Section 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.