Crossings / Iowa / Nora Springs
Nora Springs
Iowa.
The federal crossing inventory lists 12 public at-grade railroad crossings in Nora Springs, IA, operated by 2 railroads. 3 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad operates 6 of the crossings here, 50% of the total, ahead of Iowa Northern Railway Company at 6.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (12).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad | 6 | 50% |
| Iowa Northern Railway Company | 6 | 50% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at S Hawkeye Ave on Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad is credited with 4 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 12 is 4. 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 30 mph.
Warning devices
3 of the 12 crossings carry gates and 0 have flashing lights without gates. 9 (75%) 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 deaths and 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Zinnia 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.
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- Cedar Rapids 81 crossings
- Des Moines 79 crossings
- Mason City 76 crossings
- Sioux City 57 crossings
- Council Bluffs 56 crossings
- Muscatine 39 crossings
- Grinnell 37 crossings