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(a) A person commits an offense if he operates a railroad car without an engine across or along any public street or highway within the city.
(b) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a) if:
(1) the railroad car is self-powered and is equipped with FRA standard signalling and lighting devices for warning of the railroad car’s approach; or
(2) a flagman is present at each traffic approach. (Ord. 18100)
(a) A person commits an offense if he operates a train within the city and fails to sound the train’s bell or audible warning device:
(1) before starting the train; or
(2) upon approaching any street crossing within the city.
(b) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a) of this section if the train’s movements are within railroad yards. (Ord. 18100)
A person commits an offense if he jumps off or clings to a train while the train is in motion. It is a defense to prosecution under this section if the person is a paying train passenger or an employee or official of the railroad company operating or owning the train. (Ord. 18100)
(a) Definition. RUNNING SWITCH, in this section, means the method of changing railroad cars from one track to another track in the process of making or unmaking trains. This method involves bringing the railroad cars to a certain grade, detaching the cars from the railroad engine, and allowing the cars to run to other cars or places on a different track without the control of a brake, a brakeman, an engine, an engineer, or any other person. The term “running switch” is also referred to as “kicking cars.”
(b) Running switches. A person commits an offense if he makes a “running switch” across or along any public street or highway within the city.
(c) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (b) if:
(1) a flagman is present at each traffic approach; or
(2) any crossing at which a “running switch” is made is equipped with automatic gates. (Ord. 18100)
A railroad company commits an offense if it fences its right-of-way within the city:
(1) with barbed wire that begins less than seven feet above the ground; or
(2) in such a manner that the fencing obstructs a public street or highway extending to or across the right-of-way. (Ord. 18100)
If a city street crossing has been obstructed by a train for more than five consecutive minutes, the railroad company owning or operating the train commits an offense if it allows its trains to again cross the city street within the next five consecutive minutes or before waiting traffic has cleared the crossing, whichever occurs first. (Ord. 18100)
(a) Taxicabs. While waiting for employment at any railroad depot in the city, a driver of a taxicab commits an offense if he stops in a parking place not designated by the director for use by taxicabs.
(b) Buses. While waiting for employment at any railroad depot in the city, a driver of a bus commits an offense if he stops in a parking place not designated by the director for use by buses. (Ord. 18100)