COMPILED CODE - Iowa Legislature - State of Iowa

Tit. XVI, Ch. 3.
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CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS. §§ 5079-a2-5118.
4 other suitable safety device rendering it safe for engines or trains to
5 pass thereover without stopping. The plans for such proposed inter-
6 locking system or other safety device shall be first submitted to the
7 board of railroad commissioners for approval, and after the same has
8 been installed no engines or trains shall pass over such crossings or
9 bridge without stopping until the board of railroad commissioners
10 shall have inspected and issued a certificate of approval of such inter-
11 locking system or safety device.
[C, '97, § 2060; 39 G. A., ch. 247, § 2.]
SEC. 5079-a2. Changing plan of interlocking switches—approval.
1 In the event any railroad company desires to make a change in the
2 mechanical construction, arrangement or location of any interlocking
3 system or other safety device, or in any of the parts of such system
4 or device, the plans showing specifically the nature of the changes pro-
5 posed shall be filed with the board of railroad commissioners, and such
6 system or device as changed shall not be operated until a certificate of
7 approval thereof has been issued by the board.
[39 G. A., ch. 247, § 3.]
SEC. 5079-a3. Unsafe switches—condemnation—reconstruction.
1 Any interlocking system or other safety device now or hereafter
2 constructed or operated, which may be found by the board of railroad
3 commissioners, after inspection, to be unsafe or dangerous, may be
4 condemned by the said board, and the railroad company or companies
5 required to reconstruct the same in accordance with the rules govern-
6 ing the construction, operation and maintenance of interlocking plants
7 adopted by said board of railroad commissioners.
[39 G. A., ch. 247, § 4.]
SEC. 5079-a4. Compulsory establishment of interlocking switches.
1 Whenever in the judgment of the board of railroad commission-
2 ers it is necessary for the public safety, said board may require the
3 establishment of an interlocking system or other safety device at any
4 railroad crossing, junction, or draw bridge.
[39 G. A., ch. 247, § 5.]
SEC. 5118. Minimum length—construction—equipment.
1 It shall be unlawful, except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
2 for any such common carrier by railroad to use on its lines any caboose
3 car or other car used for like purposes, unless such caboose or other
4 car shall be at least twenty-four feet in length, exclusive of the plat-
5 form, and equipped with two four-wheel trucks, and shall be provided
6 with a door in each end thereof and an outside platform across each
7 end of said car ; each platform shall not be less than eighteen inches
8 in width and shall be equipped with proper guard rails, and with grab
9 irons and hand brakes, and steps for the safety of persons getting on
10 and off said car; said steps shall be equipped with a suitable rod,
11 board, or other guard at each end and at the back thereof, properly
12 designed to prevent slipping from said step. Such caboose or other
13 car used for like purposes shall be provided with cupola, and necessary
14 closets and windows. Each caboose car shall be equipped with an
15 emergency air valve, and air gauge, which shall be placed on inside