Railroad Safety--Supplemental Hearings: Hearings Before a Subcommittee on the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, 81st Conbgress, 1st Session on H.R. 378, a Bill to Amend Section 25 of the Interstate Commerce Act to Require Certain Common Carriers by Railroad to Install and Maintain Communication Systems and to Establish and Observe Operation Rules, Regulations, and Practices to Promote Safety of Employees and Travelers on Railroads, and for Other Purposes; H.R 530, a Bill to Promote the Safety of Employees and Travelers Upon Railroads, and to Protect the Public by Requiring Certain Common Carriers by Railroad to Install and Maintain Communication Systems, and for Other Purposes. August 4-9, 1949U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949 - 130 páginas Continuation of hearings on legislation to require railroads to install and maintain communications systems and establish and observe operating safety regulations. |
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Página 210 - Nothing in this part, except the provisions of section 204 relative to qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees and safety of operation or standards of equipment...
Página 293 - ... 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.
Página 233 - It shall be the duty of the Commission — (1) To regulate common carriers by motor vehicle as provided in this part, and to that end the Commission may establish reasonable requirements with respect to continuous and adequate service, transportation of baggage and express, uniform systems of accounts, records, and reports, preservation of records, qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees, and safety of operation and equipment.
Página 293 - Act and are able to withstand such test or tests as may be prescribed in the rules and regulations hereinafter provided for.
Página 293 - That it shall be unlawful for any carrier to use or permit to be used on its line any locomotive unless said locomotive, its boiler, tender, and all parts and appurtenances thereof are in proper condition and safe to operate in the service to which the same are put, that the same may be employed in the active service of such carrier without unnecessary peril to life or limb...
Página 245 - ... (b). That the Commission may, after investigation, if found necessary in the public interest, order any carrier within a time specified in the order, to install the block signal system, interlocking, automatic train stop, train control, and/or cab-signal devices, and/or other similar appliances, methods, and systems intended to promote the safety of railroad operation...
Página 210 - To establish for private carriers of property by motor vehicle, if need therefor is found, reasonable requirements to promote safety of operation, and to that end prescribe qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees, and standards of equipment. In the event such requirements are established, the term "motor carrier...
Página 211 - States of explosives and other dangerous articles, including inflammable liquids, inflammable solids, oxidizing materials, corrosive liquids, compressed gases, and poisonous substances, which shall be binding upon all common carriers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce which transport explosives or other dangerous articles by land or water...
Página 210 - Notwithstanding any provision of this section or of section 208, the provisions of this part shall not apply — *»««»• * (2) to transportation by motor vehicle by any person (whether as agent or under a contractual arrangement) for a common carrier...
Página 212 - USC 36, 37), to investigate, test experimentally, and report on the use and need of any appliances or systems intended to promote the safety of railway operation...