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2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 81.52.020: Sidetrack and switch connections — Duty to construct.

    A railroad company upon the application of any shipper shall construct, maintain and operate upon reasonable terms a switch connection or connections with a lateral line of railway or private side track owned, operated or controlled by such shipper, and shall upon the application of any shipper, provide upon its own property a side track and switch connection with its line of railway, whenever such a side track and switch connection is reasonably practicable, and can be put in with safety and the business therefor is sufficient to justify the same.

    [1961 c 14 § 81.52.020. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 13; RRS § 10349.]

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