Rhode Island General Laws Title 39. Public Utilities and Carriers § 39-7-4. Passenger cars not to be followed by cars loaded with dirt or stone

No car or carriage for the transportation of passengers over any railroad shall be propelled on the railroad when placed between the locomotive and cars loaded with dirt or stone. Every railroad corporation upon whose railroad shall be propelled cars or carriages for the transportation of passengers, so placed, shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500), one half ( 1/2 ) thereof to the use of the complainant and one half ( 1/2 ) thereof to the use of the state.