The Federal Boiler Inspection Act, also called the Railroad Inspection Act, expanded the Boiler Inspection Act of 1911 to include federal
interstate commerce clause regulation not just of
train
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engine
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Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power gen ...
boiler
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s, but of the entire train as well as
cargo
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to ensure safety for workers and passengers. In 1915 the Boiler Inspection Act was expanded and retitled to the Locomotive Inspection Act.
[Rebecca Diel]
"Derailed: The Locomotive Inspection Act and the Need to Extend the Field Preemption"
45 ''McGeorge L.Rev.'' 739 (2014), fn.3.
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