389.710. Lights to be placed on certain switches, when, by whom. - Missouri Statutes

Lights to be placed on certain switches, when, by whom.

389.710. All common carriers, their officers, agents andemployees operating any railroad in this state are herebyrequired to maintain lights between sunset and sunrise on alllead switches in yards, where cars are switched in making up orbreaking up of trains and maintain lights on switches on mainlines where trains are operated at night, except that thissection shall not apply to main lines equipped with centralizedtraffic control signals, interlocking and remote control type ofelectric signaling, main lines equipped with automatic blocksignals where a block signal is located one thousand feet or lessin advance of a switch or to trailing point switches on doubletrack. The division may, after hearing, authorize or require thesubstitution for the above enumerated switch lights such othersafety devices as it may find proper or necessary.

(RSMo 1939 § 5282, A.L. 1959 H.B. 345, A.L. 1988 S.B. 676)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 4854; 1919 § 10041

CROSS REFERENCE:

Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission and department of transportation, RSMo 226.008