THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY CARROLL, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, DENLINGER, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, KULA, LONGIETTI, READSHAW, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, YOUNGBLOOD, PASHINSKI, MURPHY, BRIGGS AND K. SMITH, JUNE 18, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, JUNE 18, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, providing for whistle post signage.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 2710.  Whistle post signage.

(a)  Duty.--A public utility engaged in a railroad business

shall place whistle post signs to the right of the main track in

the direction of approach exactly one-quarter of a mile from the

entrance to crossings to notify engineers or operators of

locomotives who blow a whistle and ring a bell as the locomotive

approaches the crossing as a warning to the public.

(b)  Signs.--The whistle post signs shall consist of a "W"

identifiable on a square plate mounted on a post and shall be:

(1)  Visible to an engineer or operator of a locomotive

within the cabin or caboose car.

(2)  Kept in good repair.

(3)  Replaced promptly when necessary.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.