2006 Minnesota Statutes

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