is a location where a minimum of two (2) maintenance of way employees meet for not less than six (6) months of each year.(e) A railroad company that houses maintenance of way employees in a mobile camp shall provide and adequately maintain for the employees' use outfit cars, camp cars, or trailers in compliance with the rules adopted under IC 16-19-3-4.4.(f) A railroad company that houses maintenance of way employees in a mobile camp shall:(1) not later than two (2) business days after employees arrive at that location, notify the local health department with jurisdiction in the area in which the mobile camp is located of the existence of the mobile camp; and(2) request and permit inspection by an authorized representative of the local health department to ensure the conditions of the outfit cars, camp cars, or trailers are sanitary and healthful for the:(A) maintenance of way employees; and(B) local community.(g) A railroad company shall locate and maintain a mobile camp described in subsection (e) in a safe and healthy environment.Formerly: Acts 1965, c.154, s.1. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.138; P.L.83-2007, SEC.1.