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RAILROADS
Abandonment of rail lines or rights-of-way
Acquisition by other than Transportation Department, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.63
Bankruptcy, leaseholders' rights of first refusal, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.632
Generally, Minn. Rules 8830.2750
Preservation, see REGIONAL RAILROAD AUTHORITIES
Purchase by regional railroad authorities, Minn. Rules 8830.5450
State rail bank, see STATE RAIL BANK, Minn. Statutes 2024 117.57, 174.50, 222.63
Surface Transportation Board proceedings, intervenor, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.63
Tracks, see same under this topic
Accidents, Minn. Statutes 2024 115E.042, 218.031
Definitions, Minn. Rules 8830.3100
Grade crossings, vacating, Minn. Rules 8830.2720
Grade separation, criteria, Minn. Rules 8830.2740
Reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 8830.3100
Accounting
Federal regulations, compliance, Minn. Rules 8830.3300
Generally, Minn. Rules 8830.3400
Work billed against public authorities, Minn. Rules 8830.3300
Accounting and bookkeeping, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.53
Acquisition of land or property
Acquiring carrier, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.86 to 222.88
Air rights, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.01
Contracts and agreements, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.87
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.85
Depots and stations, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.27
Divesting carriers, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.85, 222.86
Eminent domain, see same under this topic
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.041
Gravel pits, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.27
Information, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.86
Regional railroad authorities, acquisition by, payment of costs, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.50
Rights-of-way, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.0274, 222.26, 222.27
Tracks, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.27
Trunk highway construction, relocation of railroad tracks, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.241
Acquisition of land or property, definitions, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Agency service, depots and stations, closing or abandonment, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.98
Agents, see RAILWAY STATION AGENTS
Air pollution control standards, Minn. Rules 7023.0110
Air rights, sale, lease, acquisition, or use, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.01
Air tanks, boiler inspections, exception, Minn. Statutes 2024 326B.988
Alteration, air pollution control systems, Minn. Rules 7023.0120
Application of law
Bridges (structures), Minn. Rules 8810.8000
Rail rehabilitation, Minn. Rules 8830.0200
Tracks, federal regulations, Minn. Rules 8830.3200
Assessments
Rights of way proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2024 216B.62
State rail inspector, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.041
Audits and examinations
Duty to assist state auditor, Minn. Statutes 2024 6.52
Operating property, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.83
Baggage, see Charges and rates under this topic
Bank loans, Minn. Rules 8830.6300 to 8830.6700
Bankruptcy, leaseholders, right of first refusal, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.632
Boards of directors, minutes, location, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.33
Boilers, exemption from inspection requirements, Minn. Rules 5225.2300
Borrowers, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Bridges (structures)
Additional tracks, maintenance, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46
Application of law, Minn. Rules 8810.8000
Bridges over railroads, Minn. Statutes 2024 165.06
Clearance between bridges and highways, Minn. Statutes 2024 165.05
Clearance between structures and cars, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46
Construction or reconstruction, Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.20
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.011, 270.80
Drainage systems, duties, see same under this topic
First class cities, costs, payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 446.04
Funding, eligibility, Minn. Rules 8810.8110
Lead paint removal, see Steel structures, lead paint removal under LEAD (MINERAL)
Orders, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46
Width, bridges over highways, Minn. Statutes 2024 165.05
Building materials, sales and use taxes, Minn. Rules 8130.1200
Buildings, defined as operating property, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.80
Camps, inspections, Meat and poultry inspection law, access by inspectors, Minn. Statutes 2024 31A.25
Capital improvement
Defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Projects, Minn. Rules 8830.5500
Capital stock, see Stock under this topic
Cars, see RAILROAD CARS
Cattle guards
Failure to erect, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.32, 219.33
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.31
Certificates and certification, operating property, fair market value, equalization, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.87
Certified lists, lands conveyed by the state, recording, Minn. Statutes 2024 507.31
Certifying to, new roads, inspection and safety standards, conformity, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.92
Charges and rates
Contested cases, see same under this topic
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.64
Overcharges, Minn. Statutes 2024 316.06
Road construction materials, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.025
Schedules, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.025
Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.025
Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.071
Charters, forfeitures, failure to report land transfers, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.24
Chicago Great Western Railroad, Douglas Trail, right-of-way, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.015
Chicago Northwestern Railroad, Luce Line Trail, right-of-way, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.015
Child labor, Minn. Rules 5200.0910
Claims against, construction, payment of laborers or mechanics, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.29, 222.30
Clearance between structures and cars
Attorney general, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.51
Bridges (structures), Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.455
Diagrams, Minn. Rules 8830.9951
Exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46, 219.47, 219.98
Existing structures, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.45 to 219.53, Minn. Rules 8830.3000
Hearings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.47
Investigations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.47
Obstructing space between tracks, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.50
Orders, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46, 219.98
Overhead clearances, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46, 219.47
Side clearances, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46, 219.47
Tracks, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46, 219.47
Tunnels, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46
Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46, 219.51 to 219.53
Warning signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.52
Clearance between tracks and structures
Diagrams, Minn. Rules 8830.9951, 8830.9961
No clearance signs, Minn. Rules 8830.9961
Signs, Minn. Rules 8830.9951
Warning signs for train crews, Minn. Rules 8830.9971
Coal handling facilities, Minn. Rules 7011.1100 to 7011.1140
Coal slurry and coal liquids pipelines, location near alternative routes, proposed new facilities, description, Minn. Rules 7855.0440
Collateral, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Commercial zones, see COMMERCIAL ZONES
Common carriers
Employees, exclusion, workers' compensation, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.041
Pesticide applications, regulations concerning, Minn. Statutes 2024 18B.346
Railroad companies defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.011
Yard lighting plans, maintenance, compliance reports, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.375
Commuter rail, see COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM
Complaints
Dangerous crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.39, 219.40
Filing, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.51
Trains stopping at crossings, violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.97
Confidential or privileged information, accounting, Minn. Rules 8830.3400
Consists
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.551
Violations and penalties, see same under this topic
Construction
Contractors, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.29
County boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 375.18
First class cities, funding, Minn. Statutes 2024 446.04
Repairs, reconstruction, or replacement, see same under this topic
Timber cutting, disposal of debris, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.14
Contested cases
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.64, 174.65
Notice requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.10
Petitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.041
State rail bank, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.63
Contractors
Bond, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.29
Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.29, 222.30
Rail service improvement program, qualifications, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.50
Contracts and agreements
Acquiring carriers, contracts binding on, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.87
Contractors, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.29, 222.30, 222.50
Facilities, relocation or alteration, minimum wage, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.365
Motor carriers of railroad employees, Minn. Statutes 2024 221.0255
National railroad passenger corporation, reimbursements, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.62
Provisions for evasion of liability, voiding of contracts, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.81
Rail service improvement program, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.50, 222.52
Railroad crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.20, 219.074, 219.403
Receivers, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.815
Rights-of-way over public ways, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.26
Trunk highways, railroad tracks and lands, acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.241
Conveyances
Public lands, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.05
Trunk highways, unneeded land for, relocation of tracks, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.241
Corporate offices, buildings defined as nonoperating property, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.80
Cranes on tracks, warning devices, electric lines, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.753
Crew, class I, II, or III railroads, minimum crew size, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.752
Crossings, see RAILROAD CROSSINGS
Culverts
Drainage systems, duties, see same under this topic
Failure to keep clean, fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.97
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.37
Damages
Cattle guards, failure to erect, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.32, 219.33
Contributory negligence, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.79
Failure to fence, liability, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.32 to 219.34
Fires caused by locomotives, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.76
Offsets, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.81
Steam railroads, employee injuries or deaths, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.77, 219.79
Dams
Construction to avoid damage, Minn. Rules 6115.0220 to 6115.0222
New dams, preliminary report, Minn. Rules 6115.0410
Data
Acquisitions information, classification, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.86
Hazardous substance cargo, classification, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.055
Rail service improvement program, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.54
Data, rail carriers
Confidential data, Minn. Rules 8830.5700
Disclosure, Minn. Rules 8830.5700
Rail service improvement programs, Minn. Rules 8830.5600
Use, restrictions, Minn. Rules 8830.5700
Death or injury of railway personnel due to safety violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.64
Definitions
Accidents, Minn. Rules 8830.3100
Aeronautics, Minn. Rules 8800.0100
Air pollution control, Minn. Rules 7023.0100
Cigarette and tobacco products taxes, Minn. Statutes 2024 297F.01
Clearances, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.455
Common carriers, rail transportation, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.011
Discharge preparedness and response, Minn. Statutes 2024 115E.01
Human Rights Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 363A.03
Passenger service, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.61
Rail service improvement, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.48
Rail Service Improvement Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.48
Rail user and rail carrier loan guarantee program, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.56
Railroad acquisitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.85
Railroad property first refusal, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.631
Revenue Department, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.80
State-aid highways and streets, Minn. Rules 8820.0200
Terminals, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.011, 219.455
Traffic regulations, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.011
Demonstration projects
Capital improvement projects, Minn. Rules 8830.5500
Defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Depots and stations
Acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.27
Agency service, depots and stations, closing or abandonment, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.98
Apportionment of value, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.86
Fire prevention warnings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.57
Freight platforms, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.54
Industrial activities, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.242
Property damage, critical public service facilities, Minn. Statutes 2024 609.594
Public accommodations, discrimination, Minn. Statutes 2024 363A.03, 363A.11, 363A.12
Station houses, apportionment of value, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.86
Trespass, critical public service facilities, Minn. Statutes 2024 609.6055
Discharge preparedness and response, Minn. Statutes 2024 115E.042, 115E.08
Disclosure
Acquisitions information, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.86
Rail service improvement program data, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.54
Disclosure, rail carriers, data, Minn. Rules 8830.5700
Disposition of land or properties, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Ditches
Failure to keep clean, fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.97
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.37
Divesting carriers, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.85, 222.86
Docks, piers, and wharves
Apportionment of value, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.86
Defined as operating property, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.80
Personal property, exclusion, sales and use taxes, Minn. Statutes 2024 297A.61
Drainage systems, duties
Benefits or damages to railroad, assessments, Minn. Statutes 2024 103E.315
Bridges and culverts, construction, Minn. Statutes 2024 103E.285, 103E.525, 103E.526, 103E.721
Drinking water, operating units or consists, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.551
Easements
Mining easements, Natural Resources Department, power to grant, Minn. Statutes 2024 117.47
Rights-of-way, see same under this topic
Tax-forfeited lands, Minn. Statutes 2024 282.01, 282.04
Electricity, generating facility traffic, certificate of need applications, Minn. Rules 7849.0320
Elevators
Acquisition, eminent domain, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.27
Grain elevators, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.27
Nonrailroad ownership, personal property taxes, listing, assessment, Minn. Statutes 2024 273.32
Eligible obligations, savings banks, investments in, Minn. Statutes 2024 50.14
Eminent domain
Acquisition of railroad property by government authority, Minn. Statutes 2024 117.57, 174.636
Agricultural uses, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 117.57
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.27
Power to condemn
Improvements, enlargements, Minn. Statutes 2024 117.38 to 117.41
Limits based on public safety and access, Minn. Statutes 2024 383B.83
Rights-of-way, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.26, 222.27, 222.36
State rail bank, rail lines, or rights-of-way, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.63
Employees, see RAILROAD PERSONNEL
Enforcement of law
Lawsuits, see same under this topic
Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.041
Engine drivers, see RAILROAD PERSONNEL
Engineers, see RAILROAD ENGINEERS
Engines
Consists, see same under this topic
Locomotives, see same under this topic
Equipment trusts, rolling stock, obligations, savings banks, investing in, Minn. Statutes 2024 50.14
Fair market value, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Federal aid
Federal rail programs, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.51, 222.53
Passenger rail, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.634
Rail safety technology, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.01
Rail service improvement program, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.50 to 222.52
Railroad crossings, improvement, maintenance, or repair, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.071
Federal aid, policy guide, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Federal bank loans, Minn. Rules 8830.6300 to 8830.6700
Federal rail programs
Funding, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.53
Local governments, participation, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.51
Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.53
Federal Railway Labor Act, parties to suits, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 540.153
Federal regulations
Accounting, compliance requirements, Minn. Rules 8830.3400
Track standards, application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.3200
Fences
Failure to fence, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.32 to 219.34
Fences between railroad and public road, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.34
Repair, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.33
Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.31
Fines
Charges and rates, violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.071
Clearance violations, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.51
Crossing signs, failure to maintain, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.06
Culverts, failure to keep clean, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.97
Ditches and culverts, failure to keep clean, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.97
Drinking water, operating units and consists, violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.551
Freight platforms, noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.54
Land grant railroads, records violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.34
Multiple tracks, railroad crossing violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.10
New roads, violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.97
Office violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.34
Orders, failure to comply, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.071
Recovery, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.071
Toilets and toilet facilities, operating units and consists, violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.551
Tracks, pedestrians on, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.26
Trains, stopping at crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.97
Violations, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.071
Fire prevention
Combustible material, clearing from rights-of-way, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.21
Duties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.20, 88.21
Fire patrol officers, employment, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.20
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.57
Violations, fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.21
Fires caused by locomotives, personnel, or railroad cars, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.76, 219.761
Fireworks, use, Minn. Statutes 2024 624.23
Flag stops, exclusion, stations, Minn. Statutes 2024 363A.03
Floodplains, flood fringe areas, construction, Minn. Rules 6120.5800
Forfeitures, see Fines under this topic
Franchises
Defined as operating property, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.80
Forfeitures, failure to report land transfers, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.24
Freight, see Charges and rates under this topic
Freight claims departments, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.29, 222.30
Freight platforms, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.54
Freight trains
Cars, see Freight cars under RAILROAD CARS
Freight rail economic development study, Minn. Statutes 2024 171.03
Minimum crew size, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.752
Funding, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.634
Going concern value, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Good faith, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.632
Grade crossings, see RAILROAD CROSSINGS
Grain elevators, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.27
Grants for, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Grants to, public lands, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.05
Gravel pits, acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.27
Gross earnings, tax, Minn. Const. art 10 s 1
Guideway projects, Minn. Statutes 2024 473.4485
Hazardous materials transporters, see HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTERS
Hazardous waste transporters, see HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTERS
Hearings
Air rights, sale, lease, acquisition, or use, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.01
Clearance between structures and cars, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.47
Operating property, apportionment of value, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.86
Passenger service agreements, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.63
Rights-of-way, use, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 230.10, 230.11
Hennepin County, contamination cleanup near, environmental response fund, Minn. Statutes 2024 383B.81
Highways, see RAILROAD CROSSINGS
Historic places, Northern Pacific Railroad Shops, Minn. Statutes 2024 138.664
Historic sites, Hennepin County, trail, Minn. Statutes 2024 138.662
Improvements
Generally, see Repairs, reconstruction, or replacement under this topic
Service improvements, Minn. Rules 8830.5300 to 8830.5700
Improvements, generally, see Repairs, reconstruction, or replacement under this topic
In-kind participation, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Incorporation by reference, federal aid, policy guide, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Indebtedness, security agreements, Minn. Statutes 2024 336.9-201
Industrial zones, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.242, 173.02, 173.16, 428A.02
Information about, rail carriers, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.5690
Information about, supplying to Transportation Department, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.54
Initial terminals, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.551
Inspections
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.041
Land grant railroads, records, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.34
Locomotive inspectors, Natural Resources Department, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.21
Locomotives, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.21, 326B.988
New roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.92
Public terminal warehouse yards, scales, Minn. Statutes 2024 239.081
State rail safety inspections, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.015
Violations and penalties, see same under this topic
Insurance, property insurance, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.76
Inventories, railroad crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.0100 to 8830.0300, 8830.2125
Investigations
Authority, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.64
Clearance between structures and cars, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.47
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.041
Invoices, filing with claims, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.031
Junctions, trains stopping at, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.93
Land grant railroads
Fines, see same under this topic
Inspections, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.34
Land grants, county recorders, transcription of records, Minn. Statutes 2024 386.26
Lawsuits, see same under this topic
Records and record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.34
Land stock
Rights, title, interest, or estate granted by, taxation, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.22
Transfers, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.24
Lands
Acquisition of land or property, see same under this topic
Land grants, county recorders, transcription of records, Minn. Statutes 2024 386.26
Lands conveyed by the state, certified lists, recording, Minn. Statutes 2024 507.31
Mineral rights reservations, Minn. Statutes 2024 93.01, 93.03
Sale, taxation, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.21
Transfers, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.24
Lawsuits
Attorney general, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.34
Consists and operating units, drinking water and toilet facility violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.551
Construction debts, recovery, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.29, 222.30
Employee injury or death, steam railroads, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.79 to 219.83
Failure to fence, damages, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.32
Fines, recovery
Clearance violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.51
Crossing violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.384, 219.42
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.071, 219.51, 219.97
Land grant railroads, records violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.34
Fires, extinguishment, claims for reimbursement of costs, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.761
Land transfers, failure to report, forfeiture of charter or franchises, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.24
Minimum crew size, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.752
Office violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.34
Parties to suits, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 540.153
Railroad land transfers, taxability, effect, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.23
Trains stopping at crossings, violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.97
Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.10, 218.041
Venue, Minn. Statutes 2024 542.09
Leaseholders
Bankruptcy sales, right of first refusal, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.632
Nonrailroad lessors, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.631
Notice received, rights-of-way, offer for sale, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.632
Leases
Contracts and agreements, see same under this topic
Leaseholders, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.631, 222.632
Lessees, culverts and ditches, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.37
Public lands, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.05
Leases, right of first refusal, Minn. Rules 8910.0100 to 8910.0400
Liability
Cattle guards, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.22
Construction, payment of laborers or mechanics, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.29, 222.30
Contracts, evasion provisions, voiding of contracts, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.81
Farm crossing gates, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.36
Fences, damages, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.32 to 219.34
Fire prevention, failures of duty, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.21
Fires, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.76, 219.761
Landowners, recourse, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.33
Property leased to regional railroad authority, Minn. Statutes 2024 398A.03
Railroad peace officers, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.995
Steam railroads, employee injuries or deaths, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.77
Licenses
Engineer licenses, steam locomotives, Minn. Rules 5225.1300
Railroad traffic active warning device operating licenses, Minn. Rules 8830.2150, 8830.9991
Liens, tax liens, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.20
Light rail, see LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT
Loans, Minn. Rules 8830.6300 to 8830.6700
Locomotives, rehabilitation, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.58
Rail user and rail carrier loan guarantee program, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.55 to 222.62
Local forces
County state-aid highways, see Local forces under COUNTY STATE-AID HIGHWAYS
Defined, Minn. Rules 8820.0200
Local rail freight assistance program, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Location or relocation
Logging railroads, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.24
Railroads along, across, on, or under trunk highways, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.45
Locomotives
Consists, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.551
Defined as operating units, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.551
Exclusion, vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2024 363A.03
Failure of equipment, corrections, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.662
Fire protection appliances, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.21
Fires caused by, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.76, 219.761
Inspections, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.21, 326B.988
Lease or rental, sales and use taxes, Minn. Statutes 2024 297A.668
Model locomotives, boiler inspections, exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 326B.988
Operating units, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.551
Orders, speedometers, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.662
Rehabilitation, loans for, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.58
Spark arresters, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.57
Speedometers, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.661, 219.662
Steam engines, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.011
Locomotives in commerce, application of law, Minn. Rules 5225.1300
Logging railroads, across highways, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.24
Loss or damage caused by
Fires, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.76, 219.761
Insurance, authority to issue, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 60A.06
Machine shops, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.27, 270.80
Maintenance, see Repairs, reconstruction, or replacement under this topic
Maps
County topographical land maps, valuation of property, Minn. Statutes 2024 273.061
New roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.92
Metropolitan area transit programs, Minn. Statutes 2024 473.4485
Mining operations
Deactivation, Minn. Rules 6130.4100
Permits, applications, Minn. Rules 6130.4300
Scope of rules, Minn. Rules 6130.0300
Municipalities, limited as to aid, Minn. Const. art 11 s 12
National railroad passenger corporation, reimbursement, contracts, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.62
Net liquidation value, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
New roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.92, 219.97
Noise, Minn. Rules 7030.0050
Nonoperating property, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.80, 270.81
Notice received, information, final demands, Minn. Rules 8830.5690
Officers
Attestation, new roads, completion notices, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.92
Complaints, authorization, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.39, 219.40
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.33
Violations and penalties, see same under this topic
Offices
Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.33
Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.34
Operating property
Audits and examinations, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.83
Classification, property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2024 273.13
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.80
Docks, piers, and wharves, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.80, 270.86, 297A.61
Fair market value, equalization, basis for tax levy and collection, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.87
Forfeiture of contracts, lands reverting to railroads, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.20
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.81
Personal property taxes, taxable property, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.02
Sale or conversion to nonoperating property, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.20
Valuation of property, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.81 to 270.86
Operating units, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.551
Orders
Applications, fees, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.98
Clearance between structures and cars, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46, 219.98
Federal law, compliance, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.071
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.64
Locomotives, speedometers, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.662
Rights-of-way, disagreements, Minn. Statutes 2024 230.11
Trains stopping at crossings, exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.93
Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.071
Violations and penalties, see same under this topic
Walkways, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.51
Overcharges, Minn. Statutes 2024 316.06
Passenger service
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.61, 219.455
Funding, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.634
High-speed rail passenger service, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.36, 218.75
Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact Commission, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.75
National railroad passenger corporation, reimbursement, contracts, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.62
Passenger rail, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.632, 174.636
Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.60, 174.632
Public Service Department duties, transfer to Transportation Department, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.06
Public Utilities Commission duties, transfer to Transportation Department, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.06
Passengers
Disabled persons, Minn. Statutes 2024 256C.02
Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.75
Riding without paying fare, arrests, Minn. Statutes 2024 629.363
Safety, railroad peace officers, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.995
Payments by
Easements, rights-of-way over state-owned land, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.025
Firefighting and protection fees and assessments, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.761
Fires, extinguishment costs, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.761
Highway drainage ditches crossing railroads, costs, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.19
New crossings, warning devices, costs, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.072
Railroad crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.071, 219.384, 219.40, 219.42
Payments by, railroad traffic signs and signals
Crossbuck signs, costs, Minn. Rules 8830.0310, 8830.0500
Private crossings, costs, Minn. Rules 8830.0310
Payments to
Private crossings and drains, construction, maintenance, reimbursement, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.35
Replacement railroad lands acquired for trunk highways, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.241
Permits, real estate tax judgment sales, Minn. Statutes 2024 280.03, 280.11
Petitions by
Contested cases, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.041
Fees, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.98
Notice requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.041
Railroad crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.074, 219.383
Places of business, railroads defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 297F.01
Planning
High speed rail passenger service, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.75
Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.46
Rail service improvement, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.46
Southern rail corridor improvement, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.445
Statewide freight and passenger rail plan, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.03
Statewide rail transportation plan, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.03
Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.03, 222.52, 222.53
Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.01, 174.60, 219.661, 222.46
Property
Crimes against, Minn. Statutes 2024 609.85
Real property, see same under this topic
Structures, see same under this topic
Taxable property, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.02
Property insurance
Authority to issue, Minn. Statutes 2024 60A.06
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.76
Property, right of first refusal
Appraisals, Minn. Rules 8910.0400
Bona fide offers, Minn. Rules 8910.0400
Definitions, Minn. Rules 8910.0100
Eligible persons, Minn. Rules 8910.0300
Fair market value, Minn. Rules 8910.0300
Leaseholders, eligibility, Minn. Rules 8910.0300
Negotiations, Minn. Rules 8910.0400
Notice, intent to sell, Minn. Rules 8910.0400
Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 8910.0200
Property taxes, appeals, Minn. Statutes 2024 273.372
Public lands, conveyance, grant, lease, or sale from municipal corporations, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.05
Public service corporations, Minn. Statutes 2024 301B.01
Public utility equipment, see HIGHWAYS
Purchases by
Property, generally, powers, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.27
Public lands, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.05
Quiet zones, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.166
Radioactive material, transportation, see Transportation under RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
Rail bank, see STATE RAIL BANK
Rail carriers
Accounting, Minn. Rules 8830.3300, 8830.3400
Agreements by, railroad crossings, establishment or relocation, Minn. Rules 8830.2700
Crossing inventories, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.0300
Data, Minn. Rules 8830.5600, 8830.5700
Defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Equipment, crossings, parking and visibility, Minn. Rules 8830.0320
Grade crossings, establishment or relocation, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2700
Information given, Minn. Rules 8830.5690
Licenses, see same under this topic
Notice given, roadways, closure for crossing maintenance, Minn. Rules 8830.2650
Notice received
Accounting, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 8830.3400
State rail bank, acquisition of land or properties, Minn. Rules 8830.5820
Payments by, rail line rehabilitation projects, loans, Minn. Rules 8830.5300
Railroad traffic signs and signals, duties, see Rail carriers under RAILROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS
Reports given
Accidents, Minn. Rules 8830.3100
Accounting, Minn. Rules 8830.3400
Active warning devices, system failures, Minn. Rules 8830.3150
Annual reports, Minn. Rules 8830.3400
Confidentiality, Minn. Rules 8830.3400
Tracks, duties, see Tracks under this topic
Rail carriers, defined, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.56
Rail cars, lead paint removal, see Steel structures, lead paint removal under LEAD (MINERAL)
Rail equipment, crossings, parking and visibility, Minn. Rules 8830.0320
Rail lines
Abandonment, Minn. Rules 8830.2750, 8830.5450
Abandonment of rail lines or rights-of-way, see same under this topic
Defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Mechanics and material suppliers liens, persons entitled to, Minn. Statutes 2024 514.04
Rehabilitation, Minn. Rules 8830.5300
Rehabilitation, acquisition, or installation, loans for, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.58
Rights-of-way, see same under this topic
Tracks, see same under this topic
Rail service
Capital improvement projects, loans for, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.58
Continuation, termination, or modification, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.64
Defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Improvement programs, Minn. Rules 8830.5300 to 8830.5700
Rail Service Improvement Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.46 to 222.54
Rail service improvement program, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.50 to 222.52
Rail user and rail carrier loan guarantee account, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.57 to 222.59, 222.63
Rail user and rail carrier loan guarantee program, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.55 to 222.62, Minn. Rules 8830.6300 to 8830.6700
Rail users
Data, rail service improvement programs, Minn. Rules 8830.5600
Financial or other assistance to, Minn. Rules 8830.5500
Financial or other assistance to, rural development financing authorities, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 469.142
Loans by, rail line rehabilitation projects, Minn. Rules 8830.5300
Loans by, rail service improvement program, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.50
Payments to, rail line rehabilitation project loans, Minn. Rules 8830.5300
Railroad cars, see RAILROAD CARS
Railroad companies
Active warning devices, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2425
Audits and examinations, Minn. Statutes 2024 6.52, 270.83
Bankruptcy, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.632
Boards of directors, see same under this topic
Consulting, commuter rail system, planning, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.84
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.80
Dissolution, Minn. Statutes 2024 316.06
Lawsuits, see same under this topic
Notice received, state rail bank, acquisition of land or property, Minn. Rules 8830.5820
Oaths, annual reports, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.82
Public service corporations, Minn. Statutes 2024 301B.01
Receivers and receivership, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.37, 219.815
Records and record keeping, see same under this topic
Reports given, see same under this topic
Review by, southern rail corridor improvement plan, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.445
Rights, privileges, and franchises, forfeiture, Minn. Statutes 2024 316.06
Securities, Minn. Statutes 2024 50.14
Stock, annual reports, Minn. Rules 8830.3400
Track safety technology grants, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.01
Railroad interest
Defined, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.631
Receivers and receivership, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.37, 219.815
Records and record keeping, see same under this topic
Reports given, see same under this topic
Railroad operators, driver's license display, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.035, 171.03
Railroad peace officers, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.995, 626.05, 626.84
Railroad ties, open burnings, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.171
Railroad track scales, see COMMERCIAL SCALES
Railroads along, across, on, or under trunk highways, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.45
Railway utilities
Electrical systems, inspections, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2024 326B.36
Employees, electrician's license exemption, Minn. Statutes 2024 326B.33
Ramsey County, environmental response fund for cleanup along, Minn. Statutes 2024 383A.81
Real property
Acquisition of land or property, see same under this topic
Lands, see same under this topic
Nonoperating property, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.80, 270.81
Title to, statutes of limitations, Minn. Statutes 2024 541.023
Rebates, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.041
Receivers and receivership, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.37, 219.815
Records and record keeping
Access, locomotive inspections, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.21
Land grant railroads, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.34
Locomotive inspections, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.21
Removal, air pollution control systems, Minn. Rules 7023.0120
Rendering inoperative, air pollution control systems, Minn. Rules 7023.0120
Repairs, reconstruction, or replacement
Air pollution control systems, Minn. Rules 7023.0120
Application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.0200
Constitutional provisions, Minn. Const. art 11 s 5
County boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 375.18
Definitions, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
First class cities, costs, payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 446.04
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.041
Occupational safety and health, federal standards, incorporation by reference, Minn. Rules 5205.0010
Rail service improvement program, Minn. Rules 8830.5300 to 8830.5700
Transportation department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.632 to 174.636
Reports given
Accidents, wrecks, and casualties, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.031
Annual reports, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.82, 270.83
Fire protection appliances on locomotives, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.21
Fires, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.21, 219.57
Lands, transfer, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.24
Operating property, sale or forfeiture, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.20
Reports required by state auditor, Minn. Statutes 2024 6.52
Research, Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.53
Rights-of-way
Abandonment, Minn. Rules 8830.2750, 8830.5450
Abandonment of rail lines or rights-of-way, see same under this topic
Acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.0274, 116J.423, 222.26, 222.27
Air tanks installed on, boiler inspection, exception, Minn. Statutes 2024 326B.988
Assessments, proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2024 216B.62
Bankruptcy, leaseholders, rights of first refusal, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.632
Best management practices, prairie lands, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.99
Branch railroad tracks, construction, Minn. Statutes 2024 373.04
Broadband infrastructure, crossing, Minn. Statutes 2024 116J.399
Combustible material, clearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.21
County boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 375.18
Dangerous obstructions, removal, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.384
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.80, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Disagreements with railroad, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2024 230.10, 230.11
Disposition, funds, depositing, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.50
Ditches and culverts, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.37, 219.97
Drainage ditches crossing, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.19
Eminent domain, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.26, 222.27, 222.36
Fences, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.31, 219.33
Field reviews, prairie lands, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.99
Fire prevention, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.57
Fires near, reports, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.21
Historic sites, trail along right of way, Hennepin County, Minn. Statutes 2024 138.662
Inspections, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.015
Natural Resources Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.99
Noxious weeds, destruction, eradication, see Control or eradication under NOXIOUS WEEDS
Obstructions, clearing, Minn. Rules 8830.0320
Petroleum tank release cleanup, reimbursements, Minn. Statutes 2024 115C.09
Public utilities, crossing or paralleling, Minn. Statutes 2024 237.045
Public ways, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.26, 222.27
Right of first refusal, Minn. Rules 8910.0100 to 8910.0400
Road authorities, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.19
Sale or offer for sale, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.632
State-owned land, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.0274, 222.025
State rail bank, Minn. Statutes 2024 117.57, 174.50, 222.63
State trails, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.015
Telegraph lines, construction, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.36
Telephone lines, construction, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.36
Use, Minn. Statutes 2024 230.09 to 230.11, 441.48
Rolling stock
Defined, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.56
Income and franchise taxes, Minn. Statutes 2024 290.191
Locomotives, see same under this topic
Railroad cars, see RAILROAD CARS
Rehabilitation or acquisition, loans for, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.58
Sales and use taxes, see SALES AND USE TAXES
Rulemaking about, continuance, Minn. Statutes 2024 216A.08
Rural areas, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
Safety
Death or injury of railway personnel due to safety violations, contributory negligence, assumption of risk, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.64
Discharge preparedness and response, Minn. Statutes 2024 115E.042, 115E.08
Hazardous materials rail safety program, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.016
Hazardous substance cargo, incident response preparedness, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.055
Inspections and inspectors, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.015
Railroad peace officers, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.995
Tracks, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.01, 219.071, 219.92
Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.53
Walkways, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.501, 219.51
Safety, tracks
Rail line rehabilitation, eligibility, Minn. Rules 8830.5300
Standards, federal regulations, application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.3200
Sales, state rail bank property, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.63
Scales, railroad track scales, Minn. Rules 7601.3000 to 7601.3030
Securities, railroad equipment trust obligations, investments in, by banks, Minn. Rules 2675.2050
Security, inspections and inspectors, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.015
Service of process on
Complaints, use of rights-of-way, Minn. Statutes 2024 230.10
Freight platforms, provision, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.54
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.33
Shops, machine shops, acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.27
Short line railroad infrastructure modernization tax credit, Minn. Statutes 2024 290.0695, 297I.20
Side tracks, see Tracks under this topic
Sidings, commercial or industrial activities
Exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.242
Exclusion, outdoor advertising, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02
Signals, see RAILROAD CROSSINGS
Signs and signals, see RAILROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS
Smoking regulations, generally, see SMOKING
Spurs, see Tracks under this topic
Standards, tracks, safety, federal regulations, application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.3200
State aid, limitation, Minn. Const. art 11 s 2,5
State auditor, duty to assist, Minn. Statutes 2024 6.52
State bank loans, Minn. Rules 8830.6300 to 8830.6700
State rail bank, see STATE RAIL BANK
State rail safety inspector, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.041, 219.015
Statewide rail transportation plan, see Planning under this topic
Station agents, see RAILWAY STATION AGENTS
Station houses, see Depots and stations under this topic
Stationary steam locomotives, engineer licenses, Minn. Rules 5225.1300
Stations, explosives and blasting agents, storage, Minn. Rules 7500.2200 to 7500.2400
Statutes of limitations
Employee injury or death, steam railroads, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.83
Real property, title to, Minn. Statutes 2024 541.023
Steam engines, defined as trains, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.011
Steam locomotives, engineer licenses, Minn. Rules 5225.1300
Steam locomotives in commerce, exemption from inspection, Minn. Rules 5225.2300
Stock
Business corporations, Minn. Statutes 2024 302A.021
Depots and stations, see same under this topic
Land stock, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.22, 272.24
Stock, annual reports, Minn. Rules 8830.3400
Stockyards, see STOCKYARDS
Streets, see RAILROAD CROSSINGS
Structures
Apportionment of value, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.86
Clearance between structures and cars, see same under this topic
Defined as operating property, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.80
Depots and stations, see same under this topic
Subpoenas
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.041
Information requested by Transportation Department, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.54
Subpoenas, information required, Minn. Rules 8830.5690
Subscription books, see Records and record keeping under this topic
Surveys, aerial photograph surveys, costs, payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.50
Switching and drayage, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.501, 219.51
Tank cars, aboveground storage tanks, exclusion from rules, Minn. Rules 7151.1300
Tax assessments
Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2024 273.372
Nonoperating property, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.81
Operating property reverting to railroad, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.20
Tax liability, operating property, reversion, failure to report, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.20
Tax liens, operating property reverting to railroads, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.20
Taxes
Allocation to Minnesota, Minn. Rules 8106.0500
Apportionment, Minn. Rules 8106.0700, 8106.9900
Assessment/sales ratio computation, Minn. Rules 8106.0800
Definitions, Minn. Rules 8106.0100
Equalization, Minn. Rules 8106.0800
Exempt property, Minn. Rules 8106.0600
Nonformula assessed property, Minn. Rules 8106.0600
Reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 8106.0300
Table, apportionment process example, Minn. Rules 8106.9900
Valuation
Adjustments, Minn. Rules 8106.0600
Generally, Minn. Rules 8106.0400
Railroads failing to file, Minn. Rules 8106.0300
Technical assistance, Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.545
Telephone and telegraph companies, Minn. Statutes 2024 237.03
Terminals, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.011, 219.455, 219.551
Toilets and toilet facilities, operating units or consists, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.551
Track motor cars, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.561
Track scales, inspections, Weights and Measures Division, Minn. Statutes 2024 239.081
Tracks
Abandonment, Minn. Rules 8830.2750, 8830.5450
Abandonment, removal, or closing for traffic, Minn. Statutes 2024 117.57, 174.50, 219.98, 222.63
Acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.27
Anhydrous ammonia, Minn. Rules 1513.0130, 1513.0640
Clearance between structures and cars, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46, 219.47, Minn. Rules 8830.3000, 8830.9951
Damages, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.242, 173.02
Defined as rail line, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.48
Defined as real property, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.03
Electric lines, crossing or paralleling, Minn. Statutes 2024 237.04, 237.05
Grade crossings, see under RAILROAD CROSSINGS
Grade separation, see under RAILROAD CROSSINGS
Inspections, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.015
Ladder tracks, clearance requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46, 219.47
Maintenance, construction, and operation, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.632, 218.041
Multiple tracks, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.09, 219.10
New tracks, Minn. Rules 8830.2700
Obstructing space between tracks, unlawful, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.50
Owners and ownership
Active warning devices, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2425
Grade crossings, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2700, 8830.2750
New tracks, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2700
Track removal, abandoned railroad crossings, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2750
Parallel tracks, clearance requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46, 219.47
Pedestrians on, violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.26
Private tracks, anhydrous ammonia, loading and unloading, Minn. Rules 1513.0640
Railroad traffic signs and signals, approaching tracks, Minn. Rules 8830.2125
Relocation, Minn. Rules 8830.2700
Removal, Minn. Rules 8830.2750
Repairs, reconstruction, or replacement, see same under this topic
Safety, see same under this topic
Safety standards, Minn. Rules 8830.3200, 8830.5300
Switch position indicator signals, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.01
Track circuits, active warning devices, Minn. Rules 8830.1200
Value, apportionment, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.86
Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2024 609.85
Yard tracks
Clearance requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46, 219.47
Definition, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.455
Walkways, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.501
Traffic control, see RAILROAD CROSSINGS
Trains
Defined, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.011
Exclusion, motor vehicle sales tax, Minn. Statutes 2024 297B.01
Trains approaching crossings, unsafe crossings, prima facie evidence, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.26
Trains, public conveyances, trains defined as, clean indoor air, Minn. Rules 4620.0100
Transfer facilities, defined as operating property, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.80
Transportation by
Hazardous materials, see HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTERS
Iron ore on state mineral lands, Minn. Statutes 2024 93.20
Traverse ways, railroads defined as, aeronautics, Minn. Rules 8800.0100
Trestles, defined as operating property, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.80
Trucks, motor carrier permits, Minn. Statutes 2024 221.121
Tunnels, clearance between structures and cars, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46
Two-cycle engines, air pollution control systems, exemption, Minn. Rules 7023.0115
Underpasses, improvements, first class cities, funding, Minn. Statutes 2024 446.04
Uniform traffic control devices, see RAILROAD CROSSINGS
Urban areas, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100
User loans, Minn. Rules 8830.6300 to 8830.6700
Valuation of property
Notice, Revenue Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.81, 270.84
Operating property, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.81, 270.83 to 270.86
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.82
Variances, clearance between structures and cars, Minn. Rules 8830.3000
Viaducts, improvements, first class cities, funding, Minn. Statutes 2024 446.04
Violations and penalties
Clearance between structures and cars, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.46, 219.51 to 219.53
Complaints, filing, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.51
Cranes on tracks, warning device or electric line violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.753
Culverts, failure to keep clean, fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.97
Ditches, failure to keep clean, fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.97
Drinking water, consists and operating units, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.551
Exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.015
Fences, failure to fence, liability, damages, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.32 to 219.34
Fire patrol officers, failure to appoint, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.20
Fire prevention, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.57
Freight platforms, noncompliance, fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.54
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.071
Injury, accident or derailment, Minn. Statutes 2024 609.85
Investigations, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.041
Land grant railroads, records violations, fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.34
Medical cannabis, operating under the influence, Minn. Statutes 2024 152.23
Motor carriers of railroad employees, requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 221.0255
New roads, fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.97
Obstructing space between tracks, unlawful, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.50
Office violations, fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.34
Railroad companies, Minn. Statutes 2024 270.83
Reporting violations, land transfers, forfeiture of charter and franchises, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.24
Rules, violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.071
State rail bank property, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.63
State rail safety inspector, powers and duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.015
Toilets and toilet facilities, consists and operating units, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.551
Track motor cars, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.561
Tracks, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.26, 609.85
Trains, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.97, 609.85
Walkways, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.501, 219.51
Warehouses, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.27, 273.32
Warning devices, cranes on tracks, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.753
Workplace accident and injury reduction, Minn. Rules 5208.1500
Wye connections, property taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.02
Yard switching, locomotives, speedometers, exception, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.662
Yards
Acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.27
Inspections, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.015
Lighting, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.375
Tracks, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.015, 219.46, 219.47
Walkways, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.501