Railroads: Related Laws
U.S.
- U.S. Code > Title 45 - Railroads
- U.S. Code > Title 49 > Subtitle IV > Part A - Rail
- U.S. Code > Title 49 > Subtitle V - Rail Programs
Alabama
- Alabama Code > Title 37 > Chapter 10 - Railroad Preservation
- Alabama Code > Title 37 > Chapter 10A - Alabama Shortline Railroad Infrastructure Rehabilitation Act
- Alabama Code > Title 37 > Chapter 11 - Rapid Rail Transit Compact
- Alabama Code > Title 37 > Chapter 11A - Northeast Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact
- Alabama Code > Title 37 > Chapter 11B - Alabama Capital Assistance Stimulus for Rail Projects Act of 2009
Alaska
Arizona
- Arizona Laws > Title 3 > Chapter 12 > Article 1 - Duties and Liabilities of Railroads
- Arizona Laws > Title 40 > Chapter 4 - Railroads
California
- California Codes > Government Code > Title 12 - Great Redwood Trail Agency Act
- California Codes > Government Code > Title 12.3 - Siskiyou Railroad Authority
- California Codes > Government Code > Title 12.5 - Central California Railroad Authority
- California Codes > Public Utilities Code > Division 4 > Chapter 1 - Railroad Corporations
- California Codes > Public Utilities Code > Division 12.7 > Chapter 8 - Tri-Valley-San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority
Connecticut
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 245a - Railroad Construction and Location
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 245b - Railroad Operations
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 282 - Railroad and Railway Bonds and Mortgages
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 292 - Connecticut-New York Railroad Passenger Transportation Compact
Delaware
Florida
- Florida Statutes > Chapter 351 - Railroads
- Florida Regulations > Chapter 14-57 - Railroad Safety and Clearance Standards, and Public Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings
Hawaii
Idaho
- Idaho Code > Title 18 > Chapter 60 - Railroads
- Idaho Code > Title 62 > Chapter 1 - Railroad Corporations — General Provisions and Powers
- Idaho Code > Title 62 > Chapter 2 - Construction of Railroads
- Idaho Code > Title 62 > Chapter 3 - Railroad Crossings On Highways
- Idaho Code > Title 62 > Chapter 4 - Operation of Railroads
Illinois
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 45 ILCS 70 - Interstate Rail Compact Act
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 45 ILCS 77 - Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact Act
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 45 ILCS 78 - Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact Act
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > Chapter 70 > Railroad
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 220 ILCS 70 - Crossing of Railroad Right-of-way Act
Indiana
- Indiana Code > Title 8 > Article 3 - Railroads Generally
- Indiana Code > Title 8 > Article 4 - Organization and Operation of Railroads
- Indiana Code > Title 8 > Article 5 - Commuter Railways
- Indiana Code > Title 8 > Article 6 - Railroad Crossings
- Indiana Code > Title 8 > Article 8 - Railroad Equipment
Iowa
- Iowa Code > Chapter 327E - Railway Corporations &Mdash; Powers
- Iowa Code > Chapter 327F - Construction and Operation of Railways
- Iowa Code > Chapter 327G - Railroad Rights-of-Way, Crossings, Tracks, and Fencing
- Iowa Code > Chapter 327H - Railway Assistance
- Iowa Code > Chapter 327J - Passenger Rail Service
Kansas
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 66 > Article 2 - Duties and Liabilities of Railroad Companies
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 66 > Article 4 - Railroad Corporations
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 66 > Article 5 - Powers of Railroad Companies
Kentucky
- Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 276 - Railroad Commission -- Rates and Service of Common Carriers
- Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 277 - Railroads -- Organization and Operating Regulations
Louisiana
- Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 45 > Chapter 6 - Railroads
- Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 48 > Chapter 16 - Southern Rapid Rail Transit Compact
- Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 48 > Chapter 34-A - Passenger Rail Service
- Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 48 > Chapter 35 - The Louisiana Intrastate Rail Compact
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 160 - Railroads
- Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 161 - Street Railways
- Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 161C - Rail Transportation in the Commonwealth
- Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads
Michigan
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 3 > Act 173 of 2006 - Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 247 > Act 63 of 2018 - Rail Fixed Guideway Public Transportation Systems
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 462 - Railroads
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 750 > Act 328 of 1931 > Chapter LXXV - Railroads
Minnesota
- Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 218 - Common Carriers, Rail Transportation
- Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 219 - Railroad Safety and Employment
- Minnesota Statutes 221.012 - Definitions
- Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 222 - Railroad Commerce and Property
- Minnesota Statutes 237.01 - Definitions
Missouri
- Missouri Constitution Article XI Sec. 10 - Consolidation of domestic with foreign railroad corporations -- jurisdiction of Missouri courts -- notice of consolidation
- Missouri Constitution Article XI Sec. 11 - Local consent for street railroads
- Missouri Laws > Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations
- Missouri Laws > Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations
- Missouri Laws > Chapter 391 - Street Railroads
Montana
- Montana Code > Title 60 > Chapter 11 - Rail Transportation
- Montana Code > Title 69 > Chapter 14 - Railroads
Nebraska
- Nebraska Constitution Article X § 4 - Railways declared public highways; maximum rates; liability not limited
- Nebraska Statutes > Chapter 74 - Railroads
- Nebraska Statutes > Nebraska Shortline Rail Modernization Act
Nevada
New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 238-A - New Hampshire Transportation Council
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 368 - Railroad Trustees and Holding Companies
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 372 - Laying Out Railroads
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 377 - Railroad Transportation of Passengers, Baggage and Freight
New Mexico
- New Mexico Constitution Article XX § 14 - Public officers barred from using railroad passes
- New Mexico Constitution Article XX § 16 - Railroad's liability to employees
- New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 63 > Article 1 - Organization and Management of Railroads
- New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 63 > Article 2 - Powers and Construction of Roads
- New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 63 > Article 3 - Operation and Regulations Generally
New York
- New York Laws > General Municipal > Article 12 - Railroad Aid Bonds
- New York Laws > Railroad
- New York Laws > Transportation > Article 10 - Grade Crossing Elimination
- New York Laws > Transportation > Article 10-A - Implementation of Rail Preservation Bond Act of Nineteen Hundred Seventy-four and the Energy Conservation Through Improved Transportation Bond Act of Nineteen Hundred Seventy-nine
North Carolina
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 14 > Article 61 - Trains and Railroads
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 124 > Article 2 - State-Owned Railroad Company
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 136 > Article 2D - Railroad Revitalization
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 136 > Article 15 - Railroads
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 136 > Article 18 - Virginia North Carolina Interstate High Speed Rail Compact
North Dakota
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 8-11.1 - Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 49-09.1 - Railroad Right of Way Crossings
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 49-10.1 - Railroad Regulation by Public Service Commission
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 49-11 - Railroad Bridges, Crossings, Intersections, and Fences
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 49-16 - Liability of Railroads for Negligence
Ohio
- Ohio Code > Chapter 746 - Railway Board of Trustees
- Ohio Code > Chapter 4907 - Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers
- Ohio Code > Chapter 4955 - Tracks; Crossings
- Ohio Code > Chapter 4957 - Elimination of Crossings
- Ohio Code > Chapter 4961 - Special Powers of Railroads
Oregon
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 39-6 - Railroad Companies
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 39-6.1 - Railroad Preservation
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 39-7 - Operation of Railroads Generally
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 39-8 - Railroad Crossings
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 39-9 - Railroad Rates and Service
South Carolina
South Dakota
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 49 > Chapter 16A - Intrastate Railroad Regulation
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 49 > Chapter 16B - South Dakota Railroad Authority
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 49 > Chapter 16C - Railroad Trust Fund
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 49 > Chapter 17 - State Aid to Railroad Construction and Maintenance
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 49 > Chapter 17A - Regional Railroad Authorities
Tennessee
- Tennessee Code > Title 64 > Chapter 2 - Railroad Authorities
- Tennessee Code > Title 65 > Chapter 6 - Railroads - Powers - Construction and Maintenance
- Tennessee Code > Title 65 > Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities
- Tennessee Code > Title 65 > Chapter 8 - Purchase and Sale of Railroads
- Tennessee Code > Title 65 > Chapter 9 - Consolidation of Railroads
Texas
Utah
- Utah Code > Title 56 - Railroads
- Utah Code > Title 72 > Chapter 17 - Rail Safety
- Utah Code > Title 72 > Chapter 18 - Rail Ombudsman
Vermont
- Vermont Statutes > Title 5 > Chapter 56 - Intercity Rail Passenger Service
- Vermont Statutes > Title 5 > Chapter 58 - State Acquisition of Railroads
- Vermont Statutes > Title 5 > Chapter 62 - Powers and Duties of Board Relating to Railroads
- Vermont Statutes > Title 13 > Chapter 69 - Railroads
- Vermont Statutes Title 14 Sec. 3110
Virginia
- Virginia Code 33.2-1400: Virginia-North Carolina Interstate High-Speed Rail Compact
- Virginia Code 33.2-1600: Fund for construction of industrial access railroad tracks
- Virginia Code 33.2-1602: Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund
- Virginia Code 33.2-1604: Funds for administration of Department of Rail and Public Transportation
- Virginia Code > Title 56 > Chapter 13 - Railroad Corporations
Washington
- Washington Code > Chapter 47.76 - Rail freight service
- Washington Code > Chapter 47.82 - Amtrak
- Washington Code > Chapter 81.36 - Railroads -- Corporate powers and duties
- Washington Code > Chapter 81.40 - Railroads -- Employee requirements and regulations
- Washington Code > Chapter 81.48 - Railroads -- Operating requirements and regulations
West Virginia
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 29 > Article 18 - West Virginia State Rail Authority
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 31 > Article 2 - Railroad Companies
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 31 > Article 2A - Railroad Crossing
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 31 > Article 2B - Illumination Equipment for Railroad Cabooses