Subdivision 1. Requirement. No railroad locomotive may be operated without a speedometer or speed recorder functioning correctly within three miles per hour and within the view of the engineer or operator of the locomotive.

Subd. 2. Compliance period. A railroad complies with subdivision 1 if, (1) by the first day of October 1975, it has at least one-third of its locomotives equipped with speed indicators or speed recorders as required in subdivision 1, (2) by the first day of October 1976, an additional one-third of the locomotives are so equipped, and (3) by the first day of October 1977, its remaining locomotives are so equipped.

Subd. 3. Yard switching service. Locomotives operated or used exclusively within designated yard limits in switching service need not be equipped in accordance with this section.

Subd. 4. Failure of required equipment. If the required equipment fails after a locomotive has commenced to move in service, the railroad operating that locomotive is not in violation of this section and section 219.661 if the defect is corrected at the next initial terminal, as defined in section 219.551, subdivision 2, where regular maintenance forces are available to repair or replace the equipment.

Subd. 5. Notice of compliance. A railroad shall notify the commissioner of the date that each locomotive comes into compliance with this section. The notification shall state the serial number or other identification of the locomotive.

Subd. 6. Compliance list or schedule. A railroad affected by this section shall maintain at a designated location a list or schedule of the locomotives referred to in subdivision 5. It shall set forth, along with other information, the date that the speed indicator or speed recorder was calibrated and found to be functioning in accordance with this section. It shall advise the commissioner as to the designated location.

Subd. 7. Enforcement. The commissioner shall enforce this section and may issue orders proper to require compliance with it.

History: 1975 c 406 s 2; 1976 c 166 s 49-51; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1