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(a) It shall be the duty of a crew member on each train to give sufficient warning of all engines and cars moving along the tracks under his or her charge, upon or toward the crossing on East First Street, and to use all possible diligence and care to prevent injuries being caused by such engine and cars to persons upon the street. Such crew member shall also prevent such street from being obstructed at such crossing by engines or cars upon the tracks under his or her charge.
(b) In every case of an obstruction in violation of this code, such crew member shall, within 24 hours thereafter, report to the chief of police or his or her assistant all the particulars of such obstruction, and the name of every person responsible therefor.
(1964 Code, § 31-13) (Ord. 6430, § 3, passed 2-1-1971)
A failure on the part of railway companies to use a crew member for the purposes designated in this chapter shall be good and sufficient cause for the forfeiture of any and all rights and franchises enjoyed by such railroads in the city insofar as the same may have been granted to them or recognized in them by the city.
(1964 Code, § 31-14) (Ord. 6430, § 4, passed 2-1-1971)
All locomotive engines run or operated, or caused to be run or operated, on or across any public street or highway within the city, between sundown and sunup, by any person shall be equipped with a headlight so that the same shall throw the light forward in the direction the engine may be moving, and the headlight shall be kept burning from sundown to sunup.
(1964 Code, § 31-15)
All railway companies operating their roads in the city shall place on file in the office of the city secretary a map or plan, on a scale of not less than 600 feet to the inch, of all existing lines of railway, whether double or single, operated by them, having correctly delineated thereon all tracks, switches, curves, bridges, trestle-work, turnouts and turning tables.
(1964 Code, § 31-16)
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