Portland
Oregon.
The federal crossing inventory lists 160 public at-grade railroad crossings in Portland, OR, operated by 11 railroads. 57 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Union Pacific Railroad Company operates 52 of the crossings here, 33% of the total, ahead of PORTLAND TERMINAL -- OREGON at 27.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (99), intercity (26), tourist/other (16) and transit (13).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 52 | 33% |
| PORTLAND TERMINAL -- OREGON | 27 | 17% |
| BNSF Railway Company | 21 | 13% |
| Oregon Pacific Railroad Company | 12 | 8% |
| PTRC | 11 | 7% |
| TriMet Portland-Milwaukie-Orange Line | 7 | 4% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Baseline on TRIMET (MAX LIGHT RAIL) is credited with 200 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 160 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 50 mph.
Warning devices
58 of the 160 crossings carry gates and 10 have flashing lights without gates. 92 (57%) 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
6 of the crossings (4%) are recorded under a whistle ban. A quiet zone is not silence: horns still sound for emergencies, track workers and at the engineer's discretion, and the status in the inventory is only as current as the last railroad filing.
Incident history
Form 57 records 24 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 7 deaths and 8 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- SE8th Avenue — 4 reported incidents
- SE 12th Ave — 4 reported incidents
- Southeast Salmon Street — 2 reported incidents
- SE 11th Avenue — 2 reported incidents
- Baltimore Avenue — 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.