Crossings / Washington / Longview
Longview
Washington.
The federal crossing inventory lists 20 public at-grade railroad crossings in Longview, WA, operated by 2 railroads. 4 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
BNSF Railway Company operates 11 of the crossings here, 55% of the total, ahead of Columbia & Cowlitz Railway Company at 9.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (20).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BNSF Railway Company | 11 | 55% |
| Columbia & Cowlitz Railway Company | 9 | 45% |
How much traffic is reported
No through-train movements are reported at any crossing here. That usually means industrial or yard track rather than a route with scheduled traffic, but a blank field is also how the inventory records "not counted".
The highest timetable speed recorded at any crossing here is 10 mph.
Warning devices
8 of the 20 crossings carry gates and 5 have flashing lights without gates. 7 (35%) 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 1 reported incident at these crossings since 2016. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- International Way — 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.
Other Washington cities on the inventory
- Seattle 123 crossings
- Yakima 85 crossings
- Tacoma 84 crossings
- Spokane 67 crossings
- Walla Walla 54 crossings
- Kennewick 51 crossings
- Centralia 41 crossings
- Moses Lake 35 crossings