Crossings / South Dakota / Rapid City
Rapid City
South Dakota.
The federal crossing inventory lists 37 public at-grade railroad crossings in Rapid City, SD, operated by 2 railroads. 8 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad, Inc. operates 36 of the crossings here, 97% of the total, ahead of RINGNECK AND WESTERN RAILROAD at 1.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (37).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad, Inc. | 36 | 97% |
| RINGNECK AND WESTERN RAILROAD | 1 | 3% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Antelope Creek Road on Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad, Inc. is credited with 11 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 37 is 11. 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 40 mph.
Warning devices
1 of the 37 crossings carry gates and 24 have flashing lights without gates. 12 (32%) 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 6 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- SD 44 — 2 reported incidents
- Lacrosse Street — 1 reported incident
- Milwaukee Street — 1 reported incident
- SD 44 — 1 reported incident
- St Patrick Street E — 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.