(a) A person is guilty of damage to railroad property in the first degree when: (1) With intent to cause damage to railroad property and having no reasonable ground to believe that such person has a right to do so, such person damages such property in an amount exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars, or (2) with intent to cause an interruption or impairment of railroad service rendered to the public and having no reasonable ground to believe that such person has a right to do so, such person damages or tampers with railroad property and thereby causes an interruption or impairment of railroad service rendered to the public.
(b) Damage to railroad property in the first degree is a class D felony.