Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.511 (2026)

Attempt to wreck or endanger safety of passengers.

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THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE


Act 328 of 1931


750.511 Attempt to wreck or endanger safety of passengers.

Sec. 511.

    Attempt to wreck railroad trains or endanger safety of passengers—Any person who shall place upon any railroad any timber, stone, iron or other obstruction, or who shall change any switch or track, or who shall loosen or displace any rail of the track of such railroad, or who shall change the brakes upon any car or cars standing on any railroad track in this state or who shall break down or displace, destroy or injure any bridge, culvert or embankment of any railroad, or do any other act with intent to endanger the safety of any person traveling or being upon such railroad, or to throw from such railroad any locomotive, tender, or car moving along the track of such railroad, on which shall be any person or property liable to be injured thereby, shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.511

FormerLaw Notes:

    See section 1 of Act 164 of 1869, being CL 1871, § 7619; How., § 9200; CL 1897, § 11623; CL 1915, § 15388; CL 1929, § 17024; Act 168 of 1871; section 1 of Act 171 of 1897, being CL 1897, § 11634; CL 1915, § 15399; and CL 1929, § 17034.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1982–1983 · leading case: People v. West, 317 N.W.2d 261 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982).
People v. West, 317 N.W.2d 261 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “691, attempt to wreck railroad trains or endanger the safety of passengers, MCL 750.511; MSA 28.779, detention by force of a railroad train, MCL 750.”
People v. Blythe, 339 N.W.2d 399 (Mich. 1983). “691, attempt to wreck railroad trains or endanger the safety of passengers, MCL 750.511; MSA 28.779, detention by force of a railroad train by means of intimidation for the purpose of robbing, MCL 750.”
People v. Turner, 332 N.W.2d 626 (Mich. Ct. App. 1983). “349; MSA 28.581 (kidnapping), MCL 750.349a; MSA 28.”
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