§ 39-8-1. Surfacing of highways crossed at grade. Every railroad corporation whose roadbed crosses the public highway at grade shall cause the crossing to be covered with suitable material for highway travel so that the surface of the highway at the crossing shall not at any time be lower than three-fourths (¾) of one inch […]
§ 39-8-1.1. Commission control of grade crossings. In the exercise of the police power of the state for the safety of its inhabitants, the general assembly vests in the commission the authority and power to determine the point at which and the manner in which any grade crossing of a railroad and a street shall […]
§ 39-8-1.2. Definitions. As used in this title: (1) “Private crossings” shall mean and refer to those crossings over railroad tracks at grade that have been established by written agreement between the railroad, the tracks of which are being crossed, and the party or parties who are given exclusive right of passage over the private […]
§ 39-8-1.3. Authorization for private crossing. No railroad owning railroad tracks within the state shall enter into any agreement of any nature whatsoever with any private party for the establishment of a private crossing at grade, unless and until the railroad shall have obtained permission from the commission for the establishment of the private crossing. […]
§ 39-8-1.4. Barricading of crossings. The general assembly hereby declares that any private railroad crossing found by the commission after a hearing to be dangerous or a hazard to the public or to those using trains is a public nuisance, and the commission may order the railroad to barricade the crossing as a matter of […]
§ 39-8-10. Failure to maintain flagperson or precautionary appliances. Every railroad corporation that shall refuse or neglect to comply with an order, or with a confirmation of such order upon appeal, shall, for every day’s neglect after seven (7) days from the date of the service of the order upon the president, treasurer, or any […]
§ 39-8-11. Order to maintain electric signals at crossing. At any point where a highway, city or town way, or traveled place is crossed at the same level by a railroad where a gate or flagperson is not maintained, the commission may, after notice to and hearing of the railroad corporation whose road so crosses, […]
§ 39-8-12. Municipal order to maintain crossing gates or fence. Every railroad corporation whose railroad crosses any street or highway at grade in the city of Providence shall erect, maintain, and cause to be operated gates across every street or highway satisfactory in all respects to the city council upon receiving notice from the city […]
§ 39-8-13. Erection of warning signs along highway. Every railroad corporation shall cause to be erected and to be maintained at every turnpike, highway, or public way, where it is crossed by the railroad upon the same level therewith, a suitable sign board upon each side of the crossing; and on each side of the […]
§ 39-8-14. Warning bells. Every railroad corporation shall cause a bell of at least thirty-two pounds (32 lbs.) in weight to be placed on each locomotive engine passing upon its road, and the bell shall be rung at a distance of at least eighty (80) rods from the place where the railroad crosses any turnpike, […]
§ 39-8-15. Failure to erect signs or ring bell. Every railroad corporation that shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of §§ 39-8-13 and 39-8-14 shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000); and the corporation shall be liable for all damages sustained by any person by reason of neglect or refusal […]
§ 39-8-16. Closing of gates at private way. Whoever enters upon or crosses a railroad at any private way that is closed by gates or bars and neglects to close them securely, shall be fined not less than two dollars ($2.00) nor more than ten dollars ($10.00) and shall be liable for the damage sustained […]
§ 39-8-17. Bail to certain railroad employees. Whenever a person employed as an engineer, fireperson, conductor, brake person, flagperson, or other crew member, is arrested in any city or town on a criminal charge arising from an accident in connection with the operation of a train, resulting in an injury or death to a person […]
§ 39-8-18. Fences along right of way. Every railroad corporation or company shall erect and thereafter maintain a fence or fences along the boundary lines of its rights of way that are actually used for rail transportation of any kind whenever the public utilities commission shall determine it to be necessary for the public safety […]
§ 39-8-2. Raising or lowering of highway to eliminate grade crossing. If the city or town council of any city or town where a turnpike or highway crossed by a railroad on a level therewith is situated, is of the opinion that it is necessary for the security of the public that the turnpike or […]
§ 39-8-3. Consent to establishment of grade crossing. No railroad corporation shall lay out or build its road or lay its tracks across any railroad, street, highway, turnpike, or traveled way at grade, and no street, highway, turnpike, or road shall be laid out or built across any railroad track at grade, except by the […]
§ 39-8-4. Obstruction of highway crossings. No railroad corporation, nor its servants or agents, shall willfully or negligently obstruct or unnecessarily use or occupy a highway, city or town way, or street, nor in any case at a street or highway grade crossing, with cars or engines for more than five (5) minutes at one […]
§ 39-8-4.1. Removal of debris from railroad rights-of-way, switching devices, and railroad yards. (a)(1) A railroad corporation shall maintain and keep clear of debris in any railroad yard under its supervision or control that is used for storing railroad cars or locomotives, a distance of nine feet (9′) on either side of the center line […]
§ 39-8-5. Railroads on highways subject to prescribed terms. All railroads upon any street or highway in any town or city in this state shall be laid out, constructed, used, and continued therein under the terms and conditions named in §§ 39-8-6 — 39-8-8. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 19; G.L. 1909, ch. […]
§ 39-8-6. Operation of grade crossings of railroads. All railroads in this state crossing any other railroad at grade shall be operated at the crossing subject to, and in accordance with, such reasonable rules and regulations as the division of public utilities and carriers shall from time to time prescribe. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. […]
