{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-154","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, § 154","heading":"Brakes and brakemen","body":"Section 154. Every railroad corporation shall cause a sufficient brake to be attached to every car used upon its railroad for the transportation of passengers, and to every car used for the transportation of freight, except four-wheel cars used only for freight; and shall cause at least one brakeman for every two cars in a passenger train to be stationed thereon, and one brakeman for the last car of every freight train to be stationed thereon. A corporation which violates this section shall forfeit not more than one hundred dollars.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 160"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter160/Section154","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:47Z","sha256":"031dcaa761a813db4fea020ff464f35d94162eccd797ebe7d7d8c7b178aa3b3a","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-153","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-155"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}