Labor Code section 6906

No common carrier shall employ any person as:

(a)

A locomotive engineer who has not had at least three years’ actual service as a locomotive fireman or one year’s actual service as a locomotive engineer.

(b)

A conductor who has not had at least two years’ actual service as a railroad brakeman in road service on steam or electric railroad other than street railway, or one year’s actual service as a railroad conductor in road service.

(c)

A brakeman who has not passed the regular examination required by transcontinental railroads.

Source: Section 6906, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=LAB§ionNum=6906.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1957; accessed Jun. 16, 2025).

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