Each railroad company may hold such real estate as may be convenient for accomplishing the objects of its organization; may by its agents enter such places as may be designated by its directors for the purpose of making surveys and determining the line whereon to construct its railroad and may construct, equip and maintain a railroad, with one or more tracks, over the route specified in its charter and transport persons or property thereon by any power.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 13b-244

  • railroad company: shall be construed to mean and include all corporations, trustees, receivers or other persons, that lay out, construct, maintain or operate a railroad, unless such meaning would be repugnant to the context or to the manifest intention of the General Assembly. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1