§ 65-12-103. Payment of Fare Required

If any passenger refuses to pay the required fare, the conductor may put such passenger off the cars at any station or convenient point where the passenger can step on land.

§ 65-12-108. Precautions Required for Prevention of Accidents

In order to prevent accidents upon railroads, the following precautions shall be observed: The officials having jurisdiction over every public road crossed by a railroad shall place at each crossing a sign, marked as provided by § 65-11-105. The county legislative body shall appropriate money to defray the expenses of the signs. The failure of […]

§ 65-12-109. Violation of § 65-12-108 Is Negligence per Se

A violation of § 65-12-108 by any railroad company constitutes negligence per se and in the trial of any causes involving § 65-12-108, the burden of proof, the issue of proximate cause, and the issue of contributory negligence shall be tried and be applied in the same manner and with the same effect as in […]

§ 65-12-111. Full Stop at Crossings

Every engine or train shall be brought to a full stop before crossing a railroad which intersects at grade the road upon which it runs. When the intersecting roads are under the management of the same company, this section shall not apply to engines and trains run upon the longer road. A violation of this […]

§ 65-12-112. Track Motor Cars

Every person, firm or corporation operating or controlling any railroad running through or within this state shall: Provide each of its track motor cars when used during the period from thirty (30) minutes before sunset to thirty (30) minutes after sunrise with a permanently installed or portable electric light of such construction and with such […]

§ 65-12-113. Wires Strung Over Railroad Tracks

Any person engaged in any business whereby wires are used for the transmission of intelligence or other purposes shall not string any wire or wires across railroad tracks without first having complied with the regulations of the department of transportation, prescribed to prevent accidents from such wires. The department of transportation shall, after hearing all […]

§ 65-12-114. Standard of Care Required When Livestock on Tracks

Whenever livestock appears on the tracks as an obstruction ahead of a railroad train, it shall be the duty of the engineer, or the person in charge of the operation of the train, to blow the alarm whistle and apply the brakes, in order to prevent, if reasonably possible, the striking of the livestock.

§ 65-12-115. Locomotive Operator Must Carry Engineer’s Operator Permit

Every person who operates a railroad locomotive in this state shall carry on such operator’s person while operating such locomotive an engineer’s operator permit.