Section R14-5-101. Definitions

As used in this Article:

1.        “Car stop” means a device installed or constructed at the end of a spur track to prevent railroad cars from going off the rails.

2.        “Commission” means the Corporation Commission.

3.        “Configuration of a public railroad-highway grade cross- ing” means the physical characteristics of the crossing, including, but not limited to, size and type of warning devices, path of the roadway over the railroad track or tracks, warning signs, pavement markings, and roadway crossing surface.

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4.        “Constructive placement” means cars cannot be delivered to the designated private siding because of the inability of the consignee to receive them. The cars are placed in a sliding, another private track, or interchange track near the consignee’s facility until such time as they can be delivered to the consignee.

5.        “Event recorder” means a device located in the locomo- tive that records information reflecting the operation of the train, including on speed, elapsed time, direction of travel, load (amps), automatic brakes, dynamic brakes, and throttle settings.

6.        “Hazardous materials” means any hazardous substance as defined by A.R.S. § 49-201(16)(a), (b), (c), (e), and (f).

7.        “Highway authority” means the county, municipal, or other local board or body exercising jurisdiction over highways under the laws of this state.

8.        “House track” means a track adjacent to or entering a freight house, used for the primary purpose of receiving or delivering freight.

9.        “Industrial track” means a track or portion of track over which a railroad operates but which the railroad does not own or maintain either the rails, ties, or roadbed; or a track or portion of track which is devoted to the purpose of the user, either by lease or written agreement, in which case the lease or written agreement shall be considered as equivalent to ownership.

10.     “Ladder track” means a track connecting successively the body of tracks of a train yard.

11.     “Locomotive” means a self-propelled vehicle running on rails and generating or converting energy into motion for the primary purpose of hauling rail cars.

12.     “Overhead clearance” means the vertical distance from the level of the top of the highest rail to a structure or obstruction above.

13.     “Person” means any individual, firm, joint venture, part- nership, corporation, association, municipality, govern- mental unit, department, or agency and shall include any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof.

14.     “Private grade crossing” means any crossing where a legal agreement exists between a private property owner and a railroad company for the exclusive use of the land- owner and the landowner’s invitee.

15.     “Public grade crossing” means any crossing, used by the general public, for which a legal agreement between a private property owner and a railroad company does not exist.

16.     “Rail gage” means the distance between the heads of the rails, measured at right angles to the rails in a plane 5/8 of an inch below the top of the railhead. Standard gage is 4 feet, 8 1/2 inches.

17.     “Railroad” means every railway, other than a street rail- way, operated for public transportation of persons or property.

18.     “Reconstruction” means the use of more than 50% of the material necessary to replace an entire structure or facil- ity, or more than 50% of the current value of an entire installation.

19.     “Side clearance” means the shortest distance from the centerline of track to a structure or obstruction at the side of the track.

20.     “Spur track” means a stub track of indefinite length diverging from a main track or other track.

21.     “Team track” means a track subject to general use by the public for the loading or unloading of freight cars.

22.     “Unauthorized grade crossing” means any grade crossing that is not a public grade crossing or a private grade crossing or has not been issued an AAR/DOT crossing inventory.

Historical Note

Former General Order R-1; Former Section R14-5-401 renumbered as Section R14-5-101 effective September 30, 1982 (Supp. 82-5). Former Section R14-5-101 renumbered to R14-5-104, new Section R14-5-101 adopted effective May 28, 1992 (Supp. 92-2). Amended effective May 31, 1996 under a court-ordered exemption as determined by the Arizona Corporation Commission (Supp. 96-2).