Crossings / Illinois / Coal City
Coal City
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 13 public at-grade railroad crossings in Coal City, IL, operated by 2 railroads. 11 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
BNSF Railway Company operates 9 of the crossings here, 69% of the total, ahead of Union Pacific Railroad Company at 4.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (13) and intercity (5).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BNSF Railway Company | 9 | 69% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 4 | 31% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at N 1st Ave on BNSF Railway Company is credited with 43 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 13 is 43. These are counts the operating railroad reported to the FRA, not measurements, and a crossing's figure can be several years old.
The highest timetable speed recorded at any crossing here is 70 mph.
Warning devices
12 of the 13 crossings carry gates and 1 have flashing lights without gates. Every crossing here has an active warning device. The inventory describes equipment, not how a crossing performs.
Horns and quiet zones
No crossing here is recorded under a whistle ban, so trains sound the standard horn pattern on approach.
Incident history
Form 57 records 3 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 death and 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- E Reed Rd — 2 reported incidents
- N 1st Ave — 1 reported incident
What this page is not
This is a summary of a federal inventory, not a measurement and not a rating. RailContext does not score crossings, streets or towns, and nothing here says a crossing is safe or unsafe, or that a neighbourhood is quiet or loud. Train counts are estimates the operating railroad filed, sometimes years ago, and a quiet zone does not guarantee silence.
To see the individual crossings nearest one address rather than a whole city, use the address check.