HB 2262
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
House: TI DP 4-2-1-0
HB 2262: railroads; train length
Sponsor: Representative Hernandez C, LD 21
Caucus & COW
Overview
Prohibits a railroad from running or being allowed to run a train that exceeds 8,500 feet on
any part of a main track or branch line.
History
An engineer, conductor or other employee or officer of a railroad company who permits a
locomotive or cars to remain upon the crossing of a public highway over such railway so as to
obstruct travel over the crossing for a period exceeding 15 minutes, except in cases of
unavoidable accident, is guilty of a class two misdemeanor (A.R.S. § 40-852).
All persons engaged in the operation of railroads must comply with any regulation or order
of the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) (A.R.S. § 40-844).
The ACC, for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of employees of railroads, must
prescribe standards of safety and safety devices requiring the railroads to:
1) install and maintain electric marker warning lights on the rear of all trains with
sufficient candle power to be visible at 3,000 feet under ordinary atmospheric
conditions; and
2) install and maintain adequate electrical lighting within cabooses for clerical work
(A.R.S. § 40-841).
A person in charge of a railroad locomotive who before crossing any traveled public way omits
to ring or whistle the bell, siren or other sounding device to sound at a distance of at least 80
rods from a crossing and until it is reached, is guilty of a class two misdemeanor (A.R.S. § 40-
854).
Provisions
1. Mandates that a railroad operating in this state may not run or be allowed to run a train
exceeding 8,500 feet in length on any part of a main track or branch line. (Sec. 1)