2005 Minnesota Statutes - 169.29 — Crossing railroad tracks with certain equipment.

     169.29 Crossing railroad tracks with certain equipment. 


    (a) No person shall operate or move any caterpillar 
 tractor, steam shovel, derrick, roller, or any equipment or 
 structure having a normal operating speed of six or less miles 
 per hour or a vertical body or load clearance of less than nine 
 inches above the level surface of a roadway upon or across any 
 tracks at a railroad grade crossing without first complying with 
 this section. 


    (b) Before making any crossing, the person operating or 
 moving any vehicle or equipment set forth in this section shall 
 first stop the same not less than ten, nor more than 50, feet 
 from the nearest rail of the railway, and while so stopped shall 
 listen and look in both directions along the track for any 
 approaching train and for signals indicating the approach of a 
 train, and shall not proceed until the crossing can be made 
 safely. 


    (c) No crossing shall be made when warning is given by 
 automatic signal or crossing gates or a flagger or otherwise of 
 the immediate approach of a railroad train or car.  


    (d) No stop need be made at a crossing on a rail line on 
 which service has been abandoned and where a sign erected in 
 conformance with section 169.06 and bearing the word "Exempt" 
 has been installed, unless directed otherwise by a flagger.  The 
 installation or presence of an exempt sign shall not relieve any 
 driver of the duty to use due care.  


    HIST: (2720-214) 1937 c 464 s 64; 1982 c 444 s 2; 1986 c 444