{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-railroad-law-79","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Railroad Law § 79","heading":"Air-brakes","body":"§ 79. Air-brakes. It shall be unlawful for any railroad or other\ncompany to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line or lines\nwithin this state any freight train that has not a sufficient number of\ncars in it so equipped with continuous power or air-brakes that the\nengineer on the locomotive drawing such train can control its speed\nwithout requiring brakemen to use the common hand brake for that\npurpose.","path":["Railroad Law","Article 3. Construction, Operation and Management"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/RRD/79","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"429c1530fe55f757cd8bdaef4f2bb7fee9a7ea9fa7ae5023fa60192312f4174b","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-railroad-law-78-a","next":"us-ny/n.y.-railroad-law-80"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}