§ 19-4. Trains obstructing crossings.

(a)

No railroad company or receiver or trustee operating a railroad shall obstruct for a longer period than five (5) minutes the free passage on any street by standing cars or trains across the same, except a passenger train while receiving or discharging passengers, but a passway shall be kept open to allow normal flow of traffic. When a train has been uncoupled, so as to make a passway, the time necessarily required, not exceeding three (3) minutes, to pump up the air after the train has been recoupled shall not be included in considering the time such train was standing across the street.

(b)

Any railroad company, receiver or trustee violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00); provided that the fine may be one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each minute beyond the permitted time but the total fine shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).

(c)

This section shall not apply when a train is stopped due to breakdown, mechanical failure or emergency.

(Code 1975, § 12-22)

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 56-412.1.

(Code 1975, § 12-22)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 56-412.1.