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Mississippi · Snapshot Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-9-233: Exception to requirement of pilots and headlights.

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  1. Title 77. Public Utilities and Carriers
  2. Chapter 9. Railroads and Other Common Carriers
  3. Article 3. Railroads and Railroad Corporations.
  4. Safety

Section 77-9-231 shall not apply:

(a) to railroads whose principal business is hauling logs;

(b) to locomotive engines running for coal or water, doubling hills, returning from trains when broken into, or going to or returning from trains in the yard limits of terminal stations;

(c) to engines engaged in regular switching service in yards or road engines switching at intermediate stations; or

(d) to any locomotive engines in cases of washouts, wrecks, or when going to the assistance of engines so disabled as to block the main track of a railroad.

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