switching operations
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 361 U.S. 78 - United States v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad · 1959Most cited · 101 citing opinions
A moving locomotive with cars attached is without the provision of the act only when it is not a train; as where the operation is that of switching, classifying and assembling cars within railroad yards for the purpose of making up trains.
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