Carleton v. Boston & Maine Railroad

The plaintiff was the operator of an electric street railway car, and in the course of his duties had occasion to cross the defendant’s tracks at East Hollis street in Nashua, near the southerly end of the Union Station. There are six lines of railroad track crossing the street at this point, the two westerly ones being the main lines north and south. Just easterly of these, a spur track terminates at the north side of the street; and at the time in question it was occupied by one or more cars which somewhat obscured the view of a train approaching from the north.

The plaintiff approached from…