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TN Code § 65-6-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 6 - Railroads — Powers — Construction and Maintenance|Part 2 - Clearance Requirements|§ 65-6-203. Overhead Clearance

  The minimum overhead clearance above railroad tracks which are used or purported to be used for transporting freight cars shall be twenty-two feet (22'). Structures constructed prior to April 13, 1949, may be maintained at such clearance as was lawful at the time of construction.   The overhead clearance above the top of the rail of such tracks located inside of buildings may be reduced to seventeen feet (17'); provided, that this clearance shall apply only to tracks operating within the buildings; and provided further, that when an overhead clearance of less than twenty-two feet (22') exists on tracks inside such buildings, all cars, trains, motors, engines or equipment shall be brought to a stop before entering such buildings.
TN Code § 65-6-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 6 - Railroads — Powers — Construction and Maintenance|Part 2 - Clearance Requirements|§ 65-6-204. Side Clearance

 The minimum side clearance from center line of standard gauge railroad tracks which are used or purported to be used for transporting freight cars, except as prescribed in this section, shall be as follows:   All structures and obstructions, except as specifically mentioned in this section, eight feet (8');   All posts, pipes, crossing signals, and similar obstructions, eight feet (8');   Platforms eight inches (8") or less above top of rail, four feet (4') and eight inches (8");   Platforms four feet (4') or less above top of rail, seven feet (7') and six inches (6"), except platforms of railroad freight warehouse stations and freight transfer points, which shall have a clearance of not less than five feet (5') and nine inches (9");   Platforms more than four feet (4') above top of rail used principally for loading and unloading refrigerator cars, eight feet (8');   Switch boxes, switch operating mechanisms, and accessories necessary for the control and operation of signals and interlockers, projecting four inches (4") or less above top of rail, three feet (3');   Low switch stands, dwarf signal stands and derail stands at center line of stand, six and one-half feet (6½');   All structural parts of railroad bridges shall have clearances which conform to the recommendation of the A.R.E.A. in effect when construction is begun;   The side clearances specified in this section shall not apply to mail cranes during such times as the arms of such cranes are supporting mail sacks for delivery; provided, that the top arm is not lower than ten feet (10') and eight inches (8") above top of rail and neither arm extends within six feet (6') and five inches (5") from the center line of track;   Icing platforms, seven feet (7'); and   All minimum side clearances prescribed in this section are for tangent tracks. All structures adjacent to curve tracks shall have an additional minimum side clearance compensated for the curvature. Structures constructed prior to April 13, 1949, may be maintained at such clearance as was lawful at the time of construction.
TN Code § 65-6-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 6 - Railroads — Powers — Construction and Maintenance|Part 2 - Clearance Requirements|§ 65-6-205. Minimum Distance Between Track

  The minimum distance between the center lines of parallel standard gauge tracks shall be fourteen feet (14') except as provided in this section.   The center line of any standard gauge ladder track, constructed parallel to any other adjacent track, shall have a clearance of not less than eighteen feet (18') from the center line of such other track.   The minimum distance between the center lines of parallel team, house and industry tracks shall be thirteen feet (13').   Tracks constructed prior to April 13, 1949, may be maintained at such clearance as was lawful at the time of construction.
TN Code § 65-6-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 6 - Railroads — Powers — Construction and Maintenance|Part 2 - Clearance Requirements|§ 65-6-206. Clearance of Articles Stored Near Tracks

 No merchandise, material or other articles shall be placed or permitted to remain either on the ground or on the platforms adjacent to any track at a distance less than eight feet (8') from the center line of track; provided, that this provision does not apply to materials to be used in the repair, replacement or maintenance of the tracks.
TN Code § 65-6-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 6 - Railroads — Powers — Construction and Maintenance|Part 2 - Clearance Requirements|§ 65-6-207. Enforcement

 The department of transportation is directed to enforce compliance with this part; provided, that the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee shall have the power and the duty to prescribe and authorize a vertical or side clearance less than the minimum required in this part in particular cases when, on application therefor, after notice posted at the railroad station nearest the place affected, and after hearing if requested, the department of transportation may find a reasonable necessity or justification for such action; and provided further, that this part shall not apply to temporary forms, supports, falsework, bracing, etc., used only during and in the construction or repair of any underpass or overpass for a street, road or highway.
TN Code § 65-6-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 6 - Railroads — Powers — Construction and Maintenance|Part 2 - Clearance Requirements|§ 65-6-208. Penalty for Noncompliance

 Any railroad failing or refusing to comply with this part is subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each violation. This penalty shall be enforced and collected as provided by this part. Any judgment rendered for such penalty may also contain an order by the court directing compliance.
TN Code § 65-6-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 6 - Railroads — Powers — Construction and Maintenance|Part 3 - Cattle Guards|§ 65-6-301. Cattle Guards on Unfenced Track

 Each railroad company whose unfenced track passes through a field or enclosure is required to place a good and sufficient cattle guard or stops at the points of entering such field or enclosure, and keep the same in good repair.
TN Code § 65-6-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 6 - Railroads — Powers — Construction and Maintenance|Part 3 - Cattle Guards|§ 65-6-302. Enlargement of Unfenced Area

 In case a field or enclosure through which unfenced railroad track passes shall be enlarged or extended, or the owner of the land over which such unfenced track passes shall open a field so as to embrace the track of such railroad, such railroad company is required to place good and sufficient cattle guards or stops at the margin of such enclosure or fields, and keep the same in repair; provided, that such owner shall give the nearest or most accessible agent of such company thirty (30) days' notice of such change.
TN Code § 65-6-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 6 - Railroads — Powers — Construction and Maintenance|Part 3 - Cattle Guards|§ 65-6-303. Penalty for Noncompliance

 Any railroad company neglecting or refusing to comply with this part shall be liable for all damages sustained by anyone by reason of such neglect or refusal; and, in order for the injured party to recover all damages such person sustained, it shall be only necessary for such person to prove such neglect or refusal, and the amount of such damages; provided, that such company shall not be liable if it shall be shown that the opening of such field was made capriciously and with intent to annoy and molest such company.
TN Code § 65-10-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-10-101. Lien of Contractors

 Where any railroad company contracts with any person for the grading of its roadway, the construction or repair of its culverts, bridges, and masonry, the furnishing of cross-ties, the laying of its track, the erection of its depots, platforms, wood or water stations, section houses, machine shops, or other buildings, or for the delivery of material for any of these purposes, or for engineering or superintendence, there shall be a lien upon such railroad, its franchise and property, in favor of the person with whom the railroad company contracts for the performance of the work or the delivery of the materials, to the amount of the debt contracted for such performance or delivery.
TN Code § 65-10-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-10-102. Duration of Contractors' Lien

 The lien shall continue in force for six (6) months after the performance of the work or the delivery of the material, and until the termination of any suit commenced within the time for its enforcement.
TN Code § 65-10-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-10-103. Enforcement of Contractors' Lien

 This lien may be enforced by a suit against the railroad company in the circuit or chancery court of the county where the work, or some part thereof, was done, or the material, or some part thereof, was delivered.
TN Code § 65-10-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-10-104. Pleadings

 The pleading of the plaintiff or complainant shall set out, with reasonable certainty, the work done or the materials furnished, the amount of indebtedness claimed therefor, and the nature and the substance of the contract, and such suit shall be docketed and conducted as other suits in the court.
TN Code § 65-10-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-10-105. Lien of Subcontractors Against Contractor

 When any principal contractor, by which is meant one who contracts directly with the railroad companies, shall refuse to pay any subcontractor, mechanic, laborer, or other person employed by the principal contractor for the performance of any of such work or the delivery of materials for the purposes provided for in § 65-10-101, such subcontractor, mechanic, laborer, or other person so employed by the principal contractor may elect to give notice, in writing, to the railroad company, setting out the work done or material furnished, and the amount claimed therefor, and, thereupon, the amount that may be due or owing from the railroad company to the principal contractor, not exceeding the sum claimed, shall be bound and liable, in the hands of the railroad company, for the payment of the amount so claimed, and shall constitute a first lien in favor of the claimant, superior to all other liens upon the company's railroad, and shall continue in force for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of service of such notice, and until the termination of any suit commenced within that time to enforce it.
TN Code § 65-10-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-10-106. Payment Into Court by Railroad

 If, after notice provided for in § 65-10-105, the principal contractor shall bring suit against the railroad company, the latter may relieve itself by paying into court the amount so claimed, and the person giving such notice shall be summoned to contest the matter with the principal contractor, and such judgment be rendered thereon as the right may appear.
TN Code § 65-10-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-10-107. Enforcement of Lien Against Contractor

 The claim provided for in § 65-10-105 may be enforced against the railroad company, as garnishee, and the principal contractor, as debtor, in such court or before any judge of the court of general sessions of the county having jurisdiction of the amount claimed.
TN Code § 65-10-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-10-108. Lien of Laborer or Materialman Against Subcontractor

 If any subcontractor refuses to pay any mechanic, laborer, or other person employed by such contractor, for the performance of any of the work, or the delivery of material for the purposes provided for in § 65-10-101, such mechanic, laborer, or other person so employed by the subcontractor may elect to give notice, in writing, to the principal contractor, setting out the work done or the material furnished, and the amount claimed therefor; and thereupon the amount that may be due or owing from the principal contractor to the subcontractor, not exceeding the amount of the claim, shall be bound and liable in the hands of the principal contractor, for the amount so claimed, for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of the service of notice upon the principal contractor, or the principal contractor's agent or attorney, and until the termination of any suit commenced within that time for the collection of such claim.
TN Code § 65-10-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-10-109. Enforcement of Lien Against Subcontractor

 The notice provided for in § 65-10-105 shall operate as a first lien in favor of the claimant upon the amount that may be due from the principal contractor to the subcontractor, and may be enforced against the principal contractor as garnishee and the subcontractor as debtor.
TN Code § 65-10-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-10-110. Payment Into Court by Principal Contractor

 The principal contractor may, upon receiving the notice provided for in § 65-10-105, be relieved, if sued, by paying the sum claimed into court, which payment into court shall discharge the principal contractor from liability to the subcontractor for the amount so paid into court; and thereupon the subcontractor shall be summoned to answer the demand of the claimant, and such judgment shall be rendered thereon as the right may appear.
TN Code § 65-10-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-10-111. Equipment and Rolling Stock

  In any written contract of or for the sale of the railroad equipment or rolling stock, deliverable immediately or subsequently at stipulated periods, by the terms of which the purchase money, in whole or in part, is to be paid in the future, it may be agreed that the title to the property so sold or contracted to be sold shall not pass to or vest in the vendee until the purchase money shall have been fully paid, or that the vendor shall have and retain a lien thereon for the unpaid purchase money, notwithstanding delivery thereof to and possession by the vendee; provided, that the terms of credit for the payment of the purchase money shall not exceed fifteen (15) years from the execution of the contract.   In any written contract for the leasing or renting of railroad equipment or rolling stock, it is lawful to stipulate for a conditional sale thereof at the termination of such lease, and to stipulate that the rentals received may, as paid or when paid in full, be applied and treated as purchase money, and that the title of such property shall not vest in such lessee or vendee until the purchase money shall have been paid in full, notwithstanding delivery to and possession by such lessee or vendee, subject, however, to the proviso contained in subsection (a).   Every such contract specified in this section shall be good, valid, and effectual, both in law and equity, against all purchasers and creditors; provided, first, the same shall be acknowledged by the vendee or lessee before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds in the form required as to conveyance of real estate; second, such instrument shall be registered in the office of the register of the county in which, at the time of the execution thereof, is situated the principal office of the vendee or lessee in this state; and third, each locomotive engine or car so sold or contracted to be sold or leased as aforementioned shall have the name of the vendor or lessor, or the assignee of such vendor or lessor, plainly placed or marked on each side thereof, or be otherwise marked so as to indicate the ownership thereof.
TN Code § 65-10-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-10-112. Priority of Judgments for Timbers, Work, or Damages

 No railroad company shall have power to give or create any mortgage or other kind of lien on its railway property in this state, which shall be valid and binding against judgments and decrees, and executions therefrom, for timbers furnished and work and labor done on, or for damages done to persons and property in the operation of its railroad in this state.
TN Code § 65-10-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-10-113. Lessee Holds Subject to Burdens Against Lessor

 The lessee of any railroad shall hold such road subject to the liens and liabilities to which it was subject in the hands of the lessor, and be bound for all payments for which the lessor was liable.   Code 1858, § 1123 (deriv. Acts 1857-1858, ch. 8, § 3); Shan., § 1539; Code 1932, § 2609; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-1022.
TN Code § 65-10-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 2 - Subcontractor's Lien Against Railroad|§ 65-10-201. Direct Lien Against Railroad Authorized

 Every subcontractor, laborer, materialman, or other person who performs any part of the work in grading any railroad company's roadway, or who constructs or aids in the construction or repairs of its culverts and bridges, or furnishes cross-ties or masonry or bridge timbers for the same, which is used in the building and construction of such railroad, its bridges and culverts, or who lays or aids in the laying of its track, building of its bridges, the erection of its depots, platforms, wood or water stations, section houses, machine shops, or other buildings, or for the delivery of material for any of these purposes, or for any engineering or superintendence, or who performs any valuable service, manual or professional, by which any such railroad company receives a benefit, all and every such person or persons at election shall have a direct lien on such railroad, its franchises and property, for the value of such work and labor done or material furnished or services rendered as set out and specified, in as full and ample a manner as is provided by § 65-10-101, for persons contracting directly with such railroad company for any such work and labor done or for materials furnished.
TN Code § 65-10-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 2 - Subcontractor's Lien Against Railroad|§ 65-10-202. Notice to Secure Lien

 To secure this direct lien, such subcontractor, laborer, materialman, or other person rendering the labor or service, shall, within ninety (90) days after such work and labor is done or completed, or such materials are furnished, or such services are rendered, notify, in writing, any such railroad company, or the owners of such railroad, should it or they reside in the state, or its or their agents or attorneys, should it or they be beyond the limit of the state, that the lien is claimed, specifying in the face of the notice the character of the work and labor done or services rendered, or materials furnished, and the value of such labor, services or materials.
TN Code § 65-10-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 2 - Subcontractor's Lien Against Railroad|§ 65-10-203. Duration of Lien

 Such lien shall continue for the space of one (1) year from the service of the notice, and until the termination of any suit, commenced for the enforcement within one (1) year; and the lien shall have priority over all other liens on such railroad, its property and franchises.
TN Code § 65-10-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 2 - Subcontractor's Lien Against Railroad|§ 65-10-204. Jurisdiction to Enforce Lien

 The liens provided for in § 65-10-201 may be enforced by suit brought against such railroad company in the circuit or chancery court of the county where the work or material, or any part thereof, was done or furnished, or any part of the services was rendered.
TN Code § 65-10-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 2 - Subcontractor's Lien Against Railroad|§ 65-10-205. Pleadings

 The declaration or bill, as the case may be, of a plaintiff or complainant shall set out with reasonable certainty, the work done, services rendered, or materials furnished, the amount claimed therefor, the nature and substance of any contract made with such railroad company, or any contractor or construction company, or subcontractor, as the case may be, accompanying such declaration or bill with a copy of the notice, executed as required in § 65-10-202.
TN Code § 65-10-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 2 - Subcontractor's Lien Against Railroad|§ 65-10-206. Priority of Lien

 No railroad company shall have power to give or create any mortgage or other kind of lien on its railroad, its property or franchises, in this state, which shall be valid and binding against any judgments or decrees, or execution issued thereon, rendered in any of the courts in this state, for the enforcement of any liens provided for in this chapter; nor shall the liens created by § 65-10-201 be hindered, postponed, delayed or defeated by any contract, real or pretended, made by any railroad company with any principal or construction company, real or pretended.
TN Code § 65-10-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 10 - Liens on Railroad Property|Part 2 - Subcontractor's Lien Against Railroad|§ 65-10-207. Indemnity Bond — Judgment by Motion

 Any such railroad company shall have the right to demand from any principal contractor or construction company an indemnity or refunding bond to protect it in case of the enforcement of the liens created by § 65-10-201; and in case any original contractor or construction company is paid for work done or material furnished, or any part of it, covered by this part, and such original contractor or construction company should fail to pay any subcontractor, laborer, or materialman, for work done or material furnished, as specified in § 65-10-201, then, upon the payment of such subcontractor, laborer, or materialman of the amount due, such railroad company shall have judgment, by motion, for such amount so paid on such bond in court; but any contractor or construction company shall have the right to intervene and contest the claim of such subcontractor, laborer, or materialman claiming to be employed by such contractor or construction company.