Accident Reports to ICC: Hearing Before the Surface Transportation Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session, on S. 1964, a Bill to Amend the Act Requiring Certain Common Carriers by Railroad to Make Reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission with Respect to Certain Accidents in Order to Clarify the Requirements of Such Act. June 26, 1959

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Page 11 - That it shall be the duty of the general manager, superintendent, or other proper officer of every common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce by railroad to make to the Interstate Commerce Commission, at its office in Washington, District of Columbia, a monthly report, under oath, of all collisions, derailment«, or other accidents resulting in injury to persons, equipment, or roadbed...
Page 16 - ... means locomotives, freight and passenger train cars, floating equipment, and miscellaneous transportation equipment on wheels, the expenditures for which are chargeable (or, in the case of leased property, would be chargeable) to the equipment investment accounts in the uniform system of accounts for railroad companies prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission...
Page 83 - US Senate, Washington, DC DEAR SENATOR : This is in response to your request for the views of the Department of Justice on S. 1719, to amend the Interstate Commerce Act and the Federal Aviation Act of 1958...
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Page 1 - An Act requiring common carriers engaged in interstate and foreign commerce to make full reports of all accidents to the Interstate Commerce Commission, and authorizing investigations thereof by said Commission', approved May 6, 1910 (USC, 1934 ed., title 45, sees.
Page 17 - Total shareholders' equity. Total liabilities and shareholders' equity. CLASSIFICATION OF MILEAGE ACCOUNTS Train Miles 800 Rules and Definitions. (a) A train is a unit of equipment, or a combination of units of equipment (exclusive of light locomotives) , in condition for movement over tracks by self-contained motor equipment. A locomotive is a self-propelled unit of equipment designed solely for moving other equipment. A light locomotive is a locomotive in condition for movement by its own motor...
Page 18 - Trains which contain freighttrain cars shall be classed as passenger trains whenever the number of passenger-train cars is in excess of the number of freight-train cars in them.
Page 14 - Casualties to other persons should be reported by the carrier whose equipment is involved. (h) Death or injury to railroad employees on an adjacent track of another railroad must be reported by both railroads, whether or not a joint operation is involved. (i) In all cases involving joint operation, whether one or more trains are involved, each carrier will be allocated casualties to all persons on its own train. Casualties to employees not on train, whether on or off duty, will be allocated to the...
Page 9 - Association is an organization of the chief executives of national and international railway labor unions which represent virtually all employees in the railroad industry. The chief executives of the following rail unions are affiliated with our Association : American Railway Supervisors Association American Train Dispatchers...
Page 19 - ... accident, the report should show, whenever significant — Number and initial of car. Manufacturer and type of equipment or part. Weight, number, and other identifying marks. Year of manufacture and year of placing in service. When, where, and by what class of employee the equipment was last inspected, whether any defects were noted, and, if any, what remedies were applied. In reporting accidents involving appliances subject to the Federal Safety Appliance Acts, the Commission's Classification...

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