Palmdale
California.

Who runs the track

Union Pacific Railroad Company operates 12 of the crossings here, 63% of the total, ahead of Southern California Regional Rail Authority at 7.

Train services crossing these streets: freight (15) and commuter (7).

Railroad	Crossings	Share
Union Pacific Railroad Company	12	63%
Southern California Regional Rail Authority	7	37%

How much traffic is reported

The busiest crossing at Sierra Hwy on Southern California Regional Rail Authority is credited with 29 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 19 is 6. 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

17 of the 19 crossings carry gates and 2 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 9 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 4 deaths and 7 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.

• E Palmdale Bl / SR 138 — 3 reported incidents
• Avenue R — 2 reported incidents
• Rancho Vista Bl / Avenue P — 2 reported incidents
• 116th Street East — 1 reported incident
• 45th Street East — 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.