(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation engaged alone or associated with others in the transportation of passengers or property by railroad in this state, as freight or express, directly or indirectly, to demand or receive from any person, firm, company, or corporation any greater or lesser rate or amount of compensation than is demanded or received from any other person, firm, company, or corporation for substantially similar and contemporaneous services. Nor shall any person or corporation allow any person, firm, company, or corporation, directly or indirectly, any rebate, drawback, or other advantage in any form, or to make any preference in furnishing cars or motive power.
(b) All persons or corporations engaged as specified in subsection (a) of this section shall furnish, without discrimination or delay, equal and sufficient facilities for the transportation of passengers, the receiving, loading and unloading, storing, carriage, and delivery of all property of a like character carried by him or her, them, or it. The persons or corporations shall perform, with equal expedition and at uniform rates, the same kind of services connected with the contemporaneous transportation of passengers or property as aforesaid.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation engaged as specified in subsection (a) of this section to enter into any contract or agreement by changes of schedule, use of different cars, or any other means or device with intent to delay or prevent the shipment of such property from being continuous from the place of shipment to the place of destination, whether carried on one (1) or more railroads.