§ 165. Steam and other railroads. 1. No person or corporation
operating a steam or electric surface, subway or elevated railroad of
thirty miles or more in length, wholly or partly within this state,
except where the mileage system of running trains is in operation, shall
permit or require a conductor, engineer, fireman, trainman, motorman or
assistant motorman, engaged in or connected with the movement of any
train on such railroad, to be or remain on duty for a longer period than
sixteen consecutive hours. Whenever any such employee shall have been
continuously on duty for sixteen hours he shall not be required or
permitted again to go on duty until he has had at least ten consecutive
hours off duty. No such employee who has been on duty sixteen hours in
the aggregate in any twenty-four hour period shall be required or
permitted to continue or again go on duty without having had at least
eight consecutive hours off duty.

2. This section shall not apply to any such employee when he is
prevented from reaching his terminal by casualty occurring after he has
started on his trip or by accident to or unexpected delay of trains
scheduled to make connection with the train on which he is serving, or
when he is engaged in interstate commerce.