Railway Signal Systems. Hearing ... on H.R. 185 ... March 19, 1937 |
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19 and paragraph authority automatic block signals automatic train control automatic train-stop bill block-signal system BULWINKLE Bureau of Safety cab-signal devices cause centralized traffic control CHAIRMAN COLE collision committee common carriers cost CROSSER defects devices and systems enactment engineer failure false clear freight train George Huddleston Government grade-crossing protective devices HALLECK highway grade-crossing protective inspec inspectors instructions interlocking plants Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission investigation LYON maintenance of signal MAPES MARTIN ment miles mission operation of signals passenger train percent present promote the safety proper rail railroad operation railway signaling REECE repair result rules SADOWSKI safety devices safety laws safety of railroad section 26 SHORT LINE RAILROAD signal devices signal equipment signal indication signal maintainer speed standards statement stop switch TAYLOR tion traffic units train accidents train operation train-control devices train-control system unsafe conditions Virginian Railway WOLVERTON words
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Page 4 - ... in proper condition and safe to operate in the service to which the same is put, that the same may be employed in the active service of such carrier in moving traffic without unnecessary peril to life or limb...
Page 4 - ... brought by the United States district attorney In the District Court of the United States having jurisdiction in the locality where such violation shall have been committed, and it shall be the duty of such district attorney to bring such suits upon duly verified Information being lodged with him of such violation having occurred.
Page 10 - States a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation, which shall accrue to the United States and may be recovered in a civil action brought by the United States.
Page 4 - Commission shall prepare rules, standards, and instructions for the installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of such...
Page 3 - employer" shall not include any street, interurban, or suburban electric railway, unless such railway is operating as a part of a general steamrailroad system of transportation, but shall not exclude any part of the general steam-railroad system of transportation now or hereafter operated by any other motive power.
Page 9 - ... upon a portion of its railroad not included in the order, and any action arising because of an accident occurring upon such portion of its railroad shall be determined without consideration of the use of such systems...
Page 4 - That in the case of accident resulting from failure from any cause of a locomotive boiler or its appurtenances, resulting in serious injury or death to one or more persons, a statement forthwith must be made in writing of the fact of such accident, by the carrier owning or operating said locomotive, to the chief inspector.
Page 4 - It shall be the duty of the Commission to see that the requirements of this section and the orders, rules, regulations, standards, and instructions made, prescribed, or approved hereunder are observed by carriers, and all powers heretofore granted to the Commission are hereby extended to it in the execution of this section.
Page 29 - Such persons shall be in the classified service and shall be appointed after competitive examination according to the law and the rules of the Civil Service Commission governing the classified service.
Page 10 - ... as to such extension, that it is reasonably required in the interest of public convenience and necessity, or as to such extension or facilities that the expense involved therein will not impair the ability of the carrier to perform its duty to the public. Any carrier...