§7201. Land taken from railroad; notice and hearing No town way, city street, public easement or highway taking land of any railroad corporation shall be located, unless a notice of the time and place of the hearing on the location has been served on the president, any vice-president, any director, the treasurer or any assistant […]
§7202. Location of railroad crossings; expense; appeals Town ways and highways may be laid out across, over or under any railroad track or through or across any land or right-of-way of any railroad corporation, if the Department of Transportation, after notice and hearing, so determines. The Department of Transportation may refuse its permission or grant […]
§7203. Maintenance of railroad crossings already laid out Notwithstanding any section of Part 7, in case of ways already laid out which cross over or under any railroad track or tracks and not at grade, the allocation of the expense of maintaining so much of the way as is within the limits of the railroad […]
§7204. Recording adjudications of Department of Transportation Adjudications of the Department of Transportation relating to ways shall be recorded in the office in which the location of the way must be recorded. [PL 1989, c. 398, §8 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1989, c. 398, §8 (NEW).
§7205. Crossing of public ways Railroads may cross any public highways in the line of the railroad, but may not pass along public highways without the written consent of the officials charged by statute with the duty of maintenance of these ways; but when a railroad is hereafter laid out across a public way, it […]
§7206. Ways raised or lowered; course altered Highways and other ways may be raised or lowered, or the course of the highways may be altered, to facilitate a crossing or to permit a railroad to pass over or under the highway or at the side of it, on application to the Department of Transportation, and […]
§7207. Discontinuance of railroad crossings Any railroad corporation or the municipal officers of a city or town in which a public way crosses or is crossed by a railroad, whether at grade or otherwise, may file a petition in writing with the Department of Transportation alleging that the crossing is no longer required by the […]
§7208. Damages for neglect When the corporation unnecessarily neglects to perform the acts so required, those injured may recover damages in a civil action, commenced within one year after performance is required. [PL 1989, c. 398, §8 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1989, c. 398, §8 (NEW).
§7209. Bridges over canals or railroads; repairs; proceedings where unsafe conditions A railroad may be carried over or under a canal or railroad in a manner as not unnecessarily to impede the travel or transportation on them. The corporation making the crossing is liable for damages, occasioned by making the crossing, in a civil action. […]
§7210. Temporary crossings A railroad company may, for the purpose of accommodating lumbering operations and for the transportation in ordinary vehicles of wood, coal, ice, hay or other commodities, establish and maintain temporary crossings of any railroad operated by it, by agreement with any person who may request the crossing for its purposes. On petition, […]
§7211. Crossing signs on each side of track; whistle and bell At every temporary crossing, established in accordance with section 7210, boards with the words “Temporary railroad crossing, stop, look, listen” distinctly painted on each side, in letters plainly legible, shall be placed on each side line of the railroad right-of-way at the crossing, on […]
§7212. Precautions at crossings No team or vehicle may be driven over any temporary crossing unless the team or vehicle is first stopped within a reasonable distance from the nearest rail of the crossing, and the operator, by looking and listening, determines that nothing is approaching on the tracks of the railroad. Nothing in this […]
§7213. Crossings kept open part of year; expense apportioned Each temporary crossing shall be kept open only during the time each year as the parties interested in the crossing may agree on, or as the Department of Transportation may specify in cases where the department directs the crossings to be established. When the department directs […]
§7214. Signboards at grade crossings; ringing of engine bells Every railroad corporation shall cause signboards with the words “Railroad Crossing” distinctly painted on each side of the signboards, or as a minimum on one side if signboards are placed facing on-coming traffic in each direction, in letters plainly legible, to be placed and constantly maintained […]
§7215. Failure to comply; damages For unnecessarily neglecting to comply with any provision of section 7214, the corporation forfeits not more than $500. The corporation is liable for damages for its neglect to comply with these provisions, or for the neglect of any agent or for the mismanagement of an engine, to be recovered in […]
§7216. Right of entry The officers, agents and employees of the Department of Transportation may enter in and on property of any railroad corporation for the purpose of inspecting railroad-highway crossings and attendant facilities, including grade separation facilities. [PL 1989, c. 398, §8 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1989, c. 398, §8 (NEW).
§7217. Plant railroads Sections 1251, 1254, 7202, 7205, 7206 and 7214, so far as applicable, apply to plant railroads. The term “plant railroad” means a railroad of the owners of any mills, mines, quarries, gravel pits, log landings or yards, warehouses, storehouses, stock yards, bulk storage yards, airports, piers, docks, shipyards, educational institutions, power plants, […]
§7218. Bridges erected by municipalities maintained Bridges erected by any municipality, over which any railroad passes, shall be constructed and maintained in a manner and condition as to safety as the Department of Transportation may determine. The department may require the officers of the railroad company and of the municipality to attend a hearing in […]
§7219. Report of decisions and copies to parties interested The department shall make a report in writing of its decision in all matters named in section 7218, file the report in the department’s office, and cause a copy of the decision to be sent by mail to each of the railroad corporations and to the […]
§7220. Speed limit at highway grade crossings The department is authorized to fix a maximum speed limit at which trains may be run over any grade crossing of a highway or other way and, when the limit has been fixed by the department, no engine or train may be run over the crossings at a […]
