SENATE, No. 2111

By Mr. Tolman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2111) of Steven A. Tolman and Martin J. Walsh for legislation to require certain safety devices in the controlling compartment of all railroad locomotives operated within the Commonwealth. Transportation.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

AN ACT to require certain safety devices in the controlling compartment of all railroad locomotives operated within the commonwealth

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter One Hundred and Sixty of the General laws is hereby amended by inserting after Section 176A the following new section:

            Section 176B.  Every railroad corporation and railway company shall equip the controlling cab compartment of every locomotive, engine, and control car with a safety device generally known as an alerter, a deadman control, or any similar feature which assures that the locomotive engineer is alert or not physically incapacitated.  Such safety devices provide visual or audible warning alarms to the locomotive engineer and will apply the locomotive and train brakes in the event the locomotive engineer is incapacitated.  The department shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation and enforcement of this section.