Virginia § 45.2-756 - Riding on cars
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 45.2-756 — Riding on cars, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 45.2-756. Riding on cars
A. No person other than the motorman and the trip rider shall ride on a locomotive unless authorized by the mine foreman.
B. No person shall ride on a loaded car or between cars of any trip.
C. No person shall get on or off a moving locomotive or a car that is being moved by a locomotive.
D. No person shall be allowed to ride on top of a piece of self-propelled mobile equipment.
Code 1950, § 45-69.1; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-73; 1979, c. 315; 1983, c. 70; 1985, c. 302; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.145; 1996, c. 774; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 45.2-756 ("Riding on cars") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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