Morton
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 13 public at-grade railroad crossings in Morton, IL, operated by 2 railroads. 3 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corporation operates 8 of the crossings here, 62% of the total, ahead of Norfolk Southern Railway Company at 5.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (13).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corporation | 8 | 62% |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 5 | 38% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Washington Road on Norfolk Southern Railway Company is credited with 1 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 13 is 0. 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 25 mph.
Warning devices
1 of the 13 crossings carry gates and 9 have flashing lights without gates. 3 (23%) 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, involving 2 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Washington 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.