...where such cars are coupled Ш which provides a safe and secure attachment, (2) which can be coupled or uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars. § 231.26 Punhcars. (a) Handbrakes. When used to transport persons, each pushcar shall be equipped...

...or after the first day of January, 1899, it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used...necessity of men going between the ends of the cars.' That the eighth section of said act is as follows: 'That any employe of such common carrier who may...

...the cars composing the train, and to attach the engine to such train, with couplers •which couple automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going in between the ends of the care ; any failure in the continuity of its action ; Provided that the company...

...applies as fully to the act of coupling as to the act of uncoupling in its requirement which calls for couplers "coupling automatically by impact, and which...necessity of men going between the ends of the cars." (2) That the preparation of the coupler for the impact and the act of coupling itself constitute one...

...second section to merely providing automatic couplers, does not give due effect to the words"coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled...necessity of men going between the ends of the cars," and can not be sustained. * •* * The risk in coupling and uncoupling was the evil sought to be remedied,...

...requires the use of couplers that will couple automatically by impact and w-hich can be both coupled and uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars, together with the great increase in size and weight of trains within recent years, have rendered many...

...makes it unlawful for any railroad "to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car ... not equipped with couplers coupling automatically...necessity of men going between the ends of the cars." 27 Stat. 531, 45 USC § 2. This section, as well as the detailed provisions of § 5 dealing with the...

...engine in actual or preparatory to". (b) Section 2 of such Act is amended by striking out "haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used in" and inserting in lieu thereof "use, move, or haul, or permit to be used, moved, or hauled anywhere...

...January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used...necessity of men going between the ends of the cars. SEC. 3. [45 USC §3.] That when any person, firm, company, or corporation engaged in interstate commerce...

...the Safety Appliance Acts, making it unlawful to operate any car not equipped with automatic couplers and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars. They also contend that the provisions of this rule are in conflict with those proposed in rule 91.201....