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–487– -487§ 2182. Causing collision resulting in death Whoever, being a conductor, engineer, brakemanj switchman or other person having charge, wholly or in part, of a railroad car, locomotive or train, willfully or negligently suffers or causes the car, locomotive or train to collide with another car, locomotive or train, or with any other object or thing whereby the death of a human being is produced, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 10 years. § 2183. Failure to operate signal at crossings Whoever, having charge of a locomotive-engine, omits, before crossing a traveled public way, to cause a bell, whistle, horn or other warning device to sound, at the distance of at least 500 feet from the crossing, and up to it, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 2184. Intoxication while on duty Whoever, being employed by or upon a railroad as engineer, conductor, baggage-master, brakeman, switchman, fireman, bridgetender, flagman, or signalman, or as train dispatcher or telegraph operator in connection with the receipt or transmission of dispatches in relation to the movement of trains, or being any other person having charge of the regulation or running of trains upon a railroad in any manner whatever, becomes or is intoxicated while in the discharge of his duties, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both; but if he does an act or neglects a duty, by reason of the intoxication, which causes the death of, or bodily injury to, a person, he shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. § 2185. Injuries to railroads and railroad bridges Whoever maliciously: (1) removes, displaces, injures or destroys any part of a railroad, or a track of a railroad, or a branch or branchway, switch, turnout, bridge, viaduct, culvert, embankment, station house, or other structure or fixture, or any part thereof, attached to or connected with a railroad; or (2) places an obstruction upon the rails or track of a railroad, or of a switch, branch, branchway or turnout connected with a railroad— shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 10 years, or both. § 2186. Taking packing or waste from railroad journal boxes Whoever, without lawful authority, takes or removes the packing or waste from out of a journal box or boxes of a locomotive-engine, tender, coach, caboose or truck, used or operated on a railroad, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 2187. Boarding train with intent to obtain free ride Whoever boards a passenger, freight or other railway train, whether moving or standing, for any purpose and without in good faith intending to become a passenger thereon, and with no lawful business thereon, and with intent to obtain a free ride on the train, however short the distance, without the consent of the person or persons in charge thereof, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

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