Crossings / California / Oildale
Oildale
California.
The federal crossing inventory lists 11 public at-grade railroad crossings in Oildale, CA, operated by 2 railroads. Each carries a single track.
Who runs the track
San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company operates 10 of the crossings here, 91% of the total, ahead of Union Pacific Railroad Company at 1.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (11).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company | 10 | 91% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 1 | 9% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Snow Road on Union Pacific Railroad Company is credited with 12 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 11 is 2. 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 60 mph.
Warning devices
11 of the 11 crossings carry gates and 0 have flashing lights without gates. Every crossing here has an active warning device. 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 2 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Snow Road — 2 reported incidents
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 California cities on the inventory
- Los Angeles 164 crossings
- Fresno 136 crossings
- Stockton 133 crossings
- San Diego 103 crossings
- Oakland 91 crossings
- Vernon 90 crossings
- Sacramento 70 crossings
- Anaheim 69 crossings