Tennessee Statutes

§ 65-6-204 — Side clearance

Tennessee·Title 65

The minimum side clearance from center line of standard gauge railroad tracks which are used or purported to be used for transporting freight cars, except as prescribed in this section, shall be as follows:

(1)All structures and obstructions, except as specifically mentioned in this section, eight feet (8');
(2)All posts, pipes, crossing signals, and similar obstructions, eight feet (8');
(3)Platforms eight inches (8") or less above top of rail, four feet (4') and eight inches (8");
(4)Platforms four feet (4') or less above top of rail, seven feet (7') and six inches (6"), except platforms of railroad freight warehouse stations and freight transfer points, which shall have a clearance of not less than five feet (5') and nine inches (9");
(5)Platforms more than four feet (4') above top

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Legislative History

Acts 1949, ch. 178, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 2670.4; Acts 1951, ch. 144, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-626.

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