Wisconsin Administrative Code
Office of the Commissioner of Railroads
Chapter RR 2 - Railroads
Section RR 2.11 - Maintenance reimbursement

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง RR 2.11

Current through February 26, 2024

(1) The cost of maintenance for the purpose of reimbursement pursuant to s. 195.28, Stats., shall be based on a Signal Unit System Method using the following unit designations:

(2) All railroads operating in Wisconsin shall submit to the office by June 1, 1983, a simple drawing delineating the installation with a tabulation and description of the signal units involved for each railroad-highway crossing signal installation in operation in the state on January 1, 1983.

(a) The drawing and tabulation shall contain identification of the crossing including federal AAR-DOT number, Wis. crossing number, county and town or municipality in Wisconsin, and the highway or street involved.

(b) When the component as stated under description functions jointly for more than one crossing or as a part of the railroad block signal system, the appropriate fractional quantity shall be applied to the crossing.

(3) All signal installations placed in service after January 1, 1983, including alteration of existing installations which change the number of signal units, shall be reported to the office by the railroads with a drawing and unit tabulation which includes the date the installation or alteration was completed.

(4) All railroads operating in Wisconsin shall submit to the office by June 1, 1983, the maintenance costs for calendar year 1982 for all railroad-highway crossing signal installations in Wisconsin as drawn from accounting records maintained in accordance with the Interstate Commerce Commission Uniform System of Accounts including assignable labor and material additives and a statement of the total signal units involved in such costs. In some cases, units and costs in adjoining states may be included where cost reports cannot readily be separated. This information shall be provided for each fourth year anniversary after 1982.

(5) Using the cost information and lists of signal units, the office shall determine the average dollar value per unit maintenance cost in Wisconsin for crossing signal installations for the year 1982.

(6) The average dollar value per unit applied to the total units per crossing shall be the maintenance cost for the crossing and the basis for paying railroad claims for maintenance pursuant to s. 195.28, Stats.

(7) For the interim years when actual cost information is not provided, the average dollar value per unit will be adjusted in accordance with the published AAR Indexes of Railroad Material Prices and Wage Rates, Railroads of Class I, Western District.

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