steamtrain6868
Train Attendant
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2011
- Messages
- 98
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and
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and
An Explanation of Railroads Laws From-- - http://www.lectlaw.com/articles/at0206.htm
Rail roads are a public means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks. In the U.S., a railroad is a public utility deriving its franchise from a state. A railroad constructed and operated in a state is a public highway. Railroad law encompasses all matters that relate to Railroad services. Railroad cases typically involve personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits by passengers, non-passengers, as well as employees. Workers' compensation is another prevalent issue when railroad workers are injured on the job. Railroads are common carriers and have all the rights, duties, and liabilities of a common carrier. Railroads are also subject to public regulation as public highways.
As a public utility, a rail road corporation agrees to submit to all burdens, conditions, and regulations imposed by the state with reference to its tracks and their intersections with highways necessary to promote or secure the safety of the traveling public. Roads and bridges are not merely for local use but are for the use and accommodation of all citizens of the state. The general public has the same interest in the preservation and maintenance of railroads as it has in the maintenance of other highways. The title to a part of a railroad's right of way, while it is being operated as a common carrier, cannot be divested by adverse possession. The law of railroads is generally of a federal character. Pursuant to 49 USCS 22301, a railroad means any form of non highway ground transportation that runs on rails or electromagnetic guide ways, including:
(i) commuter or other short-haul railroad passenger service in a metropolitan or suburban area and commuter railroad service that was operated by the Consolidated Rail Corporation on January 1, 1979; and
(ii) high speed ground transportation systems that connect metropolitan areas, without regard to whether those systems use new technologies not associated with traditional railroads.
and
http://books.google.com/books?id=Ryo8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA746&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U1CGkjfdHr4yXhyTNbw8ltNMzcApQ&ci=545%2C618%2C423%2C940&edge=0
and
An Explanation of Railroads Laws From-- - http://www.lectlaw.com/articles/at0206.htm
Rail roads are a public means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks. In the U.S., a railroad is a public utility deriving its franchise from a state. A railroad constructed and operated in a state is a public highway. Railroad law encompasses all matters that relate to Railroad services. Railroad cases typically involve personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits by passengers, non-passengers, as well as employees. Workers' compensation is another prevalent issue when railroad workers are injured on the job. Railroads are common carriers and have all the rights, duties, and liabilities of a common carrier. Railroads are also subject to public regulation as public highways.
As a public utility, a rail road corporation agrees to submit to all burdens, conditions, and regulations imposed by the state with reference to its tracks and their intersections with highways necessary to promote or secure the safety of the traveling public. Roads and bridges are not merely for local use but are for the use and accommodation of all citizens of the state. The general public has the same interest in the preservation and maintenance of railroads as it has in the maintenance of other highways. The title to a part of a railroad's right of way, while it is being operated as a common carrier, cannot be divested by adverse possession. The law of railroads is generally of a federal character. Pursuant to 49 USCS 22301, a railroad means any form of non highway ground transportation that runs on rails or electromagnetic guide ways, including:
(i) commuter or other short-haul railroad passenger service in a metropolitan or suburban area and commuter railroad service that was operated by the Consolidated Rail Corporation on January 1, 1979; and
(ii) high speed ground transportation systems that connect metropolitan areas, without regard to whether those systems use new technologies not associated with traditional railroads.
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