Code of Virginia - Title 56 Public Service Companies - Chapter 13 Railroad Corporations

56-339 through 56-344
Repealed by Acts 1956, c. 435. ...
56-345 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-345.1 Notice; consolidation, merger, abandonments, or discontinuances
Any railroad company operating in the Commonwealth that submits an application to the federal government for consolidation, merger, abandonment, or discontinuance shall, contemporaneously with such ...
56-346 Certain powers conferred by law on railroad corporations
In addition to the powers conferred by Title 13.1, every corporation of this Commonwealth organized to conduct a railroad business shall have power to cause ...
56-347 Power of condemnation; limitation
In addition to the powers conferred by Title 13.1, every corporation of this Commonwealth organized to conduct a railroad business shall have the power to ...
56-348 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-349 through 56-351
Repealed by Acts 1956, c. 435. ...
56-352 Railroad to have an insurable interest in property along its route
Every railroad company is hereby invested with an insurable interest in the property upon the route operated by it, and may procure insurance thereupon in ...
56-353 Railroad company may appoint police agents
The president or any other executive officer of any railroad company incorporated by this Commonwealth may, with the approval of the circuit court of any ...
56-354 Conductors, etc., to be conservators of the peace
Conductors and engineers of railroad passenger trains, and station and depot agents, shall be conservators of the peace. Each shall have the same power to ...
56-355 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1956, c. 435. ...
56-355.1 "State Highway System" defined
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other sections of this Code, the words "State Highway System" as used in this article shall be construed to be ...
56-355.2 Definitions
"Public road authority" as used in this chapter means any appropriate governing body which has responsibility for the construction and maintenance of public highways. "Overpass" ...
56-356 through 56-358
Repealed by Acts 1956, c. 435. ...
56-359 through 56-361
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-362 Right of railroad to cross watercourse, intervening railroad, etc
Any railroad corporation created or doing business under the laws of this Commonwealth, which shall have fully located the route of its railway, may, in ...
56-363 Crossing of a railroad or public highway by another railroad; crossing of a railroad by a public hi...
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Commonwealth that all crossings of one railroad by another, or a public highway by a ...
56-364 , 56-365
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-365.1 Closing and or consolidation of grade crossings
Whenever the public safety requires that an existing crossing of a railroad by a public highway at grade be eliminated or that multiple grade crossings ...
56-366 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1952, c. 398. ...
56-366.1 Proceedings to avoid or eliminate grade crossings by grade separation or to widen, strengthen, remo...
Whenever a road in the State Highway System or a public highway maintained by a locality (i) crosses a railroad, (ii) is projected across a ...
56-366.2 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-366.3 Proceedings to alter, rebuild or replace existing grade separation structure destroyed or rendered ...
In the event an existing overpass or crossing over a railroad is destroyed or rendered unusable or otherwise becomes necessary to alter, rebuild, or replace, ...
56-367 , 56-368
Repealed by Acts 1952, c. 398. ...
56-368.1 Subsequent maintenance of underpasses and overpasses
After the work specified in §§ 56-366.1 and 56-366.3 regarding underpasses and overpasses has been done, the maintenance, including drainage, of any underpass hereafter so ...
56-369 Elimination of public grade crossings by change of alignment of public highways or construction of ...
Whenever the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner or the appropriate public road authority in improving the alignment of public highways proposes to change the alignment of the ...
56-370 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1956, c. 435. ...
56-371 through 56-382
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-383 Railroad company may construct and maintain telegraph or telephone line
Any railroad company may construct and maintain along the line of its improvement an electric telegraph or telephone for its own use and that of ...
56-384 through 56-389
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-390 through 56-404
Repealed by Acts 1970, c. 731. ...
56-405 Railroad companies to maintain grade crossings of public highways and approaches; repair by Commonw...
At every crossing, now existing or hereafter established, of a public road by a railroad or of a railroad by a public highway at grade, ...
56-405.01 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-405.02 Railroads to adjust certain public highways at grade crossings
When adjustments are made to railway trackage grade which crosses public rights-of-way in use as a public highway or street in any locality, the railway ...
56-405.1 Agreements with Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner or public road authority representative fo...
Whenever the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner or representative of the appropriate public road authority determines that it is in the best interest of the public to ...
56-405.2 Construction and maintenance of crossbucks
Every railroad company shall cause signal boards, hereinafter referred to as crossbucks, well supported by posts or otherwise and approved by the Department of Transportation ...
56-405.3 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-406 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1977, c. 226. ...
56-406.1 Proceedings for installation and maintenance of automatically operated gates, signals and other aut...
Railroads shall cooperate with the Virginia Department of Transportation and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation in furnishing information and technical assistance to enable ...
56-406.2 Proceeding for fixing cost of maintaining such warning devices at public grade crossings
Whenever any automatically operated gate, signal or other automatic crossing warning device has been or may hereafter be installed at any highway, road or street ...
56-407 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1956, c. 164. ...
56-408 Signs similar to crossing signs prohibited
No device or sign which is in the form of a railroad crossing signboard shall be erected or permitted to remain on or near any ...
56-409 , 56-410
Repealed by Acts 1954, c. 122. ...
56-411 Removal of brush and trees from right-of-way
Every railway company operating in this Commonwealth shall be required to clear from its right-of-way trees and brush for 100' on each side of public ...
56-412 When trains shall be stopped before getting to railroad crossing
Whenever railroads cross each other on the same grade in this Commonwealth, the trains shall be brought to a full stop at least fifty feet ...
56-412.1 Railroad cars obstructing street or road; standing vehicle on railroad track
It shall be unlawful for any railroad company, or any receiver or trustee operating a railroad, to obstruct for a longer period than five minutes ...
56-412.2 Ordinances conflicting with { 56-412.1
No city, town or county shall adopt any ordinance, order or resolution in conflict with the provisions of § 56-412.1 and all ordinances, orders or ...
56-413 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-413.01 Locomotive and rail car standards
All locomotives and rail cars operating over the tracks of a railroad company are subject to Federal Railroad Administration jurisdiction and shall be maintained in ...
56-413.1 , 56-413.2
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-414 Bell and whistle or horn; when sounded
Every railroad company shall provide each locomotive passing upon its road with a bell of ordinary size and steam whistle or horn, and such whistle ...
56-415 Penalty for violation of { 56-414
Every officer or employee of any railway company, whose duty it shall be to carry out any of the provisions of § 56-414 and shall ...
56-416 Effect of failure to give statutory signals
If the employees in charge of any railroad engine or train fail to give the signals required by law on approaching a grade crossing of ...
56-417 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-417.1 Clearance to be provided in construction, etc., of railroad structures
No railroad, nor any person, firm or corporation operating any railroad shall hereafter construct or erect any track, building, sign, guidepost, switch stand or structure ...
56-418 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-419 Duplicate switch keys of railroads; unlawful making, etc.; punishment
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, buy, sell, or give away to any other person any duplicate key to any lock belonging ...
56-419.1 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-419.2 Safety requirements applicable to vehicles transporting railroad employees
A. As used in this section "motor vehicle" shall mean any motor vehicle designed for highway use, owned or operated by a railroad, whether or ...
56-420 through 56-425
Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 7. ...
56-426 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1984, c. 227. ...
56-426.1 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 891. ...
56-427 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-428 Railroads liable for damage from fires set out by their engines or trains
Whenever any person sustains damage from fire occasioned by sparks or coals dropped or thrown from the engine or train of any railroad company, such ...
56-429 Company to erect fences along roadbed; cattle guards, etc
Upon the written request by certified mail to the registered agent of the railroad in question of any landowner whose land adjoins the railroad and ...
56-430 Construction of { 56-429; burden of proof
Section 56-429, so far as it relates to fencing, shall not apply to any part of a railroad located within the corporate limits of a ...
56-431 When company not liable for injury on enclosed track
No railroad company shall be liable for any injury to any person or property on such part of its track as may be enclosed according ...
56-432 Liability for injury on track not enclosed
In any action or suit against a railroad company for an injury to any property on any part of its tracks not enclosed according to ...
56-433 Cattle guards; remedy of aggrieved landowner; penalty
Every railroad company whose road passes through any enclosed lands in this Commonwealth shall construct and keep in good order cattle guards reasonably sufficient to ...
56-434 When cattle guards may be discontinued
Every railroad company, after erecting the fences mentioned in § 56-429, may discontinue all cattle guards enclosed by such fences, except such as are provided ...
56-435 Appeal from general district court to circuit court in cattle-guard cases
In all suits brought before the general district court against railroad companies to recover penalties for failure to construct cattle guards as required by law, ...
56-436 Board of appraisers to appraise injured or killed livestock; duty of appraisers
Whenever any horses, cattle, or other livestock are killed or injured, or other property damaged, by the cars or locomotives upon any railroad, it shall ...
56-437 Effect of appraisal in case of suit; costs
If the railroad company fails, for sixty days after such report is so returned to such clerk, to pay to the owner the full amount ...
56-438 Fee of appraisers
Appraisers appointed pursuant to the provisions of § 56-436 shall receive for their services each the sum of one dollar. (Code 1919, § 3996; 1994, ...
56-439 Application of {{ 56-436 through 56-438
The provisions of §§ 56-436 through 56-438 shall not apply to any railroad company which has its line of road enclosed with fences and cattle ...
56-439.1 Notice of injury or death of certain livestock; penalty
Whenever any horses, cattle, or other livestock are injured or killed by the cars or locomotives operating on a railroad, the section master or employee ...
56-440 Penalty for failure to remove cause of complaint in cities or towns
If any railroad, when directed so to do by a valid order of the State Corporation Commission, shall refuse or fail to remove the cause ...
56-441 Liability for injury to employee
Every corporation operating a railroad in this Commonwealth, whether such corporation be created under the laws of this Commonwealth or otherwise, shall be liable in ...
56-442 through 56-444
Repealed by Acts 1980, c. 142. ...
56-445 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-446 Information to State Corporation Commission; penalty
Every railroad company in this Commonwealth shall, at all times, on request, furnish to the State Corporation Commission any information required by it concerning the ...
56-446.1 Limitations on passenger rail transportation liability.
A. As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise: "Authority" means a political subdivision of the Commonwealth that is comprised of two transportation ...
56-447 through 56-451
Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157. ...
56-451.1 Keeping unused tracks in place
If a railroad company discontinues operations on all or any portion of its line of railroad (other than yard tracks, passing sidings, or tracks unneeded ...
56-451.2 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1987, c. 495. ...

Last modified: April 3, 2009