railroads; train length

Plain English Breakdown

The official bill text sets the limit at eight thousand feet, while the summary section of the provided material incorrectly stated 8,500 feet. The final output uses the specific number from the enacted statute text.

HB2669: Limits Train Length

This bill sets a maximum size for trains running on railroad tracks in Arizona.

What This Bill Does

• Adds a new rule to state law about train length.
• Prohibits railroads from running or allowing trains longer than 8,000 feet.
• Applies the limit to any part of a main track or branch line.

Who It Names or Affects

• Railroad companies operating in Arizona

Limits and Unknowns

• The official text does not state when this rule will take effect.
• The source material does not list penalties for breaking this new length limit.

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.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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