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RI Gen L § 39-7-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-7 - Operation of Railroads Generally|Section 39-7-5 - Method of illuminating passenger cars - Fire equipment.

§ 39-7-5. Method of illuminating passenger cars — Fire equipment.No passenger car on any railroad shall be lighted by naphtha or by any illuminating oil or fluid made in part of naphtha, or wholly or in part from coal or petroleum, or other substance or material which will ignite at a temperature of less than three hundred degrees (300 degrees) fahrenheit. Every railroad corporation shall provide and keep in every car used by it for the transportation of passengers one pail, one axe, and one iron bar, which shall at all times be kept in order for use. Every railroad corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense, one-half (½) thereof to the use of the complainant, and one-half (½) thereof to the use of the state.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 26; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 30; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 39-7-5.
RI Gen L § 39-7-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-7 - Operation of Railroads Generally|Section 39-7-6 - Heating of cars.

§ 39-7-6. Heating of cars.No passenger, mail, or baggage car, on any railroad in this state, shall be heated by any method of heating by furnace or heater, unless the furnace or heater shall first have been approved in writing by the division of public utilities and carriers; provided, however, that in no event shall a common stove be allowed in a car. Every railroad corporation that shall use any car in violation of the provisions of this section shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100) for every day on which the car shall be used, one-half (½) thereof to the use of the complainant, and one-half (½) thereof to the use of the state.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 27; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 31; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 39-7-6.
RI Gen L § 39-7-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-7 - Operation of Railroads Generally|Section 39-7-7 - Water in passenger cars.

§ 39-7-7. Water in passenger cars.Every railroad corporation shall carry on each passenger car operated by steam a sufficient quantity of good water, with suitable vessels for using the water, and every railroad corporation refusing or neglecting to comply with the requirements of this section shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 25; P.L. 1902, ch. 993, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 29; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 39-7-7.
RI Gen L § 39-7-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-7 - Operation of Railroads Generally|Section 39-7-8 - Ejection of disorderly or nonpaying passengers.

§ 39-7-8. Ejection of disorderly or nonpaying passengers.If any person behaves in a disorderly manner, or refuses to pay the regular fare, or rides upon the platform of a car after having been told by the conductor or trainperson to go inside the car, the train may be stopped and he or she may be ejected at any regular station on the road; and every person ejecting a passenger under the provisions of this section at any other place than at a regular station shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 43; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 47; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 38; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 38; G.L. 1956, § 39-7-8.
RI Gen L § 39-7-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-7 - Operation of Railroads Generally|Section 39-7-9 - Approach of railroad junctions or drawbridges.

§ 39-7-9. Approach of railroad junctions or drawbridges.(a) Every person driving a locomotive, when approaching any crossing or junction of any two (2) railroads where the rails of one cross or connect with the rails of the other at grade, or when approaching any drawbridge now in use as such, shall stop the locomotive at some point within the distance of five hundred feet (500′) from the crossing, junction, or drawbridge, and before reaching the same, and shall not drive the locomotive over the crossing, junction, or drawbridge, at a greater rate of speed than six miles per hour (6 m.p.h.); provided, however, that the division of public utilities and carriers may grant to any railroad corporation the privilege of crossing the junction or drawbridge without stopping, whenever it determines the same can be done consistently with the public safety.(b) Every person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100); and the railroad corporation in whose employment, or upon whose railroad, the person shall be at the time of committing such offense, shall be fined three hundred dollars ($300).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 187, §§ 14, 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, §§ 17, 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, §§ 8, 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, §§ 8, 9; G.L. 1956, § 39-7-9.
RI Gen L § 39-7-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-7 - Operation of Railroads Generally|Section 39-7-10 - Whistles in vicinity of Hamlet station.

§ 39-7-10. Whistles in vicinity of Hamlet station.The Providence and Worcester railroad company and its lessees, the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad company, are hereby forbidden to blow or cause to be blown or permit any of its employees to blow any locomotive signal whistles along its tracks, between the Hamlet Station and the crossing over the Blackstone River next northerly thereof, except in cases of emergency and apparent danger to life and property.History of Section.P.L. 1896, ch. 432, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 39-7-10.
RI Gen L § 39-7-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-7 - Operation of Railroads Generally|Section 39-7-11 - Maintenance of margins on yard tracks.

§ 39-7-11. Maintenance of margins on yard tracks.(a) In order to provide railroad employees a reasonably safe place to work, it shall be the duty of all persons, firms, or corporations engaged in the operation of railroads in this state to keep and maintain those margins alongside their yard tracks, except designated clean out and repair tracks, where the railroad employees are required to walk frequently in the course of their duties, reasonably free from debris and vegetation that unreasonably affects the safety of the employees while working. This section shall be enforced by the public utilities administrator upon complaint and after due hearing.(b) Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) but not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each separate offense.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 195, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-7-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-7 - Operation of Railroads Generally|Section 39-7-12 - Catwalks and handrails on bridges.

§ 39-7-12. Catwalks and handrails on bridges.Every railroad corporation or railroad company operating a railroad within this state shall on and after September 1, 1993, maintain and construct a handrail and catwalk on each railroad bridge and/or trestle that is constructed or renovated for use by the railroad. The handrail and catwalk shall extend the full length of the bridge or trestle. Every railroad that shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). Each violation of this section shall be a separate offense. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a violation of this section shall be classified as a misdemeanor.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 450, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-8-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings|Section 39-8-1 - Surfacing of highways crossed at grade.

§ 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 (1") below the tops of the rails at the crossing; and every railroad that shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this section, after being notified by the city or town council of the city or town wherein the crossing is located, shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 49; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 53; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 44; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 44; G.L. 1956, § 39-8-1.
RI Gen L § 39-8-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings|Section 39-8-1.1 - Commission control of grade crossings.

§ 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 be constructed and the jurisdiction to determine whether any crossing should be altered, relocated, abolished, or eliminated, and the manner and conditions under which the crossings shall be maintained, even if the order of the commission has the effect of depriving a municipality of control of its streets.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 240, § 10.
RI Gen L § 39-8-1.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings|Section 39-8-1.2 - Definitions.

§ 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 crossing.(2) "Public crossings" shall mean and refer to those crossings of railroad tracks at grade that have been laid out or built with the consent of the commission expressed in writing as provided in § 39-8-3, or have been designated as public crossings by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 240, § 10.
RI Gen L § 39-8-1.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings|Section 39-8-1.3 - Authorization for private crossing.

§ 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.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 240, § 10; P.L. 1973, ch. 199, § 6.
RI Gen L § 39-8-1.4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings|Section 39-8-1.4 - Barricading of crossings.

§ 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 public safety.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 240, § 10.
RI Gen L § 39-8-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings|Section 39-8-2 - Raising or lowering of highway to eliminate grade crossing.

§ 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 highway should be raised or lowered, so as to pass over or under the railroad, it may request in writing that the corporation owning the railroad raise or lower the turnpike or highway. If the corporation neglects or refuses to do so, the city or town council may apply to the commission to decide upon the reasonableness of the request. If the commission, after due notice and hearing the parties, shall decide that the lowering or raising of grade is necessary for the security of the public, the corporation shall comply with the decision; provided, that either party shall have the right, in accordance with chapter 5 of this title, to petition the supreme court for relief, and the court shall have full power to finally decide the question as to the necessity of changing the grade. The cost and expense of making the change of grade shall be borne by the railroad corporation and the city or town asking for the change, in the proportion as may be decided by the court. If, after the decision of the court that a change of grade is necessary, or if, having taken no appeal from the decision of the commission, the corporation shall unreasonably neglect or refuse to change the grade, the city or town council may proceed to make the change, and may, in an action against the corporation, recover all charges and expenses occasioned by making the alterations.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 44; C.P.A. 1905, § 1226; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 48; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 39; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 39; G.L. 1956, § 39-8-2; P.L. 1973, ch. 199, § 6; P.L. 1984, ch. 81, § 14; P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 13.
RI Gen L § 39-8-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings|Section 39-8-3 - Consent to establishment of grade crossing.

§ 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 consent of the commission thereto; provided, that if the commission shall consent or refuse to consent to any crossing at grade, the corporation or any party aggrieved by the consent or refusal may petition the supreme court for relief in accordance with chapter 5 of this title, and the decision of the court shall be final.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 45; P.L. 1899, ch. 658, § 1; C.P.A. 1905, § 1226; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 49; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 40; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 40; G.L. 1956, § 39-8-3; P.L. 1973, ch. 199, § 6; P.L. 1984, ch. 81, § 14.
RI Gen L § 39-8-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings|Section 39-8-4 - Obstruction of highway crossings.

§ 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 time; and whenever a highway, city or town way or street has been thus used or occupied with cars or engines, no railroad corporation shall again use or occupy the same with cars or engines until a sufficient time, not less than three (3) minutes, has been allowed for the passage across the railroad of such travelers as were ready and waiting to cross when the former occupation ceased. For every violation of the provisions of this section, the corporation shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 51; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 55; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 46; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 46; G.L. 1956, § 39-8-4.
RI Gen L § 39-8-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings|Section 39-8-5 - Railroads on highways subject to prescribed terms.

§ 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. 215, § 23; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 39-8-5.
RI Gen L § 39-8-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings|Section 39-8-6 - Operation of grade crossings of railroads.

§ 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. 187, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 11; G. L. 1938, ch. 124, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 39-8-6.
RI Gen L § 39-8-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings|Section 39-8-7 - Town or city regulation of speed and manner of operation.

§ 39-8-7. Town or city regulation of speed and manner of operation.The town and city councils of the several towns and cities shall have power, from time to time, to make reasonable rules and regulations with reference to the rate of speed and mode of operation of railroads in the streets and highways of the respective towns and cities; the rules and regulations must receive the approval in writing of the division of public utilities and carriers.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 39-8-7.
RI Gen L § 39-8-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings|Section 39-8-8 - Maintenance of highways occupied by rails.

§ 39-8-8. Maintenance of highways occupied by rails.Every corporation that maintains or uses railroad tracks in any street or highway in any town or city in this state, shall be liable to keep and maintain in good order and repair, including paving and repaving whenever and wherever necessary, that portion of any street or highway occupied by its railroad and eighteen inches (18") outside of any of its rails, in order that the streets and highways may be safe and convenient for travelers with their vehicles at all times, and the extent of the liability shall not be varied; provided, however, that the character of the paving, repaving, and repairing, shall be such as is from time to time fixed by the town or city councils of the respective towns and cities; and provided, further, that nothing in this section shall relieve any railroad corporation from the payment of any sum of money that it is now required by law to pay to any town or city for the use and occupancy of the streets and highways in the town or city.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 18; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 39-8-8; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 110.
RI Gen L § 39-8-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings|Section 39-8-9 - Order to maintain flagperson or precautionary appliance at grade crossing.

§ 39-8-9. Order to maintain flagperson or precautionary appliance at grade crossing.Every railroad corporation or lessees, receivers, or trustees of the corporation operating railroads within this state shall cause flagpersons or gates or other precautionary measures or appliances to be established or substituted wherever the railroads cross public highways, whenever and as often as in the opinion of the commission it is necessary for the safety of the public.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 47; P.L. 1899, ch. 701, § 1; P.L. 1900, ch. 784, § 1; C.P.A. 1905, § 1130; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 51; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 42; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 42; impl. am. P.L. 1949, ch. 2174, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-8-9; P.L. 1969, ch. 240, § 11.
RI Gen L § 39-8-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings|Section 39-8-10 - Failure to maintain flagperson or precautionary appliances.

§ 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 director of the corporation, forfeit five hundred dollars ($500), one-half (½) thereof to the use of the state, and one-half (½) thereof to the use of the city or town where the crossing is located.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 48; P.L. 1899, ch. 701, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 52; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 43; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 43; G.L. 1956, § 39-8-10.
RI Gen L § 39-8-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings|Section 39-8-11 - Order to maintain electric signals at crossing.

§ 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, direct that the crossing shall be furnished with electric signal or signals as they shall decide the better security of human life or the convenience of the public travel requires, and the corporation shall comply with the order. If the railroad corporation shall refuse or neglect to comply with the order within three (3) months from the date thereof, it shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each day that the refusal or neglect shall continue unless it shall furnish reasons satisfactory to the commission for the refusal or neglect. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to affect §§ 39-8-9 and 39-8-10.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 52; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 56; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 47; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 47; G.L. 1956, § 39-8-11; P.L. 1973, ch. 199, § 6.
RI Gen L § 39-8-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings|Section 39-8-12 - Municipal order to maintain crossing gates or fence.

§ 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 council, and shall also fence its line of track within the limits of the city in such manner and at such places as the city council may direct. Any railroad corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall, for every day's neglect after twenty (20) days from notice or direction to the president, treasurer, or any director of the corporation from the city council as aforesaid to comply with the provisions of this section or with the order or direction of the city council, be fined fifty dollars ($50.00), one-half (½) thereof to the use of the state and the other one-half (½) to the use of the complainant.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 46; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 50; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 41; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 41; G.L. 1956, § 39-8-12.