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§ 23-12-402. Locomotives to have headlights of requisite candlepower

(a) Any company, corporation, or officer of court, owning or operating a railroad over fifty (50) miles in length, which is in whole or in part within this state, shall be required to equip, maintain, and use on each and every locomotive being operated in road service in this state in the nighttime a headlight […]

§ 23-12-404. Equipment required on track motor cars

(a) No railroad company in this state shall use any track motor car for the transportation of its employees unless the motor car is equipped with a windbreaker, a red taillight, and an electric headlight of sufficient brilliancy to distinguish an object the size of a man at a distance of three hundred feet (300′). […]

§ 23-12-406. Transportation of hazardous materials

Any railroad transporting hazardous materials, as defined in the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, in this state must have on the train, in the possession of the train crew, documents which shall contain the following information regarding the hazardous material: (1) Position in the train of the car containing the hazardous material; (2) Number of the […]

§ 23-12-407. Repairs to cars to be done in state — Exceptions

(a) (1) All railroad corporations operating within the State of Arkansas and having their repair shops within the state shall, and are required to, repair, renovate, or build in the State of Arkansas, any and all defective or broken cars, coaches, locomotives, or other equipment owned or leased by the corporation in the State of […]

§ 23-12-408. Lights to be placed on switches

(a) Any company, corporation, or officer of court or any person operating any line of railroad during the nighttime in this state shall be required to place and maintain sufficient lights during the nighttime on all its main line switches of the line of railroad so operated. Green lights shall indicate main line, and red […]

§ 23-12-409. Signals and signboards required at tunnels

(a) (1) Every person, company, or corporation operating any railroad in this state or any receivers for any railroad company in this state are required to erect, operate, and maintain an automatic block signal system at all tunnels located upon their lines in this state. (2) The block signal is to be located at least […]

§ 23-12-410. Audible warning device to be sounded at crossing — Penalty and damages

(a) To give warning of a train’s approach, an audible warning device meeting standards prescribed by the Federal Railroad Administration shall be sounded at least one-quarter (¼) mile in advance of each location in Arkansas where a railroad crosses any public road, highway, or street or where any public road, highway, or street crosses any […]

§ 23-12-411. Warning boards required at crossings — Exception

(a) Every railroad corporation in this state shall cause boards to be placed, well-supported by posts or otherwise, and constantly maintained across each public road or street where the public road or street is crossed by the railroad on the same level. (b) (1) The boards shall be elevated so as not to obstruct travel […]

§ 23-12-412. Stock guards required when railroad passes through enclosure

(a) (1) It shall be the duty of all railroad companies organized under the laws of this state or any other state, which have constructed or may construct a railroad which may pass through or upon any enclosed lands of another, whether such lands were enclosed at the time of the construction of the railroad […]