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AL Code § 37-2-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 2 - Damages for Loss, Injury,or Delay in Delivery.|Section 37-2-61 - Claim for Damages.

Section 37-2-61Claim for damages. (a) When any property, chattels, or goods have been received by any transportation company for transportation, and such goods, chattels, or property shall be lost, destroyed or injured, or shall not be delivered according to the contract of shipment, the shipper, consignor, consignee, or other person entitled to demand and receive them shall make out an itemized statement of the goods, property or chattels so lost, destroyed or injured, or not delivered, setting forth the kind of articles, and the number thereof, and the value and the extent or amount of damages, and shall, after making, subscribing and swearing to the same before an officer authorized to administer an oath, deliver the same to the said transportation company, agent, or officer of said transportation company so receiving said shipment within 60 days after said loss, destruction, injury, or failure to deliver such goods, property or chattels. (b) When such verified statement of such loss, destruction, injury, or failure to deliver shall be delivered to such transportation company, or officer, or agent of such transportation company, it shall be the duty of such transportation company, if such property, goods or chattels were lost, destroyed, not delivered or injured by said transportation company, or the agent or officer of such transportation company, to pay or tender to such person so presenting such claim, if he is the one entitled thereto, the value of said property, goods or chattels so lost or destroyed, or not delivered, or the amount of the damages or injury to such property, goods or chattels within 60 days from the date of such delivery of such verified claim therefor. (c) A failure to make such verified claim for such loss, destruction or injury shall not forfeit the right of the person entitled thereto to bring a civil action for and recover such loss, destruction or injury, but unless claim is duly made as required by this division, only the value of such property or the injury suffered shall be recovered. (Code 1907, §§5515-5518; Code 1923, §§10011, 10012, 10014; Code 1940, T. 48, §§165, 166, 168.)
AL Code § 37-2-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 2 - Damages for Loss, Injury,or Delay in Delivery.|Section 37-2-62 - Action for Damages.

Section 37-2-62Action for damages. (a) If the value of such goods, property or chattels so lost, destroyed or not delivered, or the amount of damages or injury, where injured, shall not be paid or tendered to such person entitled thereto so presenting such verified claim therefor within the time prescribed in subsection (b) of Section 37-2-61, such person may, on bringing an action therefor and on making proof of such shipment and loss, or destruction, failure to deliver or injury to such goods, chattels or property, and the due presentation of such verified claim, or demand for the value of, or damage to such goods, property or chattels, and that such claim was not for more than such value or injury, and the failure of such transportation company to pay for the same within 60 days from the making of such demand, recover from the said transportation company fourfold damages, suffered by reason of such loss, destruction or injury, unless such loss, destruction or injury is the result of the act of public enemies or the act of God, where the amount of such damages does not exceed $25.00, and twofold damages with interest where the amount of such damages exceeds $25.00 and does not exceed $100.00, and where the damages exceed $100.00 and do not exceed $250.00, one and one-half times the amount of such damages, with interest, and where the damages exceed $250.00, and do not exceed $500.00, one and one-fourth times the amount of such damages, with interest, and where the damages exceed $500.00, one and fifteen one-hundredths times the amount of such damages, with interest. (b) All actions brought under this division shall be brought within one year after the making of said written demand. (Code 1907, §§5517, 5519; Code 1923, §§10013, 10015; Code 1940, T. 48, §§167, 169.)
AL Code § 37-2-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 3 - Regulations Affecting Public Safety.|Section 37-2-80 - Railroad Signs.

Section 37-2-80Railroad signs. Every railroad company must erect, at all points where its road crosses any public road, at a sufficient elevation to admit of the free passage of vehicles of every kind, a sign, with large and distinct letters placed thereon, to give notice of the proximity of the railroad and warn persons of the necessity of looking out for the cars. (Code 1876, §1722; Code 1886, §1146; Code 1896, §3442; Code 1907, §5475; Code 1923, §9954; Code 1940, T. 48, §172.)
AL Code § 37-2-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 3 - Regulations Affecting Public Safety.|Section 37-2-81 - Duty of Locomotive Engineer to Ring Bell or Blow Horn, Etc.

Section 37-2-81Duty of locomotive engineer to ring bell or blow horn, etc. The engineer or other person operating a locomotive on any railroad must blow the horn or whistle or ring the bell: (1) At least one fourth of a mile before reaching any public road crossing or any regular station or stopping place on such railroad and continue with such signal at short intervals, until such crossing or such station or stopping place has been passed; (2) Immediately before and at the time of leaving a station or stopping place and also immediately before entering any curve crossed by a public road, not marked in accordance with Section 37-2-80, where he cannot see at least one quarter of a mile ahead, and must approach and pass such unmarked crossing at such speed as to prevent an accident in the event of an obstruction at the crossing; and (3) At short intervals, on entering into, or while moving within or passing through any village, town or city. He must also, on perceiving any obstruction on the track, use all means within power, known to skillful engineers, such as applying brakes, in order to stop the train. (Code 1867, §1399; Code 1876, §1699; Code 1886, §1144; Code 1896, §3440; Code 1907, §5473; Code 1923, §9952; Code 1940, T. 48, §170; Acts 1979, No. 79-552, p. 1001.)
AL Code § 37-2-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 3 - Regulations Affecting Public Safety.|Section 37-2-82 - Stopping Trains at Crossings; Right-of-Way.

Section 37-2-82Stopping trains at crossings; right-of-way. When the tracks of two railroads cross each other at grade, engineers and conductors must cause the trains of which they are in charge to come to a full stop within 100 feet of such crossing and not to proceed until they know the way to be clear, the train on the railroad having the older right-of-way being entitled to cross first; but the provisions of this section shall not be applicable where crossings of such roads are regulated by interlocking crossing or derailing switches, or other safety appliances of like kind to prevent collisions at crossings, nor where a flagman or watchman is stationed at such crossings and such flagman or watchman signals that the trains may cross in safety. (Code 1867, §1403; Code 1876, §1702; Code 1886, §1145; Code 1896, §3441; Code 1907, §5474; Code 1923, §9953; Code 1940, T. 48, §171.)
AL Code § 37-2-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 3 - Regulations Affecting Public Safety.|Section 37-2-83 - Liability of Railroad for Failure to Comply With Sections 37-2-80 Through 37-2-82; Burden of Proof.

Section 37-2-83Liability of railroad for failure to comply with Sections 37-2-80 through 37-2-82; burden of proof. A railroad company is liable for all damages done to persons, or to stock or other property, resulting from a failure to comply with the requirements of Sections 37-2-80 through 37-2-82, or any negligence on the part of such company or its agents; and when any person or stock is killed or injured, or other property destroyed or damaged by the locomotive or cars of any railroad, the burden of proof, in any action brought therefor, is on the railroad company to show a compliance with the requirements of such sections, and that there was no negligence on the part of the company or its agents. (Code 1867, §1401; Code 1876, §1722; Code 1886, §1147; Code 1896, §3443; Code 1907, §5476; Code 1923, §9955; Code 1940, T. 48, §173.)
AL Code § 37-2-85 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 3 - Regulations Affecting Public Safety.|Section 37-2-85 - Examination and Licensing of Railroad Employees.

Section 37-2-85Examination and licensing of railroad employees. (a) It shall be the duty of every person or corporation operating a railroad in this state, before employing any person as train dispatcher, engineer, conductor, fireman, flagman, brakeman, trackman, or switchman to subject the applicant for employment to a thorough examination respecting his capacity to fill the position applied for, his moral character and reputation, his sobriety and previous record, his knowledge of the rules and regulations governing the employees of the railroad, the knowledge which may be necessary or proper for the skillful performance of his duties, and shall subject the applicant for employment to a thorough examination respecting his ability and capacity to see and distinguish objects and color, commonly called colorblind examination, and respecting his sense of hearing. (b) The examination required in subsection (a) must be made by the superintendent of the road or by the master of trains, or master mechanic of the railroad, and shall be reduced to writing on blanks provided for that purpose. If the applicant shall be found qualified in all respects for the position, the approved application papers shall be filed in the office of the superintendent in this state, or if there be no such superintendent, then in the principal office of such railroad in this state. Such examination papers, when certified by the officer having custody of them, shall be evidence of their contents and of the fact of such examination without further proof. (c) If the applicant, upon examination, shall be found competent and his examination papers are approved by the general manager or other chief executive officer, the superintendent, or other person selected by him to conduct such examination, shall issue without charge a license to the applicant to engage in the occupation about which he has been examined. (Code 1896, §§3448-3450; Code 1907, §§5481-5483; Code 1923, §§9960-9962; Code 1940, T. 48, §§179-181.)
AL Code § 37-2-86 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 3 - Regulations Affecting Public Safety.|Section 37-2-86 - Employment of Unlicensed Persons.

Section 37-2-86Employment of unlicensed persons. Any person or corporation operating a railroad in this state who employs any person as engineer, fireman, train dispatcher, conductor, flagman, brakeman or switchman, who has not been examined and licensed as provided by Section 37-2-85, shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00. (Code 1896, §5359; Code 1907, §7655; Code 1923, §5323; Code 1940, T. 48, §427.)
AL Code § 37-2-86.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 3 - Regulations Affecting Public Safety.|Section 37-2-86.1 - Conductor and Engineer's Qualification Permit Contents; Display.

Section 37-2-86.1Conductor and engineer's qualification permit contents; display. Every railroad conductor and engineer in this state shall carry on his person while on duty in train service a conductor/engineer's qualification permit. Every company, association, person or other entity which employs or permits railroad conductors and engineers to engage in train service shall issue to such person a qualification permit. Such permit shall include the conductor or engineer's name, address, physical description, date of birth and a certification that such person is qualified as a conductor or engineer. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, whenever a conductor or engineer of a train is requested to show proof of his identity under the provisions of this title, in connection with operations of such train, to any law enforcement officer, such conductor or engineer shall not be required to display his Alabama motor vehicle driver's license but shall display his conductor/engineer's qualification permit instead. (Acts 1982, No. 82-272, p. 340.)
AL Code § 37-2-87 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 3 - Regulations Affecting Public Safety.|Section 37-2-87 - Instruction of Engineers and Conductors.

Section 37-2-87Instruction of engineers and conductors. The chief superintendent of every railroad shall instruct the engineers and conductors thereof, as to the provisions of Sections 37-2-81 and 37-2-82, and order them to comply therewith. (Code 1867, §1405; Code 1876, §1703; Code 1886, §1148; Code 1896, §3444; Code 1907, §5477; Code 1923, §9956; Code 1940, T. 48, §175.)
AL Code § 37-2-88 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 3 - Regulations Affecting Public Safety.|Section 37-2-88 - Railroad Drawbridges.

Section 37-2-88Railroad drawbridges. (a) All steamboats approaching, with the intention of passing through, any railroad drawbridge, when about three miles, and again when about two miles, and again when about one mile, and again when about half a mile therefrom, must give, as signals, three loud and distinct sounds of the whistle; and any steamboat attempting to go through such draw without giving such signals shall forfeit $500.00, one half to the informer, and the other half to the county or counties in which the bridge is situated. (b) Any railroad company owning, or agent having supervision over, or management or control of, any such drawbridge, shall upon signal being given, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, proceed at once to open, or cause to be opened, the draw of such bridge for the passage of such steamboat; and on failing to open such draw immediately upon signal being given, without lawful excuse therefor, such company and agent shall forfeit to the use of the owner of such steamboat the sum of $250.00, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction; but suit for such forfeiture must be brought within 90 days after the date of the failure to open such draw. (c) Immediately upon the draw being opened sufficiently wide for the passage of such steamboat, the person in charge of the bridge shall ring loudly and continuously a large bell until the boat has passed through the draw; and in foggy weather, and also between sunset and sunrise, the person in charge shall, as soon as the draw is opened sufficiently wide for the passage of the boat, hoist above the draw a blue light, of not less than eight inches in diameter, to an elevation sufficient to prevent the framework of the bridge from obstructing the sight of the light up and down the river, and shall keep one white light on each end of the draw; such lights to remain stationary until the boat has passed through the draw, and to be exhibited only when the draw is open for the passage of a boat; and in foggy weather, and also between sunset and sunrise when the draw is not open, there shall be exhibited on the draw, as a signal thereof, a red light so situated as to be visible up and down the river. (Code 1876, §§1718-1720; Code 1886, §§1151-1153; Code 1896, §§3445-3447; Code 1907, §§5478-5480; Code 1923, §§9957-9959; Code 1940, T. 48, §§176-178.)
AL Code § 37-2-89 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 3 - Regulations Affecting Public Safety.|Section 37-2-89 - Railroad Fences; Liability for Injury to Stock.

Section 37-2-89Railroad fences; liability for injury to stock. (a) Whenever the Public Service Commission deems it necessary that any railroad in this state, or any portion thereof, shall be fenced, it shall notify the person or corporation operating such railroad of their conclusion. (b) Upon failure, after a reasonable notice, to fence such railroad or the portion thereof designated, the person or corporation operating such railroad shall be liable in damages for the value of any stock killed or injured upon the portion of the line so designated to be fenced, whether with or without negligence; but if the fence is erected in conformity to the notice, no liability shall attach for stock killed or injured upon the portion of the line so fenced, unless the killing or injury was committed willfully. (Code 1886, §1134; Code 1896, §3495; Code 1907, §§5653, 5654; Code 1923, §§9635, 9636; Code 1940, T. 48, §§183, 184.)
AL Code § 37-2-90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 3 - Regulations Affecting Public Safety.|Section 37-2-90 - Locomotive Headlights.

Section 37-2-90Locomotive headlights. All companies, corporations, lessees, owners, operators, or receivers of any railroad or railway company operating a railroad or railway in whole or in part in this state shall equip, maintain and use upon every locomotive being operated in road service in this state in the nighttime a power headlight of not less than 1,500 candle power brilliancy, measured with the aid of a suitable reflector. Nothing in this division shall be so construed as to prevent a locomotive engine, whose headlight has become defective while on the road, from proceeding to the most convenient terminal or division point where the necessary facilities exist for remedying such defect. This section shall not apply to industrial roads, such as tram roads, mill roads, and roads engaged principally in lumber or logging transportation in connection with mills, and the provisions of this section shall not apply during the first 90 days of a strike of the particular employees, whose duties are to repair and maintain headlights. (Acts 1915, No. 181, p. 257; Code 1923, §9963; Code 1940, T. 48, §182.)
AL Code § 37-2-91 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 3 - Regulations Affecting Public Safety.|Section 37-2-91 - Railroad Accident Reports.

Section 37-2-91Railroad accident reports. Every person, corporation, company or association operating a railroad shall give notice to the commission of every accident happening on any portion of its line in this state, which is attended with death or maiming or other serious injury to the person of anyone, within five days thereafter, giving facts and circumstances of such accident, which any one or more of the commissioners may investigate, and the result of such injury, with such details as they may deem necessary, shall be entered upon the record of the proceedings of the commission. (Code 1886, §1133; Code 1896, §3499; Code 1907, §5666; Code 1923, §9648; Code 1940, T. 48, §185.)
AL Code § 37-2-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 4 - Regulations for Convenience of Passengers.|Section 37-2-110 - Duty of Railroad to Provide Accommodations Generally.

Section 37-2-110Duty of railroad to provide accommodations generally. Every railroad company in this state, on the order of the Public Service Commission, shall provide, construct and maintain adequate depots and depot buildings for the accommodation of passengers, where public necessity demands it and the revenue received at such point will be sufficient to justify it. Said railroad company, for the comfort and accommodation of its passengers, must have, when required by the Public Service Commission, at each of the passenger stations along the line of railroad operated by such company, sufficient sitting or waiting rooms, to be determined by the commission, for passengers waiting for trains, having regard to sex, which shall be suitably heated in cold weather, and supplied with sufficient fresh drinking water, when passengers waiting for trains are present, and with sufficient and comfortable chairs or seats; and connected therewith a sufficient number of comfortable privies, or water closets, to be at all times kept clean; and, in a conspicuous place at such station, a bulletin board showing the schedule time of the arrival and departure of all passenger trains. Any said railroad company must maintain a ticket office at each of said stations for the sale of tickets, together with a sufficient force of employees to transact efficiently the business and traffic thereat. (Code 1923, §9964; Code 1940, T. 48, §186.)
AL Code § 37-2-111 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 4 - Regulations for Convenience of Passengers.|Section 37-2-111 - Union Stations.

Section 37-2-111Union stations. Any two or more railroads which enter any city or town may be required, when practicable, or when the necessities of the case in the judgment of the Public Service Commission demand it, to have and maintain one common or union passenger station for the security, accommodation, and convenience of the traveling public, and to unite in the joint undertaking and expense of erecting, constructing, and maintaining such union passenger station commensurate with the business and revenue of such railroad companies or corporations, on such terms, regulations, provisions, and conditions as the Public Service Commission may prescribe. Any company failing to comply with the orders of the Public Service Commission shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $10,000.00, for every six months in default, to be recovered by the state. (Code 1907, §5545; Code 1923, §10042; Code 1940, T. 48, §189.)