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2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 1. General Provisions › 8-8-1-1. Power Driving Wheel Brakes; Connections

Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any common carrier engaged in moving traffic by railroad between points within this state to use on its line any locomotive in moving such traffic not equipped with power driving wheel brakes and appliances for operating the train brake system, or to run any train in such traffic that has not seventy-five (75) per cent of the cars in such train equipped with power or train brakes, and having the brakes used and operated by the engineer of the locomotive drawing such train, and all power brake cars in such train shall be associated together and have their brakes used and operated: Provided, That this section shall not apply to the handling of trains or cars in yard service, or to a local train while engaged in performing switching service.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.118, s.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 1. General Provisions › 8-8-1-2. Automatic Couplers

Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul, or permit to be hauled, or used, on its line, any locomotive, car, tender or similar vehicle used in moving state traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of persons going between the ends of the cars.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.118, s.2; Acts 1975, P.L.76, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 1. General Provisions › 8-8-1-3. Grab-Irons or Handholds

Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul, or permit to be hauled, or used, on its line, any locomotive, car, tender, or similar vehicle used in moving of state traffic not provided with secure grab-irons or handholds in the sides or ends thereof.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.118, s.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 1. General Provisions › 8-8-1-4. Draw Bars; Standard Height

Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to use any locomotive, tender, car or similar vehicle used in the movement of state traffic, that is not provided with draw bars of standard height; to wit, standard gauge cars thirty-four and one-half (34 1/2) inches; narrow gauge cars twenty-six (26) inches; measured perpendicularly from the level of the tops of the rails to the centers of the draw bars; the maximum variation from such standard heights between draw bars of empty and loaded cars shall be three (3) inches.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.118, s.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 1. General Provisions › 8-8-1-5. Application of Law

Sec. 5. The provisions of sections 1, 2, and 4 of this chapter shall also apply to locomotives, cars, and trains used in passenger traffic between points within this state, in so far as the same are applicable to the vehicles used in passenger train traffic; provided, that none of the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this chapter shall apply to any street railroad, interurban, or suburban street railroad.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.118, s.5. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.104.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 1. General Provisions › 8-8-1-6. Interurban Railways; Track Motorcars; Brakes; Hand Brakes

Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful for any common carrier in this state operating an interurban railway by electric power to operate or run upon any railroad in this state any motorcar used in regular interurban passenger traffic which is not equipped with an approved power air brake, in good condition, and subject to the control, and operation of the motorman in charge of such car, and of sufficient capacity to control the speed of the car. It shall also be unlawful for any common carrier, operating a steam or electric railway, and engaged in moving traffic between points in this state, to operate or run upon any railroad in this state any freight or passenger train which is not equipped, as to, at least, as to a steam railroad seventy-five percent (75%), and as to an interurban street railroad fifty percent (50%) of the cars in said train, with an approved system of hand brakes in addition to the power or train brakes required by section 1 of this chapter, which hand brakes shall be kept at all times in proper working condition and of sufficient capacity to control the speed of such train. Provided, that the hand brakes upon every passenger coach, both steam and electric, shall be so constructed that they can be operated in connection with the air or power brakes upon such coach; provided, however, that whenever such power air brakes become disabled from any cause while such car is in service on any such railroad, then, if such car is equipped with a hand brake sufficient therefor, it may complete its run; and, provided further, that this chapter shall not make it unlawful to run such disabled car to the most convenient repair shop upon the road upon which it is then being operated; provided, that this chapter shall not apply to city street railway cars, or cars engaged in suburban traffic.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.118, s.6; Acts 1911, c.169, s.1. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.105.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 1. General Provisions › 8-8-1-7. Brakes; Minimum Percentage of Cars in Trains

Sec. 7. The Indiana department of transportation may, after full hearing and for good cause shown, increase the minimum percentage of cars in any train required to be operated by power or train brakes. A failure to comply with a requirement of the department is subject to a like penalty as a failure to comply with any requirement of this chapter. The department may grant to any common carrier subject to this chapter, upon full hearing and for good cause shown, a reasonable extension of time in which to comply with this chapter. The extension or extensions may not exceed eighteen (18) months.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.118, s.7. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.106; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.70; P.L.18-1990, SEC.80.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 1. General Provisions › 8-8-1-8. Improperly Equipped Cars; Refusal to Accept From Connecting Lines

Sec. 8. Any such common carrier may refuse to receive from its connecting lines, or from any shipper, any car not equipped in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.118, s.8. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.107.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 1. General Provisions › 8-8-1-9. Inspection

Sec. 9. The Indiana department of transportation shall enforce this chapter. The department may, with the consent and approval of the governor, appoint and pay an inspector, or inspectors, to assist in so doing and in collecting the necessary information required for that purpose. The department may adopt rules, not inconsistent with this chapter, to control the conduct of its inspectors and such carriers in reference to this chapter and such inspection. All carriers subject to this chapter shall provide free transportation in Indiana for the inspectors employed by the department, to be used only while traveling on the business of the department.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.118, s.9. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.108; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.71; P.L.18-1990, SEC.81.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 1. General Provisions › 8-8-1-10. Violation; Penalty; Action to Recover; Exceptions

Sec. 10. Every common carrier, or the receiver thereof, using or permitting to be used or hauled on its line a locomotive, tender, car, or similar vehicle or train in violation of the provisions of this chapter is liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each violation, to be recovered in a suit or suits to be brought by and in the name of the Indiana department of transportation in a circuit or superior court of this state having jurisdiction over the offending carrier. This chapter does not apply to locomotives, tenders, cars, or trains exclusively used in the movement of logs when the height of the draw bars on the locomotives, tenders, and cars does not exceed twenty-five (25) inches or to locomotives, tenders, cars, similar vehicles, or trains while any are in actual use in interstate commerce.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.118, s.10. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.109; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.72; P.L.18-1990, SEC.82.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 1. General Provisions › 8-8-1-11. Bridges; Vertical Clearances

Sec. 11. (a) It is unlawful for a railroad carrier in Indiana that operates freight trains over its lines in the state to maintain over or across its line in this state an overhead bridge, viaduct, or other structure, the lowest point of which is less than twenty-one (21) feet above the level of the top of the rails in the track of the carrier, without obtaining the permission of the Indiana department of transportation so to do.
(b) It is unlawful for a party, person, association, limited liability company, or municipal or private corporation to construct or maintain, across the track of a steam railroad carrier an overhead bridge, viaduct, or other structure the lowest point of which is less than twenty-one (21) feet above the level of the top of the rails in the track without obtaining the permission of the Indiana department of transportation to do so. This section does not apply to bridges or viaducts within the limits of a city or incorporated town in the state. This chapter does not modify the statutes concerning the location of wires across railroads, street railroads, interurban, or suburban railroads. No new structure or new railway bridge shall be built in which the lowest point is less than twenty-two (22) feet above the level of the top of the rails in the track of the carrier, without obtaining permission of the Indiana department of transportation so to do.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.118, s.11; Acts 1911, c.123, s.1; Acts 1949, c.107, s.1; Acts 1951, c.23, s.1. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.110; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.73; P.L.18-1990, SEC.83; P.L.8-1993, SEC.141.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 1. General Provisions › 8-8-1-12. Bridges and Other Structures; Lateral Clearance

Sec. 12. (a) It is unlawful for a railroad carrier in this state engaged in operating a line of standard gauge railroad, or a person or persons, association, municipal, or private corporation, to build or maintain a structure or alter or rebuild a structure or railway bridge along the line of the railroad in Indiana, in which that part of the structure or bridge nearest to the track is less than seven (7) feet from the center of the track, without first obtaining permission of the Indiana department of transportation so to do.
(b) No new structure or new railway bridge shall be built in which that part of the structure or bridge nearest to the track is less than eight (8) feet from the center of the track without first obtaining permission from the Indiana department of transportation. However:
(1) the clearance referred to in this section does not apply to signal fixtures governing train operations within interlocking limits; and
(2) the term "structures" as used in this section does not include parallel or adjacent tracks, railroad crossings, crossovers, turn-outs, or switches.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.118, s.12; Acts 1911, c.169, s.2; Acts 1949, c.45, s.1. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.111; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.74; P.L.18-1990, SEC.84.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 1. General Provisions › 8-8-1-13. Violation of Ic 8-8-1-12; Penalty

Sec. 13. A person who violates section 12 of this chapter, after receiving sixty (60) days notice from the Indiana department of transportation that a provision of that section is being violated, is subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation to be recovered in an action to be brought by and in the name of the department on behalf of the state in any circuit or superior court having jurisdiction.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.118, s.13; Acts 1911, c.169, s.3. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.826; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.75; P.L.18-1990, SEC.85.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 1. General Provisions › 8-8-1-14. Employees; Death or Personal Injury; Assumption of Risk; Contributory Negligence

Sec. 14. Any employee of any such common carrier who may be killed or injured by any locomotive, tender, car, similar vehicle, or train in use contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or who shall be killed or injured on account of any of the structures forbidden in sections 11 and 12 of this chapter, shall not be deemed thereby to have assumed the risk thereby occasioned, although continuing in the employment of such carrier after the unlawful use of such locomotive, tender, car, similar vehicle, or train, or the maintenance of such unlawful structures named in sections 11 and 12 of this chapter had been brought to his knowledge, nor shall any such employee be held as having contributed to his injury in any case where the carrier shall have violated any of the provisions of this chapter when such violation contributed to the death or injury of any such employee.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.118, s.14. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.112.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 3. Railroad Locomotives › 8-8-3-1. Construction; Unobstructed View Between Fireman and Engineer

Sec. 1. In addition to the powers granted the Indiana department of transportation in other statutes, the department shall investigate whether or not locomotive engines are constructed and built so that the engineer and fireman employed and working thereon and operating the locomotive engine are, at all times when operating the locomotive engine, in plain view and sight of each other and so situated and located in the performance of their duties that when so at work, engaged in operating and running the locomotive engines, there are no walls, partitions, machinery, parts, or appliances of the engine or other obstructions to prevent the fireman and engineer from readily, quickly, and easily seeing and communicating with each other.
Formerly: Acts 1913, c.291, s.1. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.115; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.76; P.L.18-1990, SEC.86.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 3. Railroad Locomotives › 8-8-3-2. Enforcement Orders

Sec. 2. If, after investigation, it is found that the engines are not constructed and operated as set out in section 1 of this chapter, the Indiana department of transportation may make and enforce against the railroad companies an order or orders as necessary to require the equipment of the locomotive engines to comply with section 1 of this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1913, c.291, s.2. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.116; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.77; P.L.18-1990, SEC.87.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 3. Railroad Locomotives › 8-8-3-3. Front Cab Windows; Unobstructed View; Switch Engines; Unobstructed View

Sec. 3. The Indiana department of transportation may require locomotive engines to be so constructed that the engineer and fireman's view ahead from the front cab windows is clear and unobstructed by any part of the engine, equipment, or appliances used or operated, and constructed that the cab deck shall be of the same height, and shall give the fireman and engineer operating the locomotive engine an even surface to stand and work upon, and constructed that the switch engines have the tank and tender built so that the engineer and fireman operating and controlling the locomotive engine can have a clear view along the track, both front and rear, without the view being obstructed by part of the engine, tank, or tender.
Formerly: Acts 1913, c.291, s.3. As amended by P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.78; P.L.18-1990, SEC.88.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 3. Railroad Locomotives › 8-8-3-4. Rebuilding or Reconstruction

Sec. 4. Whenever a locomotive engine is sent to the shops of the railroad company operating the locomotive engine to be rebuilt or reconstructed, the locomotive engine shall be rebuilt or reconstructed so as to comply with this chapter. The Indiana department of transportation may exempt a company from complying with this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1913, c.291, s.4. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.117; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.79; P.L.18-1990, SEC.89.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 3. Railroad Locomotives › 8-8-3-5. Violations

Sec. 5. A person who violates an order of the Indiana department of transportation made under this chapter commits a Class C infraction.
Formerly: Acts 1913, c.291, s.5. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.827; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.80; P.L.18-1990, SEC.90.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 4. Storm Windows on Locomotives › 8-8-4-1. Unobstructed View; Violation

Sec. 1. It is a Class C infraction for a person owning or operating locomotive road engines to fail to provide and equip the locomotive road engines with storm-windows in both front windows in the cabs of the engines. The storm-windows shall be so equipped and adjusted as to permit persons in charge to have an unobstructed view through them, when open, under all climatic conditions and to prevent the view being obstructed by rain, snow, or ice adhering thereto.
Formerly: Acts 1911, c.80, s.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.828.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 7. Caboose Cars › 8-8-7-1. Scope of Law

Sec. 1. The provisions of this chapter apply to any corporation or to any person or persons while engaged as common carriers in the transportation by railroad of passengers or property within this state to which the regulative power of this state extends.
Formerly: Acts 1911, c.60, s.1. As amended by P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.81.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 7. Caboose Cars › 8-8-7-2. Plans and Specifications; Equipment

Sec. 2. From and after June 1, 1914, it shall be unlawful, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, for any such common carrier by railroad to use on its line any caboose car, or other car used for like purposes, unless such caboose or other car shall be at least twenty-four (24) feet in length exclusive of the platform and equipped with two (2) four-wheel trucks and said caboose car or other car shall be of constructive strength equal to that of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds capacity freight cars, and shall be provided with a door in each end thereof and an outside platform across each end of said car. Each platform shall not be less than twenty-four (24) inches in width and shall be equipped with proper guard rails and with grab-irons and steps for the safety of persons getting on and off said car. Said steps shall be equipped with a suitable rod, board, or other guard at each end and at the back thereof properly designed to prevent slipping from said step. Said caboose shall have necessary cupola or bay window, closets, and windows.
Formerly: Acts 1911, c.60, s.2; Acts 1939, c.129, s.1. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.119.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 7. Caboose Cars › 8-8-7-3. Repairs; Return to Service

Sec. 3. Whenever any such caboose cars or other cars in use on April 21, 1911, by such common carriers as provided by section 1 of this chapter shall, after April 21, 1911, be brought into any shop for general repairs, it shall be unlawful to again put the same into the service of such common carrier within this state unless it be equipped as provided in section 2 of this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1911, c.60, s.3. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.120.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 8. Railroad Equipment › Chapter 7. Caboose Cars › 8-8-7-4. Operations Excepted From Law

Sec. 4. This chapter does not apply to the use of caboose cars operated in yards and in transfer service. In case of unusual and unforeseen demands of traffic, caboose cars not constructed in compliance with this chapter may be used temporarily, provided that the railroad company desiring to use the caboose cars apply to and obtain an order from the Indiana department of transportation granting the privilege to temporarily use the same.
Formerly: Acts 1911, c.60, s.4. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.121; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.82; P.L.18-1990, SEC.91.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 9. Railroad Labor › Chapter 10. Railroad Employee Sanitary Facilities › 8-9-10-2. Hearings; Investigations; Mandamus; Preference to Cases

Sec. 2. (a) Whenever the Indiana department of transportation secures reliable information, receives a complaint, or, because of reports made by the department's inspectors, has reason to believe that a railroad company in this state does not provide and adequately maintain the sanitary facilities provided for in section 1(b) through 1(e) of this chapter, the department shall make an investigation as necessary. The department shall conduct a hearing at which both the railroad company and the employees affected will be given a full opportunity to present evidence as to the necessity and reasonableness of the proposed changes or improvements.
(b) When the investigation required under subsection (a) is made, the Indiana department of transportation shall report to the manager or superintendent of the railroad company. In the report and recommendations, the department shall make an accurate statement of the time the examination was made, of the exact location, character, and extent of defects or omissions, if any have been found, and shall recommend reasonable changes and improvements, additions, buildings, and accommodations, as are, in the opinion of the department, necessary to remedy the faults, neglect, requirements, or defects. The recommendations must set out specifically a reasonable time within which such improvements or changes or additions shall be made by the railroad company.
(c) If the recommendations under subsection (b) are not carried out within the time specified, then the Indiana department of transportation may commence proceedings by mandamus or other remedy in a circuit or superior court having jurisdiction to enforce compliance with its order. All courts having jurisdiction in these cases shall give preference to the cases and shall hear and determine the case speedily to the end that the employees' interests and the public interests may not suffer.
Formerly: Acts 1965, c.154, s.2. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.139; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.93; P.L.18-1990, SEC.102; P.L.83-2007, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 9. Railroad Labor › Chapter 10. Railroad Employee Sanitary Facilities › 8-9-10-3. Railroad Company Also Subject to Health Rules

Sec. 3. In addition to this chapter, the railroad company is subject to a rule adopted under IC 16-19-3-4.4.
As added by P.L.83-2007, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 9. Railroad Labor › Chapter 11. Contract Carriers Transporting Railroad Employees › 8-9-11-1. Applicability of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a contract carrier that transports an employee of a railroad under the terms of a contractual agreement with the railroad.
As added by P.L.109-2000, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 9. Railroad Labor › Chapter 11. Contract Carriers Transporting Railroad Employees › 8-9-11-2. "Contract Carrier" Defined

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "contract carrier" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-2.1-17-5.
As added by P.L.109-2000, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 9. Railroad Labor › Chapter 11. Contract Carriers Transporting Railroad Employees › 8-9-11-3. Duties of Contract Carriers

Sec. 3. A contract carrier shall do the following:
(1) Limit the hours of service by a driver who transports a railroad employee to:
(A) twelve (12) hours of vehicle operation per day;
(B) fifteen (15) hours of on duty service per day; and
(C) seventy (70) hours of on duty service in seven (7) consecutive days.
(2) Require a driver who has:
(A) twelve (12) hours of vehicle operation per day; or
(B) fifteen (15) hours of on duty service per day;
to have at least eight (8) consecutive hours off duty before operating a vehicle again.
As added by P.L.109-2000, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 9. Railroad Labor › Chapter 11. Contract Carriers Transporting Railroad Employees › 8-9-11-4. Adoption of Rules

Sec. 4. The motor carrier services division of the department of state revenue may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement and administer this chapter.
As added by P.L.128-2003, SEC.1.