railroads; train length

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on penalties or enforcement mechanisms for violating the train length limit.

Limits Train Length for Railroads

This bill sets a limit on how long trains can be when running on main tracks or branch lines in Arizona, making sure they do not exceed 8,500 feet.

What This Bill Does

• Sets a rule that trains cannot be longer than 8,500 feet when running on main tracks or branch lines.

Who It Names or Affects

• Railroad companies operating in Arizona.

Terms To Know

Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC)

A state agency that sets rules for public utilities, including railroads, to ensure safety and health of employees.

Main track

The primary railway line used by trains for regular service.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens if a railroad breaks this rule.
• It does not mention how the new limit will affect existing train operations or schedules.

Official Summary Text

HB2669 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

House:
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HB2669
:
railroads; train length

Sponsor:
Representative Hernandez C, LD 21

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Overview

Prohibits
a railroad from running or being allowed to run a train that exceeds 8,500 feet
on any part of a main track or branch line.

History

An engineer, conductor or other employee or officer of a
railroad company who permits a locomotive or cars to remain upon the crossing
of a public highway over such railway so as to obstruct travel over the
crossing for a period exceeding 15 minutes, except in cases of unavoidable
accident, is guilty of a class two misdemeanor (
A.R.S. � 40-852
).

All persons engaged in the
operation of railroads
must comply with any regulation or order of the Arizona Corporation Commission
(ACC) (
A.R.S. � 40-844
).

The ACC, for the purpose of protecting the health and safety
of employees of railroads, must prescribe standards of safety and safety
devices requiring the railroads to:

1)

install
and maintain electric marker warning lights on the rear of all trains with
sufficient candle power to be visible at 3,000 feet under ordinary atmospheric
conditions; and

2)

install
and maintain adequate electrical lighting within cabooses for clerical work (
A.R.S. � 40-841
).

A person in charge of a railroad locomotive who before
crossing any traveled public way omits to ring or whistle the bell, siren or
other sounding device to sound at a distance of at least 80 rods from a
crossing and until it is reached, is guilty of a class two misdemeanor (
A.R.S. � 40-854
).

Provisions

1.

Mandates that a railroad
operating in this state may not run or be allowed to run a train exceeding
8,500 feet in length on any part of a main track or branch line. (Sec. 1)

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Current Bill Text

HB2669 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
railroads; train length

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2669

Introduced by

Representatives
Hernandez C: Carter P, Gillette, Hernandez A, Hernandez L, Luna-N�jera,
Rivero, Taylor, Volk;� Senator Gonzales

AN
ACT

amending title 40, chapter 4, article 3,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 40-850; relating to
railroads.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 40, chapter 4, article 3,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 40-850, to read:

START_STATUTE
40-850.

Railroad; train length

A railroad operating in this state may not run
or be allowed to run on any part of a main track or branch line a train that
exceeds eight thousand feet in length.
END_STATUTE