Illinois Central Railroad v. Industrial Board

In January,' 1916, the plaintiff in error, the Illinois Central Railroad Company, had a yard which was called the “south yard” near its station at Centraba. It was a yard on which cars moved by gravity, being brought at the south end to what was known as the “hump” and permitted to run north into different classification tracks and switches. In order to control the cars by brakes switchmen rode them down from the hump to the north end, a distance of about 4000 feet, where they were turned into the several classification tracks and switches. Each switchman managed from two to five cars, and…