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MA Gen L ch 160 § 168 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 168 - Testing of Locomotive Boilers, Rolling Stock or Other Equipment

Section 168. The department shall make and revise regulations for testing boilers of locomotives, rolling stock or any other piece of railroad equipment designated by the department used by railroad corporations, by other corporations, and by persons, firms or associations upon any railroad or railway within the commonwealth, and every person, firm, association and corporation other than a railroad corporation, so using a locomotive, shall inform the department in writing on or before June thirtieth of each year of the number of locomotives so used by him or it, together with the length of track of such railroad or railway, its location and uses, and such other information as the department may require. This section shall apply to railroads for private use authorized by section two hundred and forty-five of this chapter. Tests under regulations made as aforesaid shall, if possible, be made by the master mechanic of the corporation, association, person or firm which constructs, repairs or uses the boiler of the locomotive, and the report of such tests shall be in form satisfactory to the department. A corporation, association, firm or person using a locomotive in the commonwealth the boiler of which has not been tested in accordance with this section shall be punished by a fine of twenty dollars for every day after notice by the department during which such use continues.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 169 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 169 - Vacuum Brakes; Mufflers

Section 169. A railroad corporation using any vacuum brake shall provide and use on every locomotive equipped therewith a muffler or other appliance, approved in writing by the department, for deadening the noise incident to the operation of such brake; but any other appliance may be used upon any locomotive for the purpose of experiment only, for not more than thirty days, but not upon more than two locomotives of the same corporation at any one time. Every application to the department for approval of such appliances shall be in writing; and such approval may be revoked by the department by written notice to the corporation.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 170 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 170 - Safety Valves; Mufflers

Section 170. A railroad corporation using upon its locomotives a pop or other safety valve shall provide and use therewith a suitable and sufficient appliance for deadening the sound made by steam escaping therefrom, and, if it materially retards the escape of steam or increases the pressure upon the boiler, the corporation shall use an additional safety valve without such appliance, set at a higher point than the other but below the point at which explosion is likely to occur.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 171 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 171 - Failure to Equip With Mufflers; Penalty

Section 171. A corporation which violates any provision of the two preceding sections shall forfeit not less than one hundred nor more than three hundred dollars for every locomotive used by it in violation thereof, and a further sum of five dollars for each day upon which such locomotive shall be run in violation thereof.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 172 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 172 - Reasonable Passenger Accommodations

Section 172. Every railroad corporation shall furnish reasonable accommodations for the convenience and safety of passengers; and for every wilful neglect to provide the same shall forfeit not less than five nor more than twenty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 172a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 172a - Drinking Water and Sanitary Toilet Facilities on Locomotives or Cabooses

Section 172A. Every railroad corporation shall equip each locomotive used by railroad crewmen with pure refrigerated drinking water with individual, disposable cups; maintain toilet facilities on locomotives or cabooses, if cabooses are used, in a working sanitary condition; and ensure that each such toilet facility provides privacy to a person using such facility.  For the purpose of this section ''sanitary condition'' shall mean a condition of good order and cleanliness which precludes the reasonable probability of disease transmission.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 173 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 173 - Women or Children in Smoking Cars

Section 173. A railroad corporation shall not require women or children to ride in smoking cars. For a violation of this section the corporation, or any officer or employee thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 174 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 174 - Drinking Water in Railroad Cars

Section 174. Every railroad car, except private cars, sleeping cars, dining cars, parlor cars, and the smoking, buffet and observation cars used in connection with the same, while in use for the transportation of passengers, upon a train running thirty miles or more, shall be provided with a sufficient quantity of pure drinking water in such place in the car as will be convenient for the passengers, and with individual drinking cups accessible to the passengers. Said cups shall be in a proper receptacle near the water tank, and said receptacle shall be so placed as to be easily seen and shall be plainly marked as follows:  DRINKING CUPS  FOR USE  ONLY IN THIS CAR  FREE  such words to occupy a space not less than two inches wide by three inches long, and to be in clear black letters on a white background. No charge shall be made for the water or for the drinking cups. The water and cups supplied shall be subject to the supervision and approval of the department of public health, which shall enforce this and the following section.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 175 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 175 - Failure to Provide Drinking Water; Penalty

Section 175. Violations of the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars for each trip made by a car used for transporting passengers and not provided with water and utensils for its distribution in accordance with the preceding section.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 176 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 176 - Other Necessary Appliances

Section 176. The department may require a railroad corporation to equip its cars with such other appliances as, in the judgment of the department, are necessary for the further protection of life in all passenger trains used in the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 176a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 176a - Track Motor Cars; Lights

Section 176A. Every railroad corporation shall equip each of its track motor cars operated between points in the commonwealth during the period from thirty minutes before sunset to thirty minutes after sunrise on the day next following with an electric headlight of sufficient candle power when lighted to render plainly visible during clear weather, at a distance of not less than three hundred feet in advance of such car, any track obstruction, warning sign or grade crossing, and with an electric tail light showing red to the rear when lighted, of sufficient candle power as to be plainly visible at a distance of three hundred feet, in clear weather, or with such a head or tail light or lights as any regulatory authority may require or prescribe for use in place thereof.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 177 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 177 - Caps and Badges

Section 177. Every railroad corporation shall provide a uniform hat or cap and distinguishing badge, which shall be worn by all its employees whose duties relate immediately to the transportation of passengers or their baggage. A corporation neglecting to provide such uniform hat or cap and badge shall forfeit one hundred dollars for each week of such neglect; and if such an employee neglects to wear the same when on duty, the corporation which employs him shall for each case of such neglect forfeit twenty-five dollars; and no employee, unless wearing his uniform hat or cap and badge, shall be permitted to exercise any authority or to perform any of the duties of his office.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 178 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 178 - Eye Examinations

Section 178. A railroad corporation shall not employ any person or keep him in its employ in a position requiring the employee to distinguish form or color signals, unless he has been examined for color blindness or other defective sight by a competent person employed by the corporation and has received a certificate that he is not disqualified for such position by color blindness or other defective sight. A railroad corporation which violates this section shall forfeit one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 179 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 179 - Engineer; Experience

Section 179. No person shall act as a locomotive engineer unless he has been employed two years as a locomotive fireman or as an engineer's helper, or was employed as a locomotive engineer before June tenth, nineteen hundred and eleven.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 180 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 180 - Conductor; Experience

Section 180. No person shall act as a conductor on a railroad train unless he has been employed as a brakeman for two years, or was employed as a conductor on a railroad train before June tenth, nineteen hundred and eleven.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 181 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 181 - Violations of Experience Requirements for Engineers and Conductors

Section 181. No person shall knowingly engage, promote, require, persuade, prevail upon, or cause any person to act in violation of either of the two preceding sections.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 182 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 182 - Experience of Engineer and Conductor; Exceptions

Section 182. The three preceding sections shall not apply to the operating of locomotive engines by engine hostlers in or around engine houses, or to any railroad other than a standard gauge railroad. In the event of the disability of an engineer or conductor on the road, railroad companies may employ persons without the qualifications prescribed by sections one hundred and seventy-nine and one hundred and eighty, but only for the purpose of reaching a terminal station.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 183 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 183 - Penalty for Violation of Experience Requirements for Engineers and Conductors

Section 183. Any violation of any provision of the four preceding sections shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, and each day's violation shall constitute a separate offence.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 184 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 184 - Rest Days

Section 184. Every person employed as signalman, towerman, leverman, agent, train dispatcher, telegrapher or telephone operator in a railroad signal tower or railroad station, and every other person employed by a railroad in the operating of trains by the use of the telegraph, telephone or signal and interlocking switching machines shall be allowed two days of twenty-four hours each in every month for rest with regular compensation, except in a case of extraordinary emergency caused by accident, fire, flood, or danger to life or property, when the said period of rest shall be allowed after the emergency is past. Any violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 185 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 185 - Change in Number of Train Crew; Regulation by Department

Section 185. Whenever the department is of opinion, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, that the number of men forming a train crew of any train is not sufficient to operate said train for the safety of the public and the employees of the railroad, it shall thereupon order such changes as it deems necessary.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 186 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 186 - Determination by Railroad; Revision

Section 186. A railroad corporation may establish for its sole benefit fares, tolls and charges upon all passengers and property conveyed or transported on its railroad, at such rates as may be determined by its directors, and may from time to time by its directors regulate the use of its railroad; but such fares, tolls and charges, and such regulations, shall be subject to revision and alteration by the general court, or by such officers or persons as it may appoint for the purpose, anything in the charter of the railroad corporation to the contrary notwithstanding.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 187 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 187 - Reduction of Rates

Section 187. A railroad corporation may make contracts for the conveyance of passengers upon designated trains for a specific distance at fixed times, at such reduced rates of fare as the parties may agree upon. Tickets may be issued for such passengers, upon which shall be plainly printed the terms upon which they may be used. Such tickets shall not be transferable without the consent of the corporation, nor shall they entitle the holder to ride upon a train not therein designated.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 188 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 188 - Extra Charges for Ticket Purchased at Place Other Than Ticket Office

Section 188. A railroad corporation shall not demand or receive for any single ticket bought or fare paid on a train or elsewhere than at its ticket offices more than ten cents in excess of the tariff rates charged at its ticket offices. When such excess is received, the conductor or other person receiving it shall give to the passenger a printed certificate which shall entitle him to receive the excess so paid at any station of the corporation in exchange for such certificate. A railroad corporation violating any provision hereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 189 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 189 - Mileage Tickets; Detaching Coupons

Section 189. Every railroad corporation issuing mileage tickets shall, upon presentation of such a ticket by a passenger, detach therefrom one coupon and no more for each mile and fraction thereof actually traveled; provided, that for distances less than three miles three coupons may so be detached. Distances to or from the station known as Back Bay on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, and the stations known as Trinity Place and Huntington Avenue on the Boston and Albany railroad, shall be computed as if to or from the Boston terminal station.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 190 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 190 - Commutation Tickets

Section 190. Every railroad corporation having a terminus in Boston, except the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad Company, shall sell a commutation ticket good for not more than twelve rides between Boston and each station on its lines within fifteen miles of its terminal station in Boston. The said tickets, before issuance, shall be subject to approval by the department both as to the rate of fare and the conditions named therein. So far as is practicable, the rates of fare on all roads for like distances from their terminal stations shall be equal.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 191 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 191 - Season Tickets; Extension of Term

Section 191. All railroads issuing season tickets between points within the commonwealth shall, at the request and on the presentation of a season ticket by the holder thereof, place the same on deposit for not less than one week and reissue the ticket at the request of the owner, extending the period for which the ticket was issued by a number of days equal to the number during which it remained on deposit; provided, that no ticket shall be deposited more frequently than at the rate of once in three months; and a holder shall have such further privileges as the department approves.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 192 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 192 - Season Tickets; Reimbursement for Additional Fares

Section 192. All railroads issuing season tickets between points within the commonwealth shall, at the request of a holder of a season ticket, reimburse said holder for the cost of the fares paid by said holder between the stations named on the ticket whenever said holder fails to present the season ticket for fare. The holder of a season ticket in order to be entitled to reimbursement must, within one week, present to the proper officer of the railroad company the certificate given at the time of paying the fare together with the coupon from the season ticket.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 193 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 193 - Sale of Season Tickets to Express Messengers; Release of Liability for Personal Injury

Section 193. Every railroad corporation shall sell to an express messenger or to a person conducting a local express business, as provided in section two hundred and six, in its trains or cars within the commonwealth, a season ticket for his personal transportation, at a price not exceeding that at which similar tickets are sold to passengers, upon receiving from him a release of all right, to whomsoever accruing, to damages or compensation for death or for any personal injury received by him while riding on such ticket.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 194 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 194 - Baggage Checks

Section 194. Every railroad corporation shall, upon request, give checks to passengers for their baggage when delivered for transportation, and shall re-deliver the baggage to the passengers upon the surrender of such checks. A corporation violating this section shall forfeit ten dollars.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 195 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 195 - Baggage Stored Over Week End

Section 195. No charge shall be made by railroad corporations for the care or storage of baggage left at or arriving in railroad stations upon Friday, for the period of time between Friday and twelve o'clock noon of the following Monday.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 196 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 196 - Transportation of Bicycles

Section 196. A railroad corporation which owns or operates a railroad of standard gauge shall check and transport between stations within the limits of the commonwealth, as baggage, and subject to the same charges, terms and liabilities as other baggage, one bicycle for each passenger who pays by a mileage book, by a ticket other than a season ticket, or in cash, the established fare, if it is not less than ten cents, exclusive of rebate. The weight of the bicycle shall be included in determining the total weight of the baggage to be transported for such passenger. Such corporation shall not require such bicycle to be crated, covered or otherwise protected.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 197 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 197 - Cheap Morning and Evening Trains

Section 197. Every railroad corporation having a terminus in Boston shall, upon the application of two hundred or more persons therefor, furnish on each week day a morning train in and an evening train out for distances not exceeding fifteen miles, or suitable cars attached to other trains, and reaching and leaving Boston at about six o'clock in the forenoon and afternoon, or at such hours as may be fixed by the department; and for such trains, shall furnish season tickets good once a day each way for six days in the week, at a rate not exceeding, for yearly tickets, three dollars a mile and for quarterly tickets, one dollar a mile.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 198 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 198 - Workingmen's Trains

Section 198. Every railroad corporation having a terminus in Boston shall furnish such number of workingmen's trains, not less than two each way, as the department, upon a petition for such trains filed with it, shall in each case order. Such trains shall arrive at Boston between six and half past seven o'clock in the morning and leave Boston between the same hours in the evening and special cars may be provided therefor. Season tickets, good once a day each way for six days in the week, shall be furnished for such trains at a rate not exceeding, for yearly tickets, three dollars a mile, and for quarterly tickets, one dollar a mile.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 198a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 198a - Unauthorized Sale at Less Than Full Fare

Section 198A. Whoever, except a person authorized so to do by the railroad corporation issuing the same, or a bona fide passenger in actual transit, sells or offers for sale any railroad ticket or portion of such a ticket entitling the holder or any specified person or persons to passage wholly within the commonwealth on any railroad passenger train or trains, such ticket or portion of a ticket having been put out by the railroad corporation issuing the same at a price less than the rate of a full one way fare for such passage under the tariff provisions then in force, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both.