[1943 Code, § 806.01]
Every corporation owning, operating or leasing any railroad
in the Village shall sufficiently light with electric lights all portions
of its tracks crossing any street, alley, park or public highway in
such a manner and at such place as shall satisfactorily light the
entire crossing.
[1943 Code, § 806.02]
Every corporation owning, leasing or operating a railroad within
the Village, shall construct or cause to be constructed on each side
of its tracks, except where public streets shall intersect or cross
the same, a substantial fence of such material, design, proportion
in height as shall be determined and approved by the President and
Board of Trustees.
[1943 Code, § 807.01; Ord. 5-7-1973, § 1; Ord., 4-4-1977, § 1]
Should any street and railroad crossing in the Village be and
remain occupied and/or obstructed in whole or in part, by any train,
railroad cars or faulty or inoperable crossing gates for and during
the period of five minutes, it shall be the duty of every railway
company upon whose line or road such obstruction may occur, their
agent or employees on or before the expiration of five minutes, when
from any cause the entire train cannot be propelled or removed to
any one side of any street, occupied and obstructed as aforesaid,
to cause such cars as may be on or near such crossing to be uncoupled
and some one division of the train as thus made removed from such
street and railroad crossing, in such manner as to have such street
entirely free and unobstructed five minutes, and such train when again
coupled shall be removed forthwith from any such crossing.
[1943 Code, § 808.01]
No corporation owning, operating or leasing any railroad and
no person operating or in charge of any engine or locomotive shall
blow or sound the whistle or horn of any locomotive engine within
the Village, except necessary brake signals and such as may be absolutely
necessary to prevent injury to life and property.
[1943 Code, § 705.05]
It shall be unlawful for any child to play upon or about any
railroad track, depot, locomotive, car within the Village, or climb
upon, jump from any car or train of cars, or from one car to another
while the same may be in motion. All railroad employees are hereby
empowered to arrest all persons violating this section.