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NY RR L § 76 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 76 - Use of Stoves or Furnaces Prohibited; Exceptions.

§  76.  Use of stoves or furnaces prohibited; exceptions. It shall not   be lawful for any railroad corporation operating  a  steam  railroad  in   this  state  of  the  length  of  fifty miles or more, excepting foreign   railroad corporations  incorporated  without  the  jurisdiction  of  the   United  States  running cars upon tracks in this state for a distance of   less than thirty miles, to heat its passenger cars on other  than  mixed   trains,  excepting  dining cars, by any stove or furnace kept inside the   car or  suspended  therefrom,  unless  in  case  of  accident  or  other   emergency,  when  it  may  temporarily  use  such  stove or furnace with   necessary fuel; and in cars which have been equipped with  apparatus  to   heat  by  steam,  hot  water  or  hot  air from the locomotive or from a   special car, the present stove may be retained to be used only when  the   car is standing still; and no stove or furnace shall be used in a dining   car  except for cooking purposes, and of pattern and kind to be approved   by the commissioner of  transportation;  provided  that  passenger  cars   propelled  by means of gasoline or oil engines may be heated in a manner   to be approved by the commissioner of transportation. This section shall   not be held to affect or interfere with the use by public authorities of   this or other states, or of the United States, of stoves for heating  or   cooking  or  boilers  for hatching operations in their fish car or cars.   Any person or corporation  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this   section shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars, and to the   further  penalty  of  one  hundred dollars for each and every day during   which such violation shall continue.
NY RR L § 76-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 76-A - Motor Cars and Equipment.

§  76-a.  Motor  cars  and  equipment. 1. It shall be unlawful for any   owner or operator of railroad running through or within  the  boundaries   of  the state of New York, and engaged in the business of common carrier   to operate for or transport its employees in a motor car  which  is  not   equipped  with  a  reasonably substantial top for the protection of said   employees from rain, snow, sleet, and hail  and  also  equipped  with  a   transparent  windshield  sufficient  in  width  and height to reasonably   protect said employees, and it shall be constructed of safety glass  and   such  car  shall  also be equipped with an attached electric headlamp of   sufficient candlepower as to render it visible at a  distance  of  three   hundred   feet  in  advance  of  such  car  under  ordinary  atmospheric   conditions, any obstruction, landmark, warning sign  or  grade  crossing   along  such  railroad  right  of way and said car shall also be equipped   with two electric lights on the rear thereof of  sufficient  candlepower   as  to  be  visible  at  a distance of three hundred feet under ordinary   atmospheric conditions, and the car  shall  also  be  equipped  with  an   automatic  operated  windshield wiper so devised that the driver of said   car can start or stop said windshield wiper while he is driving the car.2. Any violation of the provisions of this act shall be punishable  by   a  fine  of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred   dollars for each offense, and each day  or  part  of  a  day  a  car  is   operated  or  furnished  not  so equipped as provided in subdivision one   hereof, shall constitute a separate offense; provided, however, that any   common carrier that has not been able to equip its rail track motor cars   as required by the provisions of  subdivision  one,  on  or  before  the   effective  date  of  this  act  can,  by applying to the commissioner of   transportation which is hereby authorized to, and upon good cause shown,   grant by order, additional time to any owner or  operator  of  a  common   carrier by railroad, in which to equip such cars, not to exceed one year   from the effective date of this section and, when such an order has been   granted  by  said  commissioner  of  transportation to such carrier, the   provisions of this act penalizing rail carriers  who  do  not  so  equip   their  cars  shall  not be applicable to those carriers securing such an   order for such additional time in which to so equip  their  cars  during   the  period  granted  to  them  only  by  order  of  the commissioner of   transportation.
NY RR L § 76-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 76-B - Equipment Required on Motor Vehicles Transporting Railroad Employees; Penalty.

§  76-b.  Equipment  required  on motor vehicles transporting railroad   employees; penalty. 1. Every motor vehicle  provided  by  the  owner  or   operator railroad and used to transport employees shall be equipped with   adequate  seating  facilities,  heating  facilities  and  facilities for   communication between occupants of the front seat of the vehicle and the   occupants in the rear compartment of the vehicle. This requirement shall   not apply to motor vehicles used to transport employees at distances  of   less  than  five miles from their regular assembly point nor in cases of   extreme emergency.2. If any dispute arises as to the adequacy of the facilities provided   for in this section, it  shall  be  submitted  to  the  commissioner  of   transportation for a fair hearing. Notice of the hearing may be given by   mailing  the  notice  of  hearing  to  the  owner  or operator railroad.   Attendance  of  witnesses  may  be  compelled  by  subpoena.    If   the   commissioner finds that a violation of this section has occurred, he may   forward  his  findings  and recommendations to the commissioner of motor   vehicles.
NY RR L § 77 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 77 - Equipment of Engines.

§  77.  Equipment  of  engines.  It shall be unlawful for any railroad   company to use within the state on its  line  or  lines  any  locomotive   engine  not equipped with a power driving wheel brake and appliances for   operating the train brake  system,  or  to  use  any  locomotive  engine   operated  by steam not equipped with a mechanically operated door to the   fire box of such locomotive engine, or to use any locomotive engine  not   equipped  with  a vestibuled cab.  Such mechanically operated door shall   be so constructed and operated by steam, compressed air, electricity  or   other  means,  and such vestibuled cab shall be so constructed as deemed   best and most efficient by the officers of such railroad. The device for   operating such door shall be so constructed that it may be  operated  by   the  fireman on said engine by means of a push button or other appliance   located in or near the floor of the deck or floor of  the  tender  at  a   suitable distance from such door to enable the fireman while firing such   engine,  by  pressure  with his foot to open such door for the firing of   such engine, and such vestibuled cabs shall  be  so  constructed  as  to   attach  to the sides of, and enclose all openings between the engine cab   and the water tank or coal tender attached  to  such  engine;  provided,   however,  that nothing in this section shall be construed to inhibit the   passage of a locomotive engine not so equipped  with  such  mechanically   operated  door or vestibuled cab, moving under its own steam either with   or without a train, when such movement is  from  a  point  without  this   state through and to a point beyond its borders, or from a point without   this  state to a point within it, or from a point within this state to a   point without it if such passage is for the purpose of moving it  to  or   from a repair shop or shops for the purpose of repairing such locomotive   engine, and when it is not intended for service within this state.
NY RR L § 77-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 77-A - First-Aid Equipment on Locomotives.

§  77-a.  First-aid  equipment on locomotives. It shall be unlawful to   operate a locomotive outside the designated yard limits of any  railroad   in the state of New York unless said locomotive shall be equipped with a   first-aid  kit  containing  necessary  emergency  medical  equipment and   supplies.Said kit shall include as minimum supplies:1 roll of 1-inch wide gauze bandage -- minimum of 10 yards.1 roll of 1-inch wide adhesive tape -- minimum of 5 yards.1 package of absorbent gauze compresses, at least 3 inches by 3 inches   -- minimum of 6 in number.At least 12 -- 1-inch individual sanitary band aids.Bottle of iodine or mercurochrome or tincture  of  methyolate,  or  an   equivalent antiseptic, minimum of 1 ounce bottle.Minimum of 2 ounce bottle of smelling salts or six ampoules of spirits   of ammonia.Minimum  of  3  ounce  bottle of a standard eye wash preparation, with   necessary eye wash glass.Jar or tube of white petroleum jelly or unguentine for burns.All above material  shall  be  packed  in  a  suitable  metal  box  or   container and be sealed.Items,  as  used,  should  be  replaced  within  twenty-four  hours by   properly designated railroad personnel and such kit resealed for  future   use.  It  shall  be unlawful to remove or use any such first-aid kit, or   any supplies contained  in  any  such  kit,  for  other  than  first-aid   purposes.  Violation of said provisions shall be punishable by a fine of   not more than twenty-five dollars.
NY RR L § 77-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 77-B - Speedometers on Certain Locomotives.

§   77-b.   Speedometers  on  certain  locomotives.  (a)  No  railroad locomotive may be operated in excess of thirty miles per hour within the state without a speedometer functioning correctly within four miles  per hour.  (b)  A  railroad  shall  be  deemed to be in compliance with the above provisions if within one year  after  the  first  day  of  October  next succeeding  the  date  on which this statute shall have become a law, it shall have at  least  one-third  of  its  locomotives  equipped  with  a speedometer as hereinabove provided; and if within the following year an additional  one-third  of  said locomotives shall be so equipped and the remainder of said locomotives so operated by  a  railroad  shall  be  in compliance   with  the  provisions  of  this  statute  within  one  year thereafter.  (c) Locomotives operated or used exclusively in switching or  transfer service  and  multiple  unit  cars  shall  be  exempted  from  the above provisions.  (d) Each such railroad shall notify the department  of  transportation of  the state of New York the date that each such locomotive shall be in compliance with the provisions  of  this  statute,  stating  the  serial number or other identification of each such locomotive.  (e)  Each  railroad  affected  or  covered  by  the provisions of this statute shall maintain at a designated location in this state a list  or schedule  of  the  locomotives  hereinabove  referred to, setting forth, among other information, the  date  that  the  speedometer  hereinbefore referred  to  shall  have  been calibrated and functioning in accordance with the provisions of this statute.  (f) The commissioner of transportation of the state of New York  shall enforce  the  provisions  of  this  statute  and may issue such order or orders as may be proper to require compliance  with  the  provisions  of this statute.
NY RR L § 77-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 77-C - Sanitary Conditions.

§ 77-c. Sanitary conditions. 1. It shall be the duty of every railroad   corporation  which operates a railroad within the state and whose annual   revenue derived exclusively  from  freight  operations  is  ten  million   dollars or more after applying the railroad revenue deflator formula set   forth  in  title  49  CFR,  part  1201,  subpart A, section 1-1, to: (a)   provide each locomotive used on  such  railroad  for  transportation  or   occupancy by railroad crew with potable drinking water; (b) maintain the   toilet  facilities provided on locomotives, so equipped, or cabooses, in   those instances in which cabooses are used, in a  working  and  sanitary   condition;  and (c) ensure that such toilet facility provides privacy to   the person using such facility.2. For purposes of this  section,  the  phrase  "sanitary  conditions"   shall mean a condition of good order and cleanliness.3.  The commissioner of transportation shall enforce the provisions of   this section and may issue such order or orders as may be  necessary  to   ensure compliance with such provisions.4. Notice of violation of the provisions of this section shall be made   in   verified   written   complaint   by  a  recognized  railroad  labor   representative to the railroad superintendent of the division  involved,   and  a copy filed with the department of transportation. Upon receipt of   the complaint, the superintendent  of  the  division  shall  advise  the   complainant  and the department of transportation within five days as to   the specific remedies taken or intended  to  be  taken  to  resolve  the   complaint.  If  the superintendent disputes the allegations contained in   the complaint, he, within five days of  receipt,  shall  so  notify  the   complainant  and  the  department  of  transportation. The department of   transportation shall be allowed a period of fifteen  days  to  determine   the validity of the complaint.5.  If  the  department  finds  that the complaint is meritorious, the   department shall issue an appropriate order to the  railroad  specifying   the  conditions to be rectified and the time period in which such action   shall be taken. If the railroad does not comply  with  the  department's   order, the commissioner of transportation shall be empowered to fine the   railroad  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars for each day the violation   exists.
NY RR L § 78-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 78-A - Electric or Battery-Powered Markers.

§  78-a.  Electric or battery-powered markers. 1. Any railroad using a   passenger, mail, work, or wreck train shall equip the last car  of  each   such  train  with  electric  markers  of  sufficient  candle power to be   visible for a distance of  three  thousand  feet  under  normal  weather   conditions.  Battery-powered, flashing-type, or constant burning markers   shall be deemed sufficient compliance with the foregoing requirement.2. If, in any particular case, exemption from any of the  requirements   herein  is  deemed necessary by the railroad concerned, the commissioner   of transportation may grant the application of such railroad,  for  such   exemption  when  accompanied  by a petition setting forth the conditions   existing and the reason why such exemption is asked.   Any exemption  so   granted shall be limited to the particular case covered by the petition.
NY RR L § 79 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 79 - Air-Brakes.

§  79.  Air-brakes.  It  shall  be  unlawful for any railroad or other   company to haul or permit to be hauled or used  on  its  line  or  lines   within  this state any freight train that has not a sufficient number of   cars in it so equipped with continuous  power  or  air-brakes  that  the   engineer  on  the  locomotive  drawing  such train can control its speed   without requiring brakemen  to  use  the  common  hand  brake  for  that   purpose.
NY RR L § 80 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 80 - Couplers.

§ 80. Couplers. It shall be unlawful for any railroad or other company   to haul, or permit to be hauled or used, on its line or lines within the   state,  any  freight  car  not  equipped with couplers of the master car   builders' type, and coupling automatically by impact, and which  can  be   uncoupled,  except  in  cases  of accident, without the necessity of men   going between the ends of the cars.
NY RR L § 81 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 81 - Violation of Sections Seventy-Seven, Seventy-Seven-C, Seventy-Eight, Seventy-Nine, and Eighty.

§   81.   Violation   of   sections   seventy-seven,  seventy-seven-c,   seventy-eight, seventy-nine, and eighty. Any railroad or  other  company   hauling  or  permitting  to  be hauled on its line or lines any train in   violation  of  any  of  the  provisions   of   sections   seventy-seven,   seventy-seven-c, seventy-eight, seventy-nine, and eighty shall be liable   to a fine of one hundred dollars for each and every violation. Such fine   shall  be imposed by the commissioner of transportation and deposited in   the general fund of the state of New York. Imposition of any  such  fine   shall  be  subject  to  judicial  review under the provisions of article   seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.
NY RR L § 82 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 82 - Canada Thistles to Be Cut.

§  82.  Canada  thistles  to  be cut. Every railroad corporation doing   business within this state, shall cause all Canada thistles,  white  and   yellow  daisies  and  other  noxious weeds growing on any lands owned or   occupied by it, to be cut down  twice  in  each  and  every  year,  once   between  the  fifteenth day of June and the twenty-fifth day of June and   once between the fifteenth day of August and  the  twenty-fifth  day  of   August. If any such corporation shall neglect to cause the same to be so   cut  down,  any person may cut the same, between the twenty-fifth day of   June and the fifth day of July inclusive, and between  the  twenty-fifth   day  of August and the fifth day of September inclusive in each year, at   the expense of the corporation on whose lands the same shall be so  cut,   at the rate of five dollars per day for the time occupied in cutting.
NY RR L § 83 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 83 - Riding on Platform; Walking Along Track.

§ 83. Riding on platform; walking along track. No railroad corporation   shall be liable for any injury to any passenger while on the platform of   a  car,  or  in  any  baggage,  wood or freight car, in violation of the   printed regulations of the corporation, posted  up  at  the  time  in  a   conspicuous  place  inside  of the passenger cars, then in the train, if   there shall be at the time sufficient room for the proper  accommodation   of  the passenger inside such passenger cars. No person other than those   connected with or employed upon the railroad shall walk  upon  or  along   its track or tracks, except where the same shall be laid across or along   streets  or  highways,  in  which  case he shall not walk upon the track   unless necessary to cross  the  same.  Any  person  riding,  leading  or   driving  any  horse  or  other  animal  upon any railroad, or within the   fences and guards thereof, other than at a  farm  or  street  or  forest   crossing,  without  the consent of the corporation, shall forfeit to the   people of the state  the  sum  of  ten  dollars,  and  pay  all  damages   sustained thereby to the party aggrieved.
NY RR L § 83-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 83-A - Operation of Motor Vehicles, Snowmobiles, Recreational Vehicles, and Riding of Animals on Railroad Property.

§   83-a.  Operation  of  motor  vehicles,  snowmobiles,  recreational   vehicles, and riding of animals on railroad property. Except in the case   of a railroad employee, contractor of the railroad corporation or public   official acting in the performance of his or her duties, no person shall   knowingly operate a motor vehicle,  snowmobile,  or  other  recreational   vehicle,  including  all terrain vehicles and motorcycles, or ride, lead   or drive any horse or other  animal  upon  abandoned  railroad  property   which  is  posted  to  prohibit  the  operation  of any such vehicles or   animals thereupon, or upon or along the track or tracks of an  operating   railroad  or within the fences or guards thereof, except across or along   streets or highways or at farm or forest crossings  where  necessary  to   cross  such  tracks  or  property. A violation of the provisions of this   section shall constitute a violation punishable by a fine  of  not  less   than  one  hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  two hundred fifty dollars.   Conviction for a second or subsequent violation  of  the  provisions  of   this  section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred   fifty nor more than five hundred dollars.
NY RR L § 83-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 83-B - Trespass Upon Railroad Premises.

§ 83-b. Trespass upon railroad premises. 1. Any city with a population   of  one  million or more and the counties of Monroe, Nassau, and Suffolk   are authorized and empowered to adopt or amend a local law or  ordinance   designating  any  portion  or  portions  of  property  consisting  of  a   right-of-way or yard of a  railroad  or  rapid  transit  railroad  as  a   no-trespass  railroad  zone  and  providing  for the conspicuous posting   thereof for purposes of establishing  criminal  liability  for  trespass   upon  such property pursuant to subdivision (g) of section 140.10 of the   penal law.2. The provisions of sections eighty-three and eighty-three-a of  this   article  shall  not be construed to prohibit or limit the prosecution of   any person for a violation of  the  provisions  of  subdivision  (g)  of   section 140.10 of the penal law.
NY RR L § 84 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 84 - Corporations May Establish Ferries.

§   84.   Corporations  may  establish  ferries.  Any  steam  railroad   corporation, incorporated under the laws of this state, with a  terminus   in  the  harbor  of  New  York, may purchase or lease boats propelled by   steam or otherwise, and operate the same as a ferry or  otherwise,  over   the  waters  of  the  harbor  of New York, but this section shall not be   construed to affect the rights of the city of New York.
NY RR L § 85 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RRD - Railroad Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management 85 - Certain Railroads May Cease Operation in Winter.

§  85.  Certain railroads may cease operation in winter. The directors   of any railroad corporation operating a railroad, constructed  and  used   principally  for  transporting lumber or ores, during the summer months,   or for summer travel, may, by a resolution  duly  passed  at  a  meeting   thereof,  apply  to the commissioner of transportation for permission to   cease the operation of their road during the winter season, for a period   not exceeding seven months in any one year, specifying the date of  such   suspension, and the date of the reopening thereof, and such commissioner   of  transportation  may,  in  his discretion, make an order granting the   application wholly or in part, and thereupon such  railroad  corporation   shall  be  relieved  of the duty of operating its road during the period   specified in the order. A copy of such order  shall  be  posted  in  all   depots  and  at  the  termini  of  such railroad, and published in every   newspaper in each  town  in  any  part  of  which  such  road  shall  be   constructed at least four weeks prior to the date of such suspension.