277.190 Bell to be rung or whistle sounded at crossings -- Local government
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regulation of sounding train whistles at night.
(1)Every railroad company shall provide each locomotive engine running over any of
its lines with a bell of ordinary size and a whistle. The bell shall be rung or the
whistle sounded at a distance of at least fifty
(50)rods from the place where the
track crosses upon the same level any highway or crossing where a signboard is
required to be maintained. The bell shall be rung or the whistle sounded
continuously or alternately until the engine has reached the highway or crossing
except as provided in subsection
(2)of this section.
(2)A city, county, urban-county, or charter county government may regulate the
sounding of train whistles at night if the city, county, urban-county, or charter
county government enacts an ordinance adopting the provisions of Emergency
Order Number 15, Notice Number 4, issued by the Federal Railroad Administration
on August 31, 1993. If the Federal Railroad Administration updates the
requirements of Emergency Order 15, a city, county, urban-county, or charter
county government that has adopted the provisions of Emergency Order 15 shall by
ordinance adopt the most recent federal requirements governing the sounding of
train whistles.