Railroad safety; use of train, locomotive, etc., for movement of freight, minimum train crew.

Railroad safety; civil penalties. Adds various requirements for railroad companies, including (i) prohibiting placing stationary cars or trains on its track within 1,500 feet on bothsides of any crossing of a railroad with a highway; (ii) prohibitingtrains that exceed 8,500 feet in length on any mainline or branchline; (iii) requiring a crew of at least two qualified individualson all trains, locomotives, or light engines used in connection withmoving freight; (iv) requiring warning signs or devices for certaintrack obstructions that could endanger a railroad company employee; and (v) requiring walkways adjacent to yard tracks where employeesregularly perform switching service. The bill requires that finesfor a violation of the train-length requirement be deposited in theShortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund for railway safetyprojects.