On any railroad train where the engine is accompanied by a tender of the Vanderbilt or similar type of construction and where the clearance between the overhang of the roof of the cab of the engine and the top of the tender accompanying the engine is less than twenty-eight inches, an opening not less than twenty-four inches square shall be cut out in the overhang of the roof of the cab, for the purpose of enabling an engineman with safety to go from the cab of the engine to the top of the tender.
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Section § 6950
This law requires that if a railroad train engine has a specific design where the clearance between the engine's cab roof and the top of the tender is less than 28 inches, there must be a 24-inch square opening in the cab's roof. This opening ensures that an engineman can safely move from the engine's cab to the tender's top.
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Section § 6951
This law states that if a railroad company or its manager working in California does not follow the rules in Section 6950, they can be charged with a misdemeanor. They will have to pay at least $100 for each time they don't comply, and if the non-compliance continues, each day counts as a new offense.
Any railroad company operating a line in whole or in part within this state, or any receiver of any railroad, that fails to comply with any provision of section 6950 is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense. Each day that such failure continues is a separate offense.
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Section § 6952
This law requires railroad companies in California to have safe handrails and footboards on the sides of their engine cabs, unless the cab has large enough front windows. Specifically, the handrails must run along the top from front to back, and the footboards must be substantial and at least one and a half inches wide, projecting outward from the cab floor and extending from front to rear.
If a railroad company doesn't comply, they can be fined $200 per violation. However, this requirement does not apply if a railroad company had, before July 2, 1921, issued and maintained an order that prevents crew members from going in front of the cab while it is moving.
Every railroad company operating engines within any part of this state shall provide each engine cab with a substantial and safe handrail along the top on each side of the cab extending from the front to the rear of the cab. Every engine cab other than one having front windows of not less than 14 inches in width and 42 inches in height shall be provided and equipped with a substantial and safe footboard, of not less than one and one-half inches, projecting outward from each side of the cab level with the floor and extending from the front to the rear of the cab.
Any railroad company, or receiver thereof, which fails to comply with any provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of two hundred dollars ($200) for each offense.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any railroad company which issued in writing before July 2, 1921, and maintains in force, an order forbidding the engine or train crew to go from the engine cab to that portion of the engine in front of the cab while the cab is in motion.
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Section § 6953
This California law requires that any new electric car or locomotive used for intercity service must have laminated safety glass in the driver's area. This requirement applies only if the vehicle is built after the law took effect, is powered by an overhead wire, and can exceed 45 miles per hour.
Any electric car operated in interurban service and any electric locomotive shall be equipped exclusively with laminated safety glass in the compartment of the motorman or engineer, or if there is no compartment, the window in front of the motorman shall be so equipped, if the following conditions concur:
(a)CA Labor Code § 6953(a) The car or locomotive is built after the effective date of this section.
(b)CA Labor Code § 6953(b) The car or locomotive is operated by an overhead wire.
(c)CA Labor Code § 6953(c) The car or locomotive can exceed a speed of 45 miles per hour.
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Section § 6954
This law states that from September 1, 1946, it's illegal to operate electric cars used in between-city services or electric locomotives if they don't have laminated safety glass installed.
On and after the first day of September, 1946, it shall be unlawful to operate any electric car in interurban service or any electric locomotive which is not so equipped with laminated safety glass.
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Section § 6955
Laminated safety glass is a type of glass that has been treated or combined with other materials to make it safer than regular glass. It is designed to minimize the chances of people getting hurt by external objects or the glass itself if it breaks or cracks.
Laminated safety glass is glass so treated or combined with other materials as to reduce, in comparison with ordinary sheet glass or plate glass, the likelihood of injury to persons, by objects from external sources, or by glass when the glass is cracked or broken.
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Section § 6956
This law states that if a common carrier (a company that transports goods or people) breaks certain rules about operating electric cars or locomotives, they are committing a misdemeanor. For each day they break the rule, they can be fined at least $200 for each separate offense.
Any common carrier violating Sections 6953 or 6954 is guilty of a misdemeanor for each violation, punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) for each offense. Each day that any electric car is operated in interurban service or that any electric locomotive is operated, is a separate offense.
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