The Safety Appliance Act is a United States federal law that made air brakes and automatic couplers mandatory on all trains in the United States. It was...
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Parking brake (redirect from Railroad hand brake)
In the U.S., an 1893 federal law, the Railroad Safety Appliance Act, required automatic brakes on all railroads, effective in 1900. Handbrake turn Johnson...
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Interstate Commerce Commission (redirect from Act to Regulate Commerce)
agency for railroad accidents. Congress expanded the commission's powers through subsequent legislation. The 1893 Railroad Safety Appliance Act gave the...
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chronometers. 1893: Railroad Safety Appliance Act requires air brakes and automatic couplers on all trains, which greatly reduces railroad worker injuries and...
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Lorenzo Coffin (section Railroad worker safety)
Benjamin Harrison signed the Railroad Safety Appliance Act, requiring mandatory air brakes and automatic couplers on all US railroad cars. Harrison gave the...
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demands of commercial railroad operations and, at the same time, be manipulated safely, the US Congress passed the Safety Appliance Act. Its success in promoting...
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railway brakes include: Dark territory Positive train control Railroad Safety Appliance Act Category:Runaway train disasters "Runaway Indian train travels...
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third rail. The provisions of the Railroad Safety Appliance Act, enacted in 1893, are extended to include all railroad cars whether or not the cars themselves...
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Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co. (category Southern Pacific Railroad)
States Supreme Court. It interpreted the words "any car" in the Railroad Safety Appliance Act, prohibiting common carriers moving interstate commerce from...
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minimal. The first federal safety legislation was enacted in the Progressive period. In 1893, Congress passed the Safety Appliance Act, the first federal statute...
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