Author: Robert Didden

Safety Rule

June 2026

Rule 98. Trains must approach the end of double track, junctions, interlocked railway crossings at grade, and interlocked drawbridges, prepared to stop, unless the switches

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Safety Rule

May 2026

Rule 43. Face shields shall not be used alone as a substitute for goggles or spectacles for eye protection. Chessie System Safety Rules, Effective June

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Safety Rule

April 2026

Rule 51. Stepping or walking on rail, derail, frog, switch, interlocking equipment, retarder, loose wheel detectors or defective equipment detectors is prohibited. Chessie System Safety

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Safety Rule

March 2026

Rule 52. No record will be made against an employee without notice to him, and an opportunity for explanation and defense. Northern Pacific Railway Company,

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Safety Rule

February 2026

Rule 4019. Employees must face object moving or standing, have secure grip on handholds and firm footing when climbing up or down engine, car, scaffold,

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Safety Rule

January 2026

Rule 17. Except as provided in Rule 17 (B), the headlight must be displayed, burning bright, at the front of every train by day and

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Safety Rule

December 2025

(6) Conductors and trainmen assigned to the humps will be responsible to see that the route is clear when a train is being shoved from

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