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RAILROADS

Abandonment of rail lines or rights-of-way

Generally, Minn. Rules 8830.2750

Purchase by regional railroad authorities, Minn. Rules 8830.5450

State rail bank, see STATE RAIL BANK

Accidents

Definitions, Minn. Rules 8830.3100

Grade crossings, vacating, Minn. Rules 8830.2720

Grade separation, criteria, Minn. Rules 8830.2740

Reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 8830.3100

Accounting

Federal regulations, compliance, Minn. Rules 8830.3300

Generally, Minn. Rules 8830.3400

Work billed against public authorities, Minn. Rules 8830.3300

Acquisition of land or property, definitions, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Air pollution control standards, Minn. Rules 7023.0110

Alteration, air pollution control systems, Minn. Rules 7023.0120

Application of law

Bridges (structures), Minn. Rules 8810.8000

Rail rehabilitation, Minn. Rules 8830.0200

Tracks, federal regulations, Minn. Rules 8830.3200

Bank loans, Minn. Rules 8830.6300 to 8830.6700

Boilers, exemption from inspection requirements, Minn. Rules 5225.2300

Borrowers, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Bridges (structures)

Application of law, Minn. Rules 8810.8000

Funding, eligibility, Minn. Rules 8810.8110

Lead paint removal, see Steel structures, lead paint removal under LEAD (MINERAL)

Building materials, sales and use taxes, Minn. Rules 8130.1200

Capital improvement

Defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Projects, Minn. Rules 8830.5500

Child labor, Minn. Rules 5200.0910

Clearance between structures and cars

Diagrams, Minn. Rules 8830.9951

Generally, Minn. Rules 8830.3000

Clearance between tracks and structures

Diagrams, Minn. Rules 8830.9951, 8830.9961

No clearance signs, Minn. Rules 8830.9961

Signs, Minn. Rules 8830.9951

Warning signs for train crews, Minn. Rules 8830.9971

Coal handling facilities, Minn. Rules 7011.1100 to 7011.1140

Coal slurry and coal liquids pipelines, location near alternative routes, proposed new facilities, description, Minn. Rules 7855.0440

Collateral, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Confidential or privileged information, accounting, Minn. Rules 8830.3400

Crossings, see RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Dams

Construction to avoid damage, Minn. Rules 6115.0220 to 6115.0222

New dams, preliminary report, Minn. Rules 6115.0410

Data, rail carriers

Confidential data, Minn. Rules 8830.5700

Disclosure, Minn. Rules 8830.5700

Rail service improvement programs, Minn. Rules 8830.5600

Use, restrictions, Minn. Rules 8830.5700

Definitions

Accidents, Minn. Rules 8830.3100

Aeronautics, Minn. Rules 8800.0100

Air pollution control, Minn. Rules 7023.0100

State-aid highways and streets, Minn. Rules 8820.0200

Demonstration projects

Capital improvement projects, Minn. Rules 8830.5500

Defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Disclosure, rail carriers, data, Minn. Rules 8830.5700

Disposition of land or properties, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Electricity, generating facility traffic, certificate of need applications, Minn. Rules 7849.0320

Fair market value, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Federal aid, policy guide, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Federal bank loans, Minn. Rules 8830.6300 to 8830.6700

Federal regulations

Accounting, compliance requirements, Minn. Rules 8830.3400

Track standards, application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.3200

Floodplains, flood fringe areas, construction, Minn. Rules 6120.5800

Going concern value, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Grade crossings, see RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Grants for, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Highways, see RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Improvements

Generally, see Repairs, reconstruction, or replacement under this topic

Service improvements, Minn. Rules 8830.5300 to 8830.5700

In-kind participation, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Incorporation by reference, federal aid, policy guide, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Information about, rail carriers, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.5690

Inventories, railroad crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.0100 to 8830.0300, 8830.2125

Leases, right of first refusal, Minn. Rules 8910.0100 to 8910.0400

Licenses

Engineer licenses, steam locomotives, Minn. Rules 5225.1300

Railroad traffic active warning device operating licenses, Minn. Rules 8830.2150, 8830.9991

Loans, Minn. Rules 8830.6300 to 8830.6700

Local forces

County state-aid highways, see Local forces under COUNTY STATE-AID HIGHWAYS

Defined, Minn. Rules 8820.0200

Local rail freight assistance program, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Locomotives in commerce, application of law, Minn. Rules 5225.1300

Mining operations

Deactivation, Minn. Rules 6130.4100

Permits, applications, Minn. Rules 6130.4300

Scope of rules, Minn. Rules 6130.0300

Net liquidation value, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Noise, Minn. Rules 7030.0050

Notice received, information, final demands, Minn. Rules 8830.5690

Payments by, railroad traffic signs and signals

Crossbuck signs, costs, Minn. Rules 8830.0310, 8830.0500

Private crossings, costs, Minn. Rules 8830.0310

Property, right of first refusal

Appraisals, Minn. Rules 8910.0400

Bona fide offers, Minn. Rules 8910.0400

Definitions, Minn. Rules 8910.0100

Eligible persons, Minn. Rules 8910.0300

Fair market value, Minn. Rules 8910.0300

Leaseholders, eligibility, Minn. Rules 8910.0300

Negotiations, Minn. Rules 8910.0400

Notice, intent to sell, Minn. Rules 8910.0400

Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 8910.0200

Public utility equipment, see HIGHWAYS

Radioactive material, transportation, see Transportation under RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS

Rail bank, see STATE RAIL BANK

Rail carriers

Accounting, Minn. Rules 8830.3300, 8830.3400

Agreements by, railroad crossings, establishment or relocation, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

Crossing inventories, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.0300

Data, Minn. Rules 8830.5600, 8830.5700

Defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Equipment, crossings, parking and visibility, Minn. Rules 8830.0320

Grade crossings, establishment or relocation, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

Information given, Minn. Rules 8830.5690

Licenses, see same under this topic

Notice given, roadways, closure for crossing maintenance, Minn. Rules 8830.2650

Notice received

Accounting, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 8830.3400

State rail bank, acquisition of land or properties, Minn. Rules 8830.5820

Payments by, rail line rehabilitation projects, loans, Minn. Rules 8830.5300

Railroad traffic signs and signals, duties, see Rail carriers under RAILROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS

Reports given

Accidents, Minn. Rules 8830.3100

Accounting, Minn. Rules 8830.3400

Active warning devices, system failures, Minn. Rules 8830.3150

Annual reports, Minn. Rules 8830.3400

Confidentiality, Minn. Rules 8830.3400

Tracks, duties, see Tracks under this topic

Rail cars, lead paint removal, see Steel structures, lead paint removal under LEAD (MINERAL)

Rail equipment, crossings, parking and visibility, Minn. Rules 8830.0320

Rail lines

Abandonment, Minn. Rules 8830.2750, 8830.5450

Defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Rehabilitation, Minn. Rules 8830.5300

Rights-of-way, see same under this topic

Tracks, see same under this topic

Rail service

Defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Improvement programs, Minn. Rules 8830.5300 to 8830.5700

Rail user and rail carrier loan guarantee program, Minn. Rules 8830.6300 to 8830.6700

Rail users

Data, rail service improvement programs, Minn. Rules 8830.5600

Financial or other assistance to, Minn. Rules 8830.5500

Loans by, rail line rehabilitation projects, Minn. Rules 8830.5300

Payments to, rail line rehabilitation project loans, Minn. Rules 8830.5300

Railroad companies

Active warning devices, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2425

Notice received, state rail bank, acquisition of land or property, Minn. Rules 8830.5820

Stock, annual reports, Minn. Rules 8830.3400

Removal, air pollution control systems, Minn. Rules 7023.0120

Rendering inoperative, air pollution control systems, Minn. Rules 7023.0120

Repairs, reconstruction, or replacement

Air pollution control systems, Minn. Rules 7023.0120

Application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.0200

Definitions, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Occupational safety and health, federal standards, incorporation by reference, Minn. Rules 5205.0010

Rail service improvement program, Minn. Rules 8830.5300 to 8830.5700

Rights-of-way

Abandonment, Minn. Rules 8830.2750, 8830.5450

Definitions, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Obstructions, clearing, Minn. Rules 8830.0320

Right of first refusal, Minn. Rules 8910.0100 to 8910.0400

Rural areas, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Safety, tracks

Rail line rehabilitation, eligibility, Minn. Rules 8830.5300

Standards, federal regulations, application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.3200

Scales, railroad track scales, Minn. Rules 7601.3000 to 7601.3030

Securities, railroad equipment trust obligations, investments in, by banks, Minn. Rules 2675.2050

Signals, see RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Smoking regulations, generally, see SMOKING

Spurs, see Tracks under this topic

Standards, tracks, safety, federal regulations, application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.3200

State bank loans, Minn. Rules 8830.6300 to 8830.6700

State rail bank, see STATE RAIL BANK

Stationary steam locomotives, engineer licenses, Minn. Rules 5225.1300

Stations, explosives and blasting agents, storage, Minn. Rules 7500.2200 to 7500.2400

Steam locomotives, engineer licenses, Minn. Rules 5225.1300

Steam locomotives in commerce, exemption from inspection, Minn. Rules 5225.2300

Stock, annual reports, Minn. Rules 8830.3400

Streets, see RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Subpoenas, information required, Minn. Rules 8830.5690

Tank cars, aboveground storage tanks, exclusion from rules, Minn. Rules 7151.1300

Taxes

Allocation to Minnesota, Minn. Rules 8106.0500

Apportionment, Minn. Rules 8106.0700, 8106.9900

Assessment/sales ratio computation, Minn. Rules 8106.0800

Definitions, Minn. Rules 8106.0100

Equalization, Minn. Rules 8106.0800

Exempt property, Minn. Rules 8106.0600

Nonformula assessed property, Minn. Rules 8106.0600

Reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 8106.0300

Table, apportionment process example, Minn. Rules 8106.9900

Valuation

Adjustments, Minn. Rules 8106.0600

Generally, Minn. Rules 8106.0400

Railroads failing to file, Minn. Rules 8106.0300

Tracks

Abandonment, Minn. Rules 8830.2750, 8830.5450

Anhydrous ammonia, Minn. Rules 1513.0130, 1513.0640

Clearance between structures and cars, Minn. Rules 8830.3000, 8830.9951

Grade crossings, see under RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Grade separation, see under RAILROAD CROSSINGS

New tracks, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

Owners and ownership

Active warning devices, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2425

Grade crossings, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2700, 8830.2750

New tracks, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

Track removal, abandoned railroad crossings, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2750

Private tracks, anhydrous ammonia, loading and unloading, Minn. Rules 1513.0640

Railroad traffic signs and signals, approaching tracks, Minn. Rules 8830.2125

Relocation, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

Removal, Minn. Rules 8830.2750

Safety standards, Minn. Rules 8830.3200, 8830.5300

Track circuits, active warning devices, Minn. Rules 8830.1200

Traffic control, see RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Trains, public conveyances, trains defined as, clean indoor air, Minn. Rules 4620.0100

Traverse ways, railroads defined as, aeronautics, Minn. Rules 8800.0100

Two-cycle engines, air pollution control systems, exemption, Minn. Rules 7023.0115

Uniform traffic control devices, see RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Urban areas, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

User loans, Minn. Rules 8830.6300 to 8830.6700

Variances, clearance between structures and cars, Minn. Rules 8830.3000

Workplace accident and injury reduction, Minn. Rules 5208.1500