Crossings / Illinois / Kankakee
Kankakee
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 35 public at-grade railroad crossings in Kankakee, IL, operated by 3 railroads. 8 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Norfolk Southern Railway Company operates 16 of the crossings here, 46% of the total, ahead of Illinois Central Railroad Company at 11.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (27) and intercity (10).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 16 | 46% |
| Illinois Central Railroad Company | 11 | 31% |
| Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern Railroad Company | 8 | 23% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Chestnut St on Illinois Central Railroad Company is credited with 33 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 35 is 1. 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 79 mph.
Warning devices
16 of the 35 crossings carry gates and 10 have flashing lights without gates. 9 (26%) 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
No crossing here is recorded under a whistle ban, so trains sound the standard horn pattern on approach.
Incident history
Form 57 records 8 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 2 deaths and 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Hickory — 2 reported incidents
- Brookmont Boulevard — 2 reported incidents
- W Jeffery Street — 1 reported incident
- Cr S 2000 West — 1 reported incident
- Grinnell 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.