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§ 157 — Use of car not equipped with automatic couplers

Massachusetts § 157
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XXIICORPORATIONS
Ch. 160RAILROADS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, § 157 (2026).

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Section 157. A railroad corporation, in moving traffic between points in the commonwealth, shall not haul or use, or permit to be hauled or used, on its lines any car which is not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which do not require men to go between the cars to uncouple them.

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