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It shall be the duty of every railroad company maintaining an arm gate at any crossing to provide for the closing of the gate at the approach of engines or trains and to have the gate immediately opened when the engine or train has passed, so as to interfere as little as possible with public travel over the crossing.
(Code 1965, § 23-5)
No conductor, engineer or other employee of any railroad company having tracks running across the public streets of the city shall obstruct the streets with any engine, car or train or prevent the free passage of vehicles and pedestrians, longer than 12 minutes at one time.
(Code 1965, § 23-6)
No person shall enter, hang on or get upon any railroad car or engine or any part thereof, except for the bona fide purpose of obtaining lawful transportation thereon and with the intent to comply with all reasonable rules and regulations prescribed in that behalf by the person or corporation owning or operating the railroad car or engine, without having first obtained permission of the person or corporation owning or operating the same.
(Code 1965, § 23-9)
State law reference(s)—Riding on train unlawfully, G.S. 62-319.
No person shall use the tracks, yards or any other real property of any railroad company as a public highway and no person shall pass through or loiter around any shop, car or depot of any railroad company, except for the bona fide purpose of transacting business with such company or its agents, employees or representatives. This section shall in no wise abridge, limit or affect the right of the public to use the tracks or other property of a railroad company in cases where such tracks or other property are in or upon the streets of the city.
(Code 1965, § 23-10)
Secs. 19-286. Reserved.
Editor's note(s)—Ord. No. 4910, § 2, adopted November 9, 2021, repealed § 19-286, which pertained to giving away or drinking liquor at stations, and derived from the Code of 1965, § 23-11.