Montana Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers § 69-14-1203. Definitions

(a) a cut, abrasion, bruise, burn, or disfigurement;

(b) physical pain;

(c) illness;

(d) impairment of the function of or loss of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty; or

(e) any other injury to the body, no matter how temporary.

(3)(a) “Railroad” means any form of nonhighway ground transportation that runs on rails or electromagnetic guideways.

(b) Railroad does not include rapid transit operations in an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation.

(5)(a) “Railroad property” means all tangible real and personal property owned, leased, or operated by a railroad carrier, including a right-of-way, track, bridge, yard, shop, station, tunnel, viaduct, trestle, depot, warehouse, terminal, railroad signal system, train control system, centralized dispatching system, or any other structure, appurtenance, or equipment owned, leased, or used in the operation of any railroad carrier, including a train, locomotive, engine, railroad car, work equipment, rolling stock, or safety device.

(b) Railroad property does not include a railroad carrier's administrative buildings or offices, office equipment, or intangible property such as computer software or other information.

(a) a substantial risk of death;

(b) extreme physical pain;

(c) protracted and obvious disfigurement; or

(d) protracted impairment of the function of or loss of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty.

(a) taking, removing, defacing, altering, marking with graffiti, or otherwise marking a railroad sign, placard, or marker;

(b) throwing a rock, baseball, or other dangerous object at a locomotive, railroad car, or train;

(c) dropping a brick or other dangerous object from a bridge or other overpass onto a railroad right-of-way;

(d) shooting a firearm or other dangerous weapon at a locomotive, railroad car, or train;

(e) removing appurtenances from, damaging, or otherwise impairing the operation of any railroad signal system, including a train control system, centralized dispatching system, or highway-railroad grade crossing warning signal on a railroad owned, leased, or operated by a railroad carrier, without consent of the railroad carrier;

(f) interfering or tampering with or obstructing in any way any switch, frog, rail, roadbed, sleeper, viaduct, bridge, trestle, culvert, embankment, structure, or appliance pertaining to or connected with any railroad carrier, without consent of the railroad carrier; or

(g) taking, stealing, removing, changing, adding to, altering, or in any manner interfering with any journal bearing, brass, waste, packing, triple valve, pressure cock, brake, air hose, or any other part of the operating mechanism of any locomotive, engine, tender, coach, car, caboose, or motor car used or capable of being used by any railroad carrier, without the consent of the railroad carrier.