Wisconsin § 192.29 Train bells and crossing signs at street and highway crossings.

Wisconsin Statutes

§ 192.29 — Train bells and crossing signs at street and highway crossings.

Wisconsin § 192.29

Ch. 192Railroads; regulations and liabilities

This text of Wisconsin § 192.29 (Train bells and crossing signs at street and highway crossings.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Wisconsin primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Wis. Stat. § 192.29 (2026).

Text

29
29(3) (3) Bell to ring, municipal authority.
29(3)(a) (a) No railroad train or locomotive shall run over any public traveled grade crossing within any city or village, except where gates are operated, or a flagman is stationed, unless the engine bell shall be rung continuously within 330 feet of the crossing and until the crossing is reached.
29(3)(b) (b) Flagmen or gates shall be placed and maintained, or such mechanical safety appliances shall be installed upon such public traveled grade crossings in villages and cities as the city or village authorities and the railroad company may by agreement decide; such agreement may include the apportionment of the cost of installation of such mechanical devices.
29(4) (4) Highways; bell. No railroad train or locomotive shall

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

192.29
192.29(3) (3) Bell to ring, municipal authority.
192.29(3)(a) (a) No railroad train or locomotive shall run over any public traveled grade crossing within any city or village, except where gates are operated, or a flagman is stationed, unless the engine bell shall be rung continuously within 330 feet of the crossing and until the crossing is reached.
192.29(3)(b) (b) Flagmen or gates shall be placed and maintained, or such mechanical safety appliances shall be installed upon such public traveled grade crossings in villages and cities as the city or village authorities and the railroad company may by agreement decide; such agreement may include the apportionment of the cost of installation of such mechanical devices.
192.29(4) (4) Highways; bell. No railroad train or locomotive shall run over any public traveled grade highway crossing outside of the limits of municipalities unless the engine bell shall be rung continuously from 1,320 feet before the crossing until the crossing is reached. But the office may order that the ringing of the bell as required by this subsection shall be omitted at any crossing.
192.29(5) (5) Railroad crossing and yield signs.
192.29(5)(a) (a) Wherever its track crosses a public highway or street, every railroad corporation shall maintain on each side of the track a highway-rail-grade crossing sign, commonly known as a crossbuck sign, that conforms with the manual of uniform traffic control devices adopted by the department under s. 84.02 (4) (e) .
192.29(5)(b) (b) No later than July 1, 2007, at every railroad crossing at which a railroad corporation is required to maintain a sign described in par. (a) and that is not controlled by a gate, automatic signal, or official stop sign, the railroad corporation shall install and maintain, below the sign described in par. (a) , a yield sign that conforms with the manual of uniform traffic control devices adopted by the department under s. 84.02 (4) (e) .
192.29(6) (6) Contact information at private crossings. A railroad company shall make a notice containing a telephone number at which a person may contact the company available to private landowners at each private traveled grade crossing at the request of the private landowner. The notice shall be large enough to be visible from the crossing.

Legislative History

192.29 History History: 1977 c. 29 ss. 1654 (8) (b) , (9) (e), 1656 (43) ; 1977 c. 116 ; 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1) ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 ; 1997 a. 254 ; 2005 a. 95 , 179 ; 2013 a. 219 .