Joliet
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 36 public at-grade railroad crossings in Joliet, IL, operated by 5 railroads. 14 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD. operates 16 of the crossings here, 44% of the total, ahead of CSX Transportation at 13.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (36), intercity (7) and commuter (1).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD. | 16 | 44% |
| CSX Transportation | 13 | 36% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 4 | 11% |
| BNSF Railway Company | 2 | 6% |
| Illinois Central Railroad Company | 1 | 3% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at McKinley St on BNSF Railway Company is credited with 40 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 36 is 5. 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 90 mph.
Warning devices
29 of the 36 crossings carry gates and 1 have flashing lights without gates. 6 (17%) have neither, which means crossbucks, a stop sign, or no marking the inventory records at all. The inventory describes equipment, not how a crossing performs.
Horns and quiet zones
12 of the crossings (33%) are recorded under a whistle ban. A quiet zone is not silence: horns still sound for emergencies, track workers and at the engineer's discretion, and the status in the inventory is only as current as the last railroad filing.
Incident history
Form 57 records 8 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 6 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- McKinley St — 3 reported incidents
- Washington St — 1 reported incident
- Cherry Hill Rd — 1 reported incident
- West Laraway Road — 1 reported incident
- West Millsdale Road — 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.