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Maine railroad liability legislation to be rewritten
NIMBYs, and loons, rule.
Wonder what the state would charge for a private crossing on an Interstate highway, or the main runway at a major airport?
Here in New Hampshire many home owners were surprised when tracks were removed and the route became snowmobile trails and the homeowners got hit with fees to maintain their passage over the route. They have to get insurance coverage because even though the railroads are gone since the snowmobiles , in the winter and ATV’s , in the summer use the routes the home owner is libel if they hit someone at their grade crossing or somneone runs into them at the crossing.
Sounds like Pan Am Railways has a passing track upon which the buck is travelling.
As I understand it, the railroad tracks are on railroad-owned property and anybody who is on the RR not doing railroad work is trespassing. If one wishes to cross the property one must either use a public crossing or make arrangements with the owner for a “private” crossing. And if the railroad wants to make relief from liability a condition for crossing the property then so be it.
As I understand it, the railroad tracks are on railroad-owned property and anybody who is on the RR not doing railroad work is trespassing. If one wishes to cross the property one must either use a public crossing or make arrangements with the owner for a “private” crossing. And if the railroad wants to make relief from liability a condition for crossing the property then so be it.
legislation to limit liability is sorely needed to protect the railroads from those who simply do not try to understand the massive power of a train-and at crossings-those who broach that dangerous area should be charged with responsibility