(a) A railroad company shall issue to each person that it employs to operate or permits to operate a railroad locomotive in this state an engineer's perator permit. A permit must include the engineer's name, address, physical description, photograph, and date of birth.

(b) A railroad company shall issue to each person that it employs to operate or permits to operate a train in this state, other than a person issued a permit under Subsection (a) of this section, a trainman's permit. A permit must include the trainman's name, address, physical description, photograph, and

date of birth.

(a) A person operating a railroad locomotive in this state

shall have in his or her immediate possession an engineer's

operator permit issued under this Act.

(b) A person operating a train in this state, other than a

person issued a permit under Section 1(a) of this Act, shall have

in his or her immediate possession a trainman's permit issued

under this Act.

A person who operates a railroad locomotive or train and who is

required by a peace officer to show proof of identification in

connection with the person's operation of a locomotive or train

shall display the person's permit issued under this Act and may

not be required to display an operator's, commercial operator's,

or chauffeur's driver's license issued under Chapter 173, Acts of

the 47th Legislature, Regular Session, 1941, as amended (Article

6687b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).

If a person operating a railroad locomotive or train is

involved in an accident with another train or a motor vehicle or

is arrested for violation of a law relating to the person's

operation of a locomotive or train, the number or other

identifying information about the person's operator's, commercial

operator's, or chauffeur's driver's license may not be included

in any report of the accident or violation, and the person's

involvement in the accident or violation may not be recorded in

the person's individual driving record maintained by the

Department of Public Safety.