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5 V.S.A. § 3584
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3584. Gates, electric signals, flaggers

§ 3584. Gates, electric signals, flaggers|When requested in writing by three or more freeholders or registered voters or residents of a city or village to order a gate or electric signal to be erected, or a flagger to be stationed at any railroad crossing at grade within such city or village, or when so requested by three or more freeholders or registered voters or residents of a town to order an electric signal to be erected at any railroad crossing at grade within that town, or, acting on its own initiative, the Transportation Board shall visit that place, first giving the parties making the request, the Secretary of Transportation, and the railroad corporation notice thereof. If the public safety requires, the Board shall order the corporation operating the railroad to do any act at that place needful for the protection of the public, and may make any other order or further order it deems necessary in the premises, including an order, after hearing and due notice to the parties in interest, directing the State, the municipality, and the railroad to pay all or part of the costs as the Board finds just and equitable. The Board shall not make further order without first visiting the place and giving the railroad corporation, the Secretary of Transportation, and the parties making request an opportunity to be heard thereon. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 267, § 3, eff. Aug. 1, 1961; 1969, No. 76, § 8; 1971, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. April 7, 1972; 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 54.)
5 V.S.A. § 3585
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3585. Procedure for payment of State's portion of cost

§ 3585. Procedure for payment of State's portion of cost|In making an order under section 3584 of this title, the Transportation Board shall require the submission of an itemized statement of the cost incurred by the State agency, municipality, corporation, or person responsible for compliance with the order, with an affidavit of an appropriate officer or person that the costs shown on the statement were incurred and are reasonable to the best of the officer's or person's knowledge and belief. Upon approval by the Board of the statement and its certification to the Commissioner of Finance and Management, the State Treasurer shall issue a warrant to pay the State's portion of the cost in accordance with the order of the Board. (Added 1966, No. 4 (Sp. Sess.), eff. Feb. 17, 1966; amended 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b); 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 55.)
5 V.S.A. § 3586
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3586. Obstructing crossings; penalty

§ 3586. Obstructing crossings; penalty|A person, corporation, or the agents or employees thereof, owning or operating a railroad, who willfully or negligently obstruct a public highway or farm crossing with engines, tenders, or cars, shall be fined not more than $20.00 nor less than $5.00.
5 V.S.A. § 3587
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3587. Obstructing crossing more than five minutes; penalty; exemption

§ 3587. Obstructing crossing more than five minutes; penalty; exemption|(a) When a railroad crosses a highway or road required for farm use at rail level, the company operating such railroad shall not, nor shall its officer, agent, or employees permit an engine or railroad car, or any portion thereof, to stand on any part of such highway or road for a longer period than five minutes at any one time, or in shunting, to obstruct public traffic for a longer period than five minutes at any one time. A person or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than $50.00 nor less than $5.00.(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:  (1) any grade crossings now existing or hereinafter established over the line of railroad extending through the city of Rutland between the River Street underpass and the Pine Street overpass; and (2) the grade crossing in the town of Norton between the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad and the class 4 town highway known as Gagnon Road (town highway #12). (Amended 1993, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. June 17, 1994; 2005, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 19.)
5 V.S.A. § 3588
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3588. Nuisance on highway; penalty

§ 3588. Nuisance on highway; penalty|A person or corporation owning or operating a railroad or the agents or employees thereof, shall not allow a handcar or other nuisance to be left on the railroad track or at the side of such track within the bounds of a highway crossed by such railroad. An agent or employee of a railroad corporation who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than $20.00 nor less than $5.00.
5 V.S.A. § 3589
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3589. Liability for neglect

§ 3589. Liability for neglect|A person or corporation that violates the provisions of section 3588 of this title shall be liable for all injuries and damages occasioned by reason of a horse or team becoming frightened thereby, to be recovered in an action on this statute, brought by the party injured or damaged.
5 V.S.A. § 3590
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3590. Obstructing sight of cars at crossing; penalty

§ 3590. Obstructing sight of cars at crossing; penalty|A person who leaves wood, lumber, or other material on the line of a railroad or highway, at or near the crossing of a highway, so as to prevent or obstruct the sight of cars when approaching the crossing, shall be fined not more than $50.00 nor less than $5.00.
5 V.S.A. § 3591
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3591. Nonremoval after notice; penalty

§ 3591. Nonremoval after notice; penalty|A person who does not remove such obstruction after notice from one or more of the selectboard members or from a police officer of the town in which the crossing is situated, shall be fined not more than $50.00 nor less than $5.00 for every 24 hours such obstruction remains thereafter.
5 V.S.A. § 3592
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3592. Agency approval

§ 3592. Agency approval|Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter allocating certain costs to the State or permitting the Transportation Board to make such allocations, no claim for reimbursement of the State's share of any work may be asserted against the State unless the Secretary of Transportation, prior to commencement of the work for which reimbursement is sought, certified in writing that appropriated funds were available to pay the State's share. (Added 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 26.)
5 V.S.A. § 3593
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3593. Partial reimbursement of crossing maintenance costs; crossing surfaces

§ 3593. Partial reimbursement of crossing maintenance costs; crossing surfaces|(a) Definitions. For purposes of this section:  (1) "Public rail-highway crossings" means at-grade crossings determined by the Agency to be active public crossings. Public crossings shall not include crossings on railroad lines that have been abandoned or embargoed. (2) "Active warning devices" means flashing lights, signals, automatic gates, or manually-operated gates.   (b) Reimbursement. To the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose by the General Assembly, the Agency shall reimburse railroads up to $2,000.00 annually for the maintenance of each public rail-highway crossing equipped with flashing light signals and $2,500.00 annually for the maintenance of each crossing equipped with automatic or manually-operated gates. Any reimbursement under this subsection shall be reduced by any amount that a municipality or some other third party is separately required to contribute to the railroad's cost of maintaining active warning devices at a public rail-highway crossing, whether because of some contractual obligation or because of a regulatory order entered by the Transportation Board or one of its predecessor agencies.(c) Failure of railroad to perform maintenance. Payment to any railroad may be made contingent on the railroad's performing inspection and maintenance of active warning devices in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Federal Railroad Administration.(d) Maintenance of crossing surface. The Agency shall be responsible for maintenance, repair, replacement, and installation of highway surfaces at public rail-highway crossings.(e) Quiet zones; special agreements. Notwithstanding this section, the Agency may enter into special agreements to reimburse a railroad for inspecting and maintaining signals and related equipment at crossings that have been specially designated as "quiet zones" pursuant to section 3582 of this title.(f) Rulemaking. The Secretary may adopt rules to implement this program. (Added 1999, No. 18, § 8, eff. May 13, 1999.)
5 V.S.A. § 3612
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3612. Railroads may cross or unite; compensation, points and manner

§ 3612. Railroads may cross or unite; compensation, points and manner|A railroad corporation may cross or unite its railroad with any other railroad at any point in its route and upon the grounds of such other railroad corporation, with necessary turnouts, sidings, switches, and other conveniences. If the two corporations cannot agree upon the amount of compensation to be made therefor or the points and manner of such crossings and connections, the same shall be determined by the Transportation Board on petition, service, and hearing. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 56.)
5 V.S.A. § 3613
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3613. Foreign corporations may hold real estate, when

§ 3613. Foreign corporations may hold real estate, when|A foreign railroad corporation connecting at the line of this State with a domestic railroad corporation may acquire and hold in this State such real estate as it may find necessary, and may make such improvements thereon as shall enable it satisfactorily, to make such connection with the railroad in this State, and may construct and maintain all necessary sidings, engine houses, car houses, turntables, and other necessary structures and appliances for terminal purposes as shall be required for the operation of its railroad.
5 V.S.A. § 3614
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3614. Terms of business between connecting roads

§ 3614. Terms of business between connecting roads|When a railroad enters upon, intersects, or connects with another railroad, the managers of each of such connecting roads shall furnish to the other reasonable terms of connection, accommodations, privileges, and facilities, in the reception, transportation, and delivery of cars, passengers, baggage, and freight, to and from each of such connecting roads, according to the usual course of railroad business, including the sale and reception of passenger tickets and checking of baggage, and shall receive and transport such cars, passengers, baggage, and freight at reasonable times, and on reasonable terms.
5 V.S.A. § 3615
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3615. Terms with two competing roads which intersect

§ 3615. Terms with two competing roads which intersect|When a railroad is intersected by two or more railroads which are competing lines for business to or from the road so intersected, the managers of such road shall transport cars, passengers, baggage, and freight to and from each of such intersecting roads on the same terms, and shall not establish rules, regulations, or terms of connection that will give to either of such competing roads an unreasonable advantage over the other. If the managers of such roads cannot agree upon any of the terms aforesaid, the same, on petition, notice and hearing, shall be determined by the Transportation Board. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 57.)
5 V.S.A. § 3616
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3616. Connection of passenger trains; Board may determine

§ 3616. Connection of passenger trains; Board may determine|The Board may determine the time or times when the passenger trains of connecting railroads shall connect with each other, having in view the convenience of the traveling public, and may make all necessary rules and regulations respecting the manner of such connections. Such determination and order may be made on petition of either of the connecting roads, or of twenty or more freeholders of the vicinity, duly served and heard. The Board, at any time, may change such order, on petition, service thereof and hearing. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961.)
5 V.S.A. § 3617
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3617. Making competing road a party

§ 3617. Making competing road a party|A competing road interested in the time or times of such connections, or in the rules and regulations governing the same, may be made a party to such petition and hearing, or may bring an independent petition to have the time, times, rules, or regulations changed or modified. The Board, on due service and hearing, may make such changes or modifications as are required for the accommodation, convenience, and safety of the public. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961.)
5 V.S.A. § 3618
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3618. Intersection of railroads; stopping trains

§ 3618. Intersection of railroads; stopping trains|All trains or engines run upon a railroad in this State which intersects or crosses or is intersected or crossed by another railroad upon the same level, shall be brought to a full stop and the whistle sounded at a distance of not less than 100 feet nor more than 1,000 feet from the point of intersection or crossing, before such intersection or crossing is passed by such train or engine. The full stop and crossing on signal, with the approval of the Transportation Board, may be discontinued if an interlocking switch and signal apparatus is adopted, installed, and put in operation by such railroads at such crossing or intersection of two railroads. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 58.)
5 V.S.A. § 3619
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3619. Penalty

§ 3619. Penalty|An engineer who violates a provision of section 3618 of this title shall be fined $100.00, and the corporation on whose road the offense is committed shall be fined the further sum of $300.00.
5 V.S.A. § 3639
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3639. Farm crossings and cattle guards; construction and maintenance

§ 3639. Farm crossings and cattle guards; construction and maintenance|(a) A person or corporation owning or operating a railroad shall construct and maintain farm crossings of the road for the use of the proprietors of lands adjoining the railroad, and cattle guards at all farm and road crossings sufficient to prevent cattle and animals from getting on the railroad. A farm crossing may be temporarily or permanently closed or discontinued by mutual agreement between all parties having an interest therein. If no such mutual agreement can be reached by such interested parties, then a person or corporation owning or operating a railroad and desiring to close any farm crossing shall make application to the Transportation Board. The Board shall thereupon give notice to all parties interested, in such manner as the Board may direct, of hearing on the application, the hearing to be in the county where such crossing is located. After the hearing, a person or corporation owning or operating a railroad shall not close such farm crossing without the approval of the Transportation Board. A person aggrieved by the closing of a farm crossing after January 1, 1955 by a person or corporation owning or operating a railroad may notify the Transportation Board by registered or certified mail of the closing, and thereupon the Board shall conduct a hearing. Notice and place of hearing shall be as set forth in this subsection. The Transportation Board may require the reopening of any such crossing and make such other order as is permitted in section 3649 of this title. At any such hearing, the burden of proof shall rest with the person or persons effecting or seeking to effect the closing of such farm crossing. Any person aggrieved by an order of the Transportation Board may, in accordance with Rule 74 of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure, appeal to the Superior Court, whereupon such cause shall be tried as an original action brought under the provisions of 12 V.S.A. § 402.(b) A person or railroad corporation closing any farm crossing in violation of a provision of this section or failing to comply with any such order shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 and any person aggrieved by such violation may recover his or her damages in an action on this statute. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 59; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2019, No. 14, § 6, eff. April 30, 2019.)
5 V.S.A. § 3640
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3640. Board, when parties disagree

§ 3640. Board, when parties disagree|When the parties cannot agree upon the plan, manner, or number of the farm crossings, the same shall be determined by the Transportation Board on petition and after a public hearing. However, if the cost of such farm crossings exceeds the value of the land to be accommodated thereby, the Board need not order such crossings to be made, but shall award reasonable damages in lieu thereof. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 60.)
5 V.S.A. § 3641
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3641. Cattle guards at highway crossings

§ 3641. Cattle guards at highway crossings|The provisions of law relieving parties owning property adjoining a highway from maintaining fences along the line of such highway shall not be held to relieve persons owning or operating a railroad from maintaining cattle guards at points where such railroad crosses a highway at grade.
5 V.S.A. § 3642
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3642. Fences; construction and maintenance

§ 3642. Fences; construction and maintenance|(a) A person or corporation owning or operating a railroad shall construct and maintain on the sides of its road, when completed and in running order, a good and sufficient fence, along land of an operating farm adjacent to the railroad.(b) Whenever the owner or occupant desires to pasture livestock on land adjacent to the railroad not then used for pasturing livestock and desires the railroad to erect the portion of the fence next to the tracks, he or she shall fence the portion of that land which is not adjacent to the railroad, and the railroad shall construct the portion of the fence adjacent to its tracks within five days of notice to it from the owner or occupant that his or her portion of the fence has been completed, and shall maintain that fence so long as the adjacent land is used for pasturing livestock. (Amended 1977, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 24, 1978.)
5 V.S.A. § 3643
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3643. Neglect; proceedings

§ 3643. Neglect; proceedings|When a person or corporation owning or operating a railroad does not construct and maintain a fence as required by this chapter, any person aggrieved may construct it. The selectboard members of the town in which the same is located shall appraise the value thereof, and the person or railroad corporation shall pay the amount so awarded by the selectboard members to the person so aggrieved. On failure of the person or corporation to pay the amount so awarded, the person so constructing such fence may recover the same in an action on this statute. Such a person or railroad corporation shall not be required to build such fence while the ground is frozen.
5 V.S.A. § 3644
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3644. Construction of fence when landowner is to keep it

§ 3644. Construction of fence when landowner is to keep it|The provisions requiring a person or corporation owning or operating a railroad to construct and maintain fences shall not apply when such person or corporation has settled with and paid the landowner for building and maintaining such fence. When a landowner thus paid for keeping such fence in repair neglects so to do, the person or corporation owning or operating such railroad may make the repairs and recover the necessary expense thereof of such landowner or his or her grantee.
5 V.S.A. § 3645
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3645. Damage to animals on railroad

§ 3645. Damage to animals on railroad|Until fences and cattle guards are duly made, such person or corporation and their agents shall be liable for the damages done by agents or engines to cattle, horses, or other animals thereon, if occasioned by want of such fences and cattle guards. After such fences and guards are made, the person or corporation shall not be liable for such damages, unless negligently or willfully done.
5 V.S.A. § 3646
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 68 - Construction and Operation of the Road|§ 3646. Driving animals or vehicle within fences on railroad; damages; penalty

§ 3646. Driving animals or vehicle within fences on railroad; damages; penalty|A person who rides, leads, or drives a horse or other animal or operates a motor vehicle or a snowmobile upon a railroad, and within such fences and guards, other than at road and farm crossings, without the consent of the corporation shall forfeit not more than $50.00 to be recovered by the corporation in an action on this statute, and shall also pay the damages sustained thereby to the party aggrieved. (Amended 1967, No. 341 (Adj. Sess.), § 13.)