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Speedometers and speed recorders - 66 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2705

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     § 2705.  Speedometers and speed recorders.
        (a)  General rule.--No railroad locomotive shall be operated
     in excess of 30 miles per hour in this Commonwealth without a
     device or devices making a record of the speed at which the
     locomotive is traveling and providing the engineer or operator
     of the locomotive with a view of such speed. Both devices shall
     be functioning correctly within four miles per hour.
        (b)  Exceptions.--Locomotives operated or used exclusively
     within designated yard limits in switching or transfer service
     need not be equipped in accordance with the provisions of this
     section. Locomotives while being used in commuter passenger
     service need not be equipped with a speed recording device.
        (c)  Notification of compliance.--Each railroad shall notify
     the commission of the date that each locomotive comes into
     compliance with the provisions of this section. The notification
     shall state the serial number or other identification of the
     locomotive.
        (d)  Schedule of regulated locomotives.--Each railroad
     affected by the provisions of this section shall maintain at a
     designated location a list or schedule of the locomotives
     referred to in this section. It shall set forth, along with
     other information, the date that the device or devices referred
     to in subsection (a) were calibrated and found to be functioning
     in accordance with the provisions of this section. It shall
     advise the commission as to such location. In the event of an
     accident during the operation of a locomotive or in the event of
     a disciplinary proceeding in which a railroad employee is
     charged with excessive speed, the record required by this
     section showing the speed at the time and place involved shall
     be retained by the railroad, at a location made known to the
     Public Utility Commission, until permission to destroy them has
     been granted by the commission or otherwise permitted in
     accordance with a rule, regulation or order of the commission.
     In any disciplinary proceeding in which a railroad employee is
     charged with excessive speed in the operation of a locomotive
     equipped with a speed recorder the railroad may not introduce
     other evidence of such speed unless the record has been retained
     in compliance with this subsection.
        (e)  Enforcement.--The commission shall enforce the
     provisions of this section and may issue such order or orders as
     may be proper to require compliance therewith.
     (Nov. 26, 1978, P.L.1241, No.294, eff. 60 days)

        1978 Amendment.  Act 294 amended subsec. (d).

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