Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 6907 (2026)

Obstructing public crossings.

✓ current as of May 2026

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§ 6907. Obstructing public crossings.

It shall be a summary offense for any railroad to obstruct or block up the passage of any crossings of a highway, or obstruct such crossings, with its rolling stock. If any engineer, or any member of the train crew, or other agent of any such railroad, shall obstruct or block up such crossings, he shall be guilty of a summary offense.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1995–2008 · leading case: Krentz v. Consol. Rail Corp., 910 A.2d 20 (Pa. 2006).

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Krentz v. Consol. Rail Corp., 910 A.2d 20 (Pa. 2006). · cites it 4× “We are required to answer two questions that this Court has not yet had occasion to address: (1) whether the Occupied Crossing Rule should be abandoned as a judicial anachronism in light of the adoption of the Comparative Negligence Act; 1 and (2) whether the Federal Rail Safety…”

Mastrocola v. Se. Pennsylvania Transp. Auth., 941 A.2d 81 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2008). · cites it 3× “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court determined that 18 Pa.C.S. § 6907, which prohibits trains from blocking railroad crossings in Pennsylvania, is preempted by the FRSA.”

Sprenkel v. Consol. Rail Corp., 666 A.2d 1099 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1995). “…v. Dahl, 371 Pa. 639 , 92 A.2d 678 (1952); Blaskey v. Pennsylvania R.R. Co., 138 Pa.Super. 465 , 10 A.2d 891 (1940); 18 Pa.C.S. § 6907.”

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