§ 8-9-9-1 — Unlawful acts; exceptions

On and after March 8, 1913, it shall be unlawful
for any person, firm, or corporation, or lessee or receiver of any person,
firm, or corporation, owning or operating any line or lines of steam
railroad in this state to place, attach, couple, or otherwise connect any
car or cars between any two (2) or more locomotive engines in such
manner that one (1) or more such locomotive engines shall precede,
and one (1) or more such locomotive engines shall succeed, such car
or cars, and, in such case, and in such cases only, when such
locomotive engines, having such car or cars placed, attached, coupled,
or otherwise connected between them shall be used or employed, or
shall be intended to be used or employed to haul, push, draw, switch,
shunt, or otherwise move or transport such car or cars over or along the
track or tracks of such railroad or railroads, or any part or parts of the
railroads lying within this state. And it shall likewise be unlawful to
haul, push, draw, switch, shunt, or otherwise move or transport such
car or cars when placed, attached, coupled, or otherwise connected
between such locomotive engines in the manner described in this
section, over or along any sidetrack, spur, turn-out, or switch located
in any yard or yards or elsewhere when used, owned, operated, or
leased by any such railroad or railroads, and in any and all other cases
when the hauling, pushing, drawing, switching, shunting, or otherwise
moving or transporting such car or cars when placed, attached,
coupled, or otherwise connected between such locomotive engines in
the manner described in this section would imperil or endanger the life
or lives of any person or persons engaged or employed on or in such car
or cars and engines, or who have a lawful right to be in or ride on the
car or engine. However, none of the provisions of this section shall be
construed to apply to cases where it is necessary or imperative to use
or employ a switch or other engine to assist in starting or overcoming
the inertia of a standing train, or in pushing or moving such train over
steep or heavy grades, or around sharp curves, for short distances, and
when it is customary to detach such engine or engines when the bend
of such curve shall have been passed, or when the summit of such
grade or acclivity shall have been reached.
Formerly: Acts 1913, c.130, s.1. As amended by P.L.62-1984,
SEC.136; P.L.136-2018, SEC.96.