Rhode Island § 39-7-4 § 39-7-4. Passenger cars not to be followed by cars loaded with dirt or stone.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 39-7-4 — § 39-7-4. Passenger cars not to be followed by cars loaded with dirt or stone.

Rhode Island § 39-7-4

Title 39Public Utilities and Carriers

Ch. 39-7Operation of Railroads Generally

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-7-4 (2026).

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§ 39-7-4. Passenger cars not to be followed by cars loaded with dirt or stone.
No car or carriage for the transportation of passengers over any railroad shall be
            propelled on the railroad when placed between the locomotive and cars loaded with
            dirt or stone. Every railroad corporation upon whose railroad shall be propelled cars
            or carriages for the transportation of passengers, so placed, shall be fined five
            hundred dollars ($500), one-half (Â½) thereof to the use of the complainant and one-half
            (Â½) thereof to the use of the state.
         

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§ 39-7-4. Passenger cars not to be followed by cars loaded with dirt or stone.

No car or carriage for the transportation of passengers over any railroad shall be propelled on the railroad when placed between the locomotive and cars loaded with dirt or stone. Every railroad corporation upon whose railroad shall be propelled cars or carriages for the transportation of passengers, so placed, shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500), one-half (Â½) thereof to the use of the complainant and one-half (Â½) thereof to the use of the state.