The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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CROSSING OR CONNECTING WITH ANOTHER RAILROAD
(Cite as: 5 V.S.A. § 3618)
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§ 3618. Intersection of railroads; stopping trains
All trains or engines run upon a railroad in this State that 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.)