Colorado § 42-4-708 Moving heavy equipment at railroad grade crossing

Colorado Statutes

§ 42-4-708 — Moving heavy equipment at railroad grade crossing

Colorado § 42-4-708

Title 42Vehicles and

Art.Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-708 (2026).

Text

(1)No person shall operate or move any crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, or roller or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of ten 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.

(2)Notice of any such intended crossing shall be given to a superintendent of such railroad and a reasonable time be given to such railroad to provide proper protection at such crossing.

(3)Before making a crossing described in subsection (1) of this section, the person operating or moving the vehicle or equipment:

(a)Shall first stop the vehicle or equipment not less than fifteen feet nor more tha

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(1) No
person shall operate or move any crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, or
roller or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of ten 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.

(2) Notice of any such intended crossing shall be given to a superintendent
of such railroad and a reasonable time be given to such railroad to provide proper
protection at such crossing.

(3) Before making a crossing described in subsection (1) of this section, the
person operating or moving the vehicle or equipment:

(a) Shall first stop the vehicle or equipment not less than fifteen feet nor
more than fifty feet from the nearest rail of the railroad;

(b) While stopped, shall listen and look in both directions along the track for
any approaching train, for on-track equipment, or for signals indicating the
approach of a train or on-track equipment; and

(c) Shall not proceed until the crossing can be made safely.

(4) Before making a crossing described in subsection (1) of this section, the
person moving or operating the vehicle or equipment shall ensure that no warning is
being given, whether by automatic signal or crossing gates or a flagperson or
otherwise, of the immediate approach of a railroad train or on-track equipment.

(5) Subsection (3) of this section does not apply at any railroad crossing
where state or local road authorities within their respective jurisdictions have
determined that trains or on-track equipment are not operating during certain
periods or seasons of the year and have erected an official sign carrying the legend
exempt, which sign constitutes legally sufficient notice that the crossing is
exempt from the stopping requirement in this section.

(6) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B
traffic infraction.

Legislative History

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2350, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2021: (3), (4), and (5) amended, (HB 21-1245), ch. 218, p. 1152, � 3, effective September 7.