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NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-18 - Borrowing money; bonds; mortgages; usury as defense; penalty

48:12-18. Borrowing money; bonds; mortgages; usury as defense; penalty  Every railroad company may borrow such sums of money from time to time as shall be necessary to construct, improve, extend and repair its road and furnish all necessary lands, chattels, engines, cars and equipments. To secure repayment thereof it may issue bonds secured by mortgage on any of its railroad, lands, chattels, franchises and appurtenances. Such company shall not plead any statute against usury in any action at law or in equity to enforce the payment of any bond or mortgage executed pursuant to this section. If the amount of the mortgage debt of any railroad company of this state is limited by special law, the written consent of the holders of at least two-thirds in value of all of its stock shall be obtained before any such mortgage shall be executed. Any person issuing bonds of a railroad company in an amount greater than that authorized by law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Where a mortgage on a railroad right of way and franchises includes chattels, it shall be sufficient evidence and notice thereof to record the same as a mortgage on real estate.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-19 - Motive power; condemnation

48:12-19. Motive power; condemnation  Any railroad company authorized to use steam as a motive power may use any motive power it deems best adapted to the economical operation of its railroad, and may erect, construct, maintain and use such machinery, engines, devices and appliances and such poles, wires, conduits or other methods for conducting and distributing power as may be required. For this purpose any such company may take lands by condemnation.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-20 - Construction and use of tracks across streets and highways by certain companies

48:12-20. Construction and use of tracks across streets and highways by certain companies  Any railroad corporation chartered by or authorized to exercise its franchises within this state, which, on March fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, owned or possessed, as lessees or otherwise, lots or parcels of lands lying opposite to each other, across, and each fronting upon any street or public highway, may construct its tracks across such street or highway and use the same for all purposes of transportation; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to enable such corporation to interfere with or to change the grade of such street or highway, or to prevent or unnecessarily impede the use thereof for ordinary travel.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-21 - Operation of ferry as part of railroad system

48:12-21. Operation of ferry as part of railroad system  Where the terminus of a railroad company is on the shore of a river or navigable water of this state, the company may establish and operate ferries for the transportation of persons and property on or across the same. The company may buy or build vessels and do all things necessary or convenient to carry on the ferry or may contract with other ferry companies for such transportation.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-22 - Purchasing or hiring vessels, wharves and landings

48:12-22. Purchasing or hiring vessels, wharves and landings  Any railroad company, whenever a majority of the directors thereof shall so decide, may purchase or hire any vessels or barges and any wharves, piers, docks, landings and buildings situated at or near any terminus of its road, capable of being of use in the transportation of freight or passengers, and any company is authorized to make such sale or lease whenever a majority of the directors shall so decide.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-23 - Foreign railroads in this state; rights and liabilities

48:12-23. Foreign railroads in this state; rights and liabilities  Any railroad company created by the laws of any other state and authorized by the laws of this state to hold property and exercise franchises in this state may hold meetings of the directors in this state who may exercise all the powers and franchises of the company in this state so far as necessary to transact the business of the company and may have an office in this state for the transfer of stock. The officers and agents of the company may transact its business in this state. Any such company shall be deemed a corporation of this state for the purpose of being sued or proceeded against if insolvent in the same manner and to the same extent as if organized originally in this state and no attachment at law shall be brought against such company. Any such company may be governed by such rules and regulations as shall be adopted under its organization not repugnant to the laws of this state.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-23.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-23.1 - Improvement and use of real estate not required or used for railroad purposes

48:12-23.1. Improvement and use of real estate not required or used for railroad purposes  Whenever any railroad owns in fee real estate susceptible of other than railroad uses without abandonment of such railroad uses, or real estate, different levels or parts of different levels of which may be devoted to such other uses without unreasonable impairment of the use of the remainder for railroad purposes, or whenever the part of said real estate so owned in fee above or under the part thereof needed in such company's railroad operations, with reasonable use of the surface and subsurface of said real estate for foundation and other incidental uses, may be utilized or developed for building or other structures to be used in other than railroad business, such railroad may improve, utilize and develop the part of such real estate so susceptible of such other use or uses or the parts which may be so separated for other uses, so as to obtain the benefit thereof and may subdivide the separate level or levels susceptible of such other uses into lots and blocks, construct elevated streets, walks and other appurtenances and facilities proper to such development; and may sell, convey, and transfer to purchasers any separate part or parts, singularly or combined, of such real estate, at, above or below the natural surface of the ground, susceptible of such other uses, or may lease to others such part or parts thereof as said company may at any time elect; provided, the Board of Public Utility Commissioners finds that the use of such part of said real estate so susceptible of such other uses will not unreasonably impair the use of the remainder of such real estate for railroad purposes. L.1938, c. 369, p. 939, s. 1, eff. June 14, 1938.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-24 - Filing surveys of routes of main line and branches

48:12-24. Filing surveys of routes of main line and branches  When the route of a railroad company shall have been determined, a survey of the route and location, particularly describing the same, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The company may also from time to time after the filing of the survey of the route of the main line, and either before or after construction thereon, file surveys of the route and location of branches within the limits of any counties in or through which the main line may be located and of any county adjoining such counties.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-25 - Deposit with treasurer prerequisite to filing survey of branch

48:12-25. Deposit with treasurer prerequisite to filing survey of branch  The survey of the route of any branch shall not be filed in the office of the secretary of state until the company shall have deposited with the state treasurer at least two thousand dollars for every mile and a proportionate sum for any distance less than a mile of the branch. The state treasurer shall hold such fund subject to be repaid to the company in installments of two thousand dollars for each mile and a proportionate sum for any distance less than a mile of the branch, upon the construction of which it shall be proved to his satisfaction, that such amount has been expended.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-26 - Recording surveys of main lines and branches; fees

48:12-26. Recording surveys of main lines and branches; fees  The secretary of state shall record in a book kept for that purpose all descriptions of the surveys of the main lines or branches filed with him, for which he shall collect from the company filing the same the fees prescribed by law for recording deeds.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-27 - Right of way; width

48:12-27. Right of way; width  The right of way of any railroad or of any branch thereof shall not exceed two hundred feet in width unless more land is required for the slopes of cuts and embankments or for retaining walls, in which case such land may be acquired as part of the right of way.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-28 - Entry on lands and construction of road; payment or tender of damages

48:12-28. Entry on lands and construction of road; payment or tender of damages  When the survey of its route has been filed in the office of the secretary of state, every railroad company, upon payment or tender of compensation, may construct, maintain and operate a railroad with one or more tracks and such side tracks, turnouts, offices and depots as it may deem necessary between the points named in its charter or certificate of incorporation. Every company may from time to time, either before or after completion of the main line, construct, maintain and operate branches upon the route described in its filed survey. For these purposes every such company may enter upon, take possession of, hold, have, use, occupy and excavate lands and erect embankments, bridges and all other necessary works and do all other things which may be suitable or necessary for the accomplishment of its objects. The payment or tender of all damages for the occupancy of any land through, under or upon which the railroad and its branches may be laid out shall be made before the company shall enter upon or break ground except to survey and locate the railroad and branches, unless the consent of the owner of the land be first obtained.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-29 - Time for commencement and completion of road

48:12-29. Time for commencement and completion of road  Every railroad company shall commerce its proposed railroad within six months from the date of its organization. Where the road is not more than fifty miles in length, the company shall open and complete at least one track within two years of the commencement. Where the road exceeds fifty miles in length the company shall have an additional six months to complete each twenty miles of road in excess of fifty. The company shall open fifty miles of road for public use as soon as fifty miles of track are laid.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-30 - Failure to timely commence or complete road; priority of location

48:12-30. Failure to timely commence or complete road; priority of location  Any railroad company organized under the laws of this State which shall fail to comply with the provisions of section 48:12-29 of this Title shall forfeit thereby the franchises given to it by such laws. Where any company has failed to construct its road upon any part of the location shown by its filed survey within the time allowed by law and after the expiration of such time any other railroad company duly files a survey of a location crossing or occupying the same, the company last filing its location shall have priority of right over such location. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 107.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-31 - Extension of time for completing road

48:12-31. Extension of time for completing road  L.1937, c. 13, p. 27, entitled "An act for extending the time for completing certain railroads," approved March eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, saved from repeal. [Subject to certain conditions, this act extends for a period of two years from the date of its passage the time for completing any railroad whenever such time has expired before December 31, 1937.]
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-32 - Branch lines to mills, factories and mines; municipal consent

48:12-32. Branch lines to mills, factories and mines; municipal consent  Any railroad company may lay out, construct, or may acquire, lease or purchase any branch line or lines of railroad not exceeding two miles in length, and may maintain and operate the same, extending from the main line or any branch line of the company to any mill, factory, mine, clay bed or warehouse whenever it shall be for the interest of the company. Such company may take and hold the land necessary for that purpose on filing a map and description of the survey of the route of the branch in the office of the secretary of state and making the deposit required by section 48:12-25 of this title pending construction, with the state treasurer. No company shall construct any such branch within the limits of any city or town until it shall first obtain the consent of the municipal authorities.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-32.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-32.1 - Branch lines, spurs or side tracks to horse race meeting premises; deposit with state treasurer; municipal consent

48:12-32.1. Branch lines, spurs or side tracks to horse race meeting premises; deposit with state treasurer; municipal consent  Any railroad company may lay out, construct, acquire, lease, contract in respect to, or purchase any branch line or lines, spur or side track of railroad, not exceeding 4 miles in length, either entirely or partially, in, through, along, across or upon any public or private road or street, and may maintain and operate the same, connecting with and extending from the main line or any branch line of the company, to extend to the premises, place, track or enclosure where any horse race meeting is held or conducted or to be held or conducted by any person, partnership, association or corporation, pursuant to a license or permit heretofore or hereafter issued by the New Jersey Racing Commission. Such railroad company may make and enter into an agreement or contract with any such licensee or permit holder for any such construction, maintenance and operation of any such branch line or lines, spur or side track of railroad. Such railroad company may take, hold, occupy and use the land necessary for any such purpose or purposes and shall file a map and description of the survey of the route of the branch line or lines, spur or side track of railroad, in the office of the Secretary of State and shall make the deposit required by section 48:12-25 of this Title, pending construction, with the State Treasurer. Such railroad company shall not construct any branch line or lines, spur or side track of railroad for any such purpose or purposes within the limits of any city, town, borough, village or township until it shall have first obtained the consent of the municipal governing body, which consent may be given by resolution or by the grant of an easement and any such consent of a municipal governing body shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners. L.1947, c. 17, p. 65, s. 1. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 108.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-33 - Connecting roads by branches

48:12-33. Connecting roads by branches  Whenever the roads of any railroad companies shall intersect or cross or approach each other within a distance of one mile, either company may construct and operate a branch connecting such roads and acquire land and property necessary for that purpose, on filing a map and description of the survey of the route of the branch in the office of the secretary of state and making the deposit required by section 48:12-25 of this title with the state treasurer.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-34 - Connection between railroad and street railway

48:12-34. Connection between railroad and street railway  Any railroad company and any street railway company whose lines intersect may make a physical connection of their tracks to enable the cars of the one to run on the tracks of the other, upon obtaining the certificate of the board of public utility commissioners that public convenience and necessity require the connection. The certificate shall only be granted after hearing upon notice to the municipality in which the physical connection is proposed to be made.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-36 - Crossing another railroad; required grade angle

48:12-36. Crossing another railroad; required grade angle  No railroad company shall cross another railroad at grade at a less angle than 20 degrees, but a railroad may be located upon the surveyed route or location of any other railroad company with the consent of such other company. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 109.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-37 - Relocating route before construction

48:12-37. Relocating route before construction  Any portion of the route of a railroad company may be relocated before construction and after filing of the original survey, by filing and recording an amended survey thereof in the same manner as the original survey.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-38 - Change of location of route to avoid physical obstacles

48:12-38. Change of location of route to avoid physical obstacles  Any railroad company may change the location of a part of its route for any section not exceeding one mile in length by filing and recording a survey of the new location and of the section abandoned with the secretary of state where in the judgment of the directors, such change is necessary to avoid any physical obstacle interfering with the safe and convenient construction, maintenance or operation of the railroad. Such alterations shall not be made in any city after the road has been actually constructed within its limits.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-39 - Straightening, shortening or improving road; condemning land

48:12-39. Straightening, shortening or improving road; condemning land  Any railroad company may straighten, shorten or improve its road or connect points thereon by shorter lines or branches upon filing and recording a survey of the straightened, shortened or improved line in the same manner as is required in the case of an original survey of location. Any such company may take and acquire by condemnation all the land necessary for that purpose. The company may retain and continue to use or may sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the original road for which such line has been substituted after it has constructed its road on its new location. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 110.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-40 - Abandonment of part of line; repaying of deposit; new survey

48:12-40. Abandonment of part of line; repaying of deposit; new survey  Any railroad company prior to the operation of any trains may abandon any part of its line before the same shall have been wholly completed upon filing and recording in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate of abandonment, executed by its president and secretary, under its seal, describing the part to be abandoned. Thereupon the Treasurer of the State shall repay to the company out of the money of the company therefor deposited with the treasurer as required by law, $2,000.00 for every mile, and a proportionate sum for any distance less than a mile of its route so abandoned. The company shall not thereafter extend or construct its road upon the portion so abandoned without first filing and recording a new survey thereof in the office of the Secretary of State and making the deposit with the treasurer required by law. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 111.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-40.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-40.1 - Cautionary boards not connected with automatic block signal system

48:12-40.1. Cautionary boards not connected with automatic block signal system  Every railroad company operating freight or passenger trains or engines or cars in this State, over or upon any tracks, or on any bridges or other structures carrying tracks of the kind commonly known as runaround or temporary tracks, shall, before any such use of said runaround or temporary tracks, install cautionary boards not connected with the automatic block signal system of a kind and character, sufficient to call attention to the engineers who are required to operate steam, electric or diesel engines or motors over such tracks, of the presence and existence of such runaround or temporary tracks, which cautionary boards shall be placed sufficiently ahead of the beginning of the temporary tracks to insure adequate notice to the said engineers to enable them to reduce the speed of the locomotive engine or motor before entering upon the runaround or temporary tracks, so as to be able to proceed thereover at a reduced speed consistent with safe operation over said tracks. L.1952, c. 213, p. 743, s. 1, eff. May 17, 1952.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:12-40.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:12-40.2 - Violations

48:12-40.2. Violations  Any violation of this act by any railroad company shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). In the event that any such violation continues for more than one day, each day during which the violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense. Any officer or agent of any such railroad company or any other person who shall knowingly authorize or allow any train operation over or upon any such runaround or temporary tracks except for the purpose of inspection or testing thereof, without the said cautionary boards having been previously installed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and also by imprisonment not to exceed three years, or either, or both. L.1952, c. 213, p. 744, s. 2, eff. May 17, 1952.