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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 164; in 1958, chapter 541; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1458063,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366326,"identifier":"46.2-887","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/9\/46.2-887","url":"\/46.2-887\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-887\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/9\/46.2-887","dublin_core":{"Title":"Moving crawler-type tractors, steam shovels, derricks, rollers, etc., over railroad grade crossings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-887","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except in cities or towns, no person shall move any crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, 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 one-half inch per foot of the distance between any two adjacent axles or in any event of less than nine inches, measured above the level surface of a roadway<\/span>, on or across any tracks at a railroad grade crossing without first complying with this section.<\/p>

Notice of any intended crossing shall be given to a station agent<\/span> of the railroad and a reasonable time shall be given to the railroad to provide proper protection at the crossing.<\/p>

Before making any such crossing, the person moving any such vehicle<\/span> or equipment shall first stop it not less than fifteen feet nor more than fifty feet from the nearest rail of the railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along such track for any approaching train and for signals indicating the approach of a train, and shall not proceed until the crossing can be made safely.<\/p>

No such crossing shall be made when warning is given by automatic signal, crossing gates, a flagman, or otherwise of the immediate approach of a train. If a flagman is provided by the railroad, movement over the crossing shall be under his direction.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMOVING CRAWLER-TYPE TRACTORS, STEAM SHOVELS, DERRICKS, ROLLERS, ETC., OVER\nRAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS (\u00a7 46.2-887)\n\nExcept in cities or towns, no person shall move any crawler-type tractor, steam\nshovel, derrick, roller, or any equipment or structure having a normal operating\nspeed of ten or less miles per hour or a vertical body or load clearance of less\nthan one-half inch per foot of the distance between any two adjacent axles or in\nany event of less than nine inches, measured above the level surface of a\nroadway, on or across any tracks at a railroad grade crossing without first\ncomplying with this section.\n\nNotice of any intended crossing shall be given to a station agent of the\nrailroad and a reasonable time shall be given to the railroad to provide proper\nprotection at the crossing.\n\nBefore making any such crossing, the person moving any such vehicle or equipment\nshall first stop it not less than fifteen feet nor more than fifty feet from the\nnearest rail of the railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both\ndirections along such track for any approaching train and for signals indicating\nthe approach of a train, and shall not proceed until the crossing can be made\nsafely.\n\nNo such crossing shall be made when warning is given by automatic signal,\ncrossing gates, a flagman, or otherwise of the immediate approach of a train. If\na flagman is provided by the railroad, movement over the crossing shall be under\nhis direction.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-254.2; 1956, c. 164; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-246; 1989,\nc. 727.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}