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219.566 COMMON CARRIERS; RAILROADS; RULES, LIABILITIES 16 219.566 INTOXICATION OF EMPLOYEES ON TRAINS OR BOATS. Every person (I) employed upon a railway as engineer, conductor, baggage mash brake tender, switch tender, fire tender, bridge tender, flamer, or signaler; (2) havi; charge of stations, starting, regulating, or running trains upon a railway; or (3) emploA, as captain, engineer, or other officer of a vessel propelled by steam, who is intoxicate while discharging those duties, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. History: (10262) RL s 5000; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1 219.567 FAILURE TO RING BELL. An engineer driving a locomotive on a railway who fails (l) to ring the bell or sour the whistle on the locomotive, or have it rung or sounded, at least 80 rods from a pla where the railway crosses a traveled road or street on the same level, except in citic or (2) to continue ringing the bell or sounding the whistle at intervals until tl locomotive and attached train have completely crossed the road or street, is guilty a misdemeanor. History: (10263) RL s 5001; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1 219.568 OTHER VIOLATIONS OF DUTY. An engineer, conductor, brake tender, switch tender, train dispatcher, or oth officer, agent, or servant of a railway company, who is guilty of a willful violation omission of duty as an officer, agent, or servant, by which human life or safety endangered and for which no punishment is specially prescribed, is guilty of a mist meanor. History: (10264) RL s 5002; 1985 c 265 an 4 s 1 219.57 PREVENTION OF FIRE. Subdivision 1. Spark arrester. A company operating a railroad shall use up< each locomotive engine a good and efficient spark arrester, which the master niechan shall have examined each time before leaving the roundhouse. The master mechan and the emotovee rnnb .. {no .ham ^ ^,. ^^ ^_,. _____.. 1— rod = 16.5 ft PAGE -5-