51 chapters · 568 sections in this title.
23 M.R.S. § 7001 Brakemen
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No train of passenger cars, moved by steam, may be run without one trusty and skillful brakeman to every 2 cars.
23 M.R.S. § 7002 Danger signals, where disconnected cars left on track; penalty
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No car disconnected from a train may be left or permitted to remain standing on the main track of any railroad, unless accompanied by danger signals, such as flagging by day and lanterns by night, placed at such distances from the obstruction on the main line of the road as will …
23 M.R.S. § 7003 Railroad liable for damages from locomotive fire; entitled to benefit of any insurance
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When a building or other property is injured by fire communicated by a locomotive engine, the corporation using it is responsible for that injury and it has an insurable interest in the property along the route for which it is responsible, and may procure insurance on that proper…
23 M.R.S. § 7004 Intoxication of railroad employees on duty
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Whoever, having charge of a locomotive engine or acting as conductor, brakeman, motorman or switchman, is intoxicated while employed on a railroad shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months.