48:12-87.2 - General requirements - New Jersey Statutes

48:12-87.2.  General requirements
    It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company, corporation, trustee or  receiver operating a railroad as a common carrier for hire in whole or in part  in this State to haul or permit to be hauled or used within this State any car  as a caboose if said car has been acquired or purchased after the effective  date of this act and does not conform to the requirements of this act.  Such  cars except for interior finish shall be of steel construction, shall be  equipped with a platform on each end thereof not less than 24 inches wide  having secure guardrails, grab irons and steps equipped with suitable rods,  boards or other guards at each end and at the back thereof;  shall be at least  24 feet in length exclusive of platforms; shall be of constructive strength  equal to that of 100,000 pounds capacity freight cars;  shall be equipped with  drawbars and draft gears designed to adequately handle slack action;  and shall  have trucks with 4 wheels each. Said cars shall be equipped with automatic air  brakes, a conductor's air valve, and air valves and a whistle fixed at or  adaptable to either platform.  Said cars shall have a door in each end thereof;   shall have bay windows, or cupolas of sufficient size to accommodate at least  2 men and served with suitable steps for access thereto.  Said cars shall have  a sanitary toilet room;  an ice box or refrigerator, a water cooler, and clothes lockers with recessed knobs;  and shall have suitable heating equipment.  The cars shall be equipped with wipers attached to the bay windows;   and all windows shall be of shatterproof glass.

     L.1967, c. 186, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1968.