It shall be unlawful for any foreman of a switching crew, engineer or conductor of a railway train, or other person in charge of a railway train, car or railway engine, or any employee or agent of any railway company, within the corporate limits of the city, to blow or sound or cause to be blown or sounded the whistle of any locomotive or engine within the corporate limits of the city, except when actually necessary to do so, and in conformity with the rules and regulations of the railway company.
(Ordinance 17 adopted 8/1/1905; Ordinance 38 adopted 5/23/1914; 1972 Code, sec. 20-2; 1995 Code, sec. 73.01)
Any officer, agent, servant, employee, or receiver of any railway corporation who willfully obstructs for more than five minutes at any one time any street, railway crossing or public highway within the city, by permitting their train to stand on or across such crossing, shall be deemed guilty of an offense.
(Ordinance 150 adopted 11/7/1950; 1972 Code, sec. 20-3; 1995 Code, sec. 73.02)
It shall be unlawful for any railway engineer, conductor, fireman, or employee in charge of any moving train or railway locomotive to detach any railway car from his engine or train and allow such car, after being so detached, unattended by a flagman or switchman, to move of its own speed and momentum across any street crossing, railway crossing, or public highway within the city limits, and such flagman or switchman shall, while attending such detached cars at such street crossings, carry and display, during the day, a red flag and at nighttime a lighted lantern.
(Ordinance 162 adopted 4/28/1953; Ordinance 163 adopted 4/29/1953; 1972 Code, sec. 20-4; 1995 Code, sec. 73.03)
(a) 
At all places where railroads cross any public street or thoroughfare within the city, the minimum standards and specifications as set forth in this section shall be met.
(b) 
Each railroad company shall install and maintain, at its own expense, railroad crossings constructed of timbers known as a “timber crossing pavement,” which shall be constructed by the use of heavy timbers, as thick as the rails and tie plates of such railroads are deep. Such timbers shall extend from curb to curb on streets where curbs and gutters are installed and shall extend three feet on each side of the existing hardtop or gravel surface on streets which do not have curbs and gutters. All such timbers shall be securely bolted in place and shall be so placed as to afford as smooth crossing as is possible at such railroad crossings. All such construction shall be in accordance with the minimum engineering and construction standards of the city as established by the city engineering department.
(Ordinance 187 adopted 7/19/1960; 1972 Code, sec. 20-5; 1995 Code, sec. 73.04)