Section 27-51-705 - Moving heavy equipment at crossings(a) No person shall operate or move any crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, roller, or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of up to ten miles per hour (10 m.p.h.) or a vertical body or load clearance of less than one-half inch (½") per foot of the distance between any two (2) adjacent axles or, in any event, of less than nine inches (9"), measured above the level surface of a roadway, upon or across any tracks at a railroad grade crossing without first complying with this section.(b) Notice of any intended crossing shall be given to a station agent of the railroad, and a reasonable time shall be given to the railroad to provide proper protection at the crossing.(c) Before making any crossing, the person operating or moving a vehicle or equipment described in subsection (a) of this section shall:(1) First stop not less than fifteen feet (15') nor more than fifty feet (50') from the nearest rail of the railroad; and(2) While stopped that person shall listen and look in both directions along the tracks for any approaching train or other on-track equipment and for signals indicating the approach of a train or other on-track equipment and shall not proceed until the crossing can be made safely.(d)(1) No crossing shall be made when warning is given by automatic signal or crossing gates or a flagger or otherwise of the immediate approach of a railroad train or car or other on-track equipment.(2) If a flagger is provided by the railroad, movement over the crossing shall be under his or her direction.Amended by Act 2021, No. 754,§ 4, eff. 7/28/2021.Acts 1937, No. 300, § 87; Pope's Dig., § 6744; Acts 1951, No. 182, § 3; 1959, No. 307, § 30; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-639.