1. It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of a railroad running through or within the boundaries of the State of Nevada and engaged in the business of common carrier to operate for or transport its employees in a motorcar which is not equipped with a transparent safety glass windshield sufficient in width and height reasonably to protect such employees. Such car shall also be equipped with an electric headlamp of sufficient candle power as to make any obstruction, landmark, warning sign or grade crossing on such railroad visible at a distance of 300 feet in advance of such car under ordinary atmospheric conditions. Such car shall also be equipped with two electric lights on the rear end thereof with sufficient candle power as to be visible at a distance of 300 feet under ordinary atmospheric conditions. Such car shall also be equipped with a suitable device that will remove rain, snow and sleet from the windshield while the car is moving, and the windshield shall be so devised that the driver or operator of the car can start or stop the windshield wiper while the driver or operator is driving the car.
2. Any owner or operator of a railroad running through or within this state as a common carrier of persons or property or both, for compensation, who either operates for its employees, or who furnishes to its employees, for their transportation to or from the place or places where they are required to labor, a rail track motorcar that has not been fully equipped as required by subsection 1 shall be fined not more than $500 for each offense. Each day or part of a day it operates or furnishes each of such rail track motorcars not so equipped as provided in subsection 1 to its employees for operation to or from the place or places where they are required to work shall constitute a separate offense.
[1:179:1953] + [2:179:1953]—(NRS A 1967, 661)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails
NRS 705.005 - Effect of federal preemption.
NRS 705.030 - Contract reserving title or lien as security for full payment.
NRS 705.050 - Validity of contract for conditional sale.
NRS 705.120 - Duty of maintaining fences; liability for killing livestock.
NRS 705.140 - Penalty for allowing animal to stray on enclosed right-of-way.
NRS 705.160 - Settlement of claim within 90 days; action for recovery; assignment of claim.
NRS 705.180 - Employee to report killing or injuring of livestock.
NRS 705.210 - Employees’ hours of employment limited; penalties.
NRS 705.220 - Railroad police: Appointment; responsibility for actions; wearing of badge.
NRS 705.240 - Engineer required to be able to read timetables and ordinary handwriting; penalty.
NRS 705.250 - Intoxication and other violations of duties; penalties.
NRS 705.260 - "Common carrier" defined.
NRS 705.270 - Liability for injury to or death of employee.
NRS 705.300 - Question of causation for jury’s determination.
NRS 705.310 - Fact of injury or death presumptive evidence of want of care by employer.
NRS 705.330 - Survival of right of action.
NRS 705.340 - Limitation of actions.
NRS 705.360 - Headlights on locomotive; penalty.
NRS 705.415 - Requirements for certain railroads transporting freight; exception.
NRS 705.420 - Civil penalties.
NRS 705.421 - Department of Transportation to develop state plan for service by rail.
NRS 705.430 - Penalty for unlawful failure to ring bell or sound whistle at crossing; exceptions.
NRS 705.440 - Illegal rates and charges; penalty.
NRS 705.450 - Penalty for willful obstruction or delay of train.
NRS 705.460 - Penalty for unlawful obstruction or destruction of track, equipment or devices.
NRS 705.480 - Tampering with railroad property; penalty.
NRS 705.650 - "Monorail" defined.
NRS 705.660 - "Operator" defined.