Crossings / Illinois / Rockford
Rockford
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 89 public at-grade railroad crossings in Rockford, IL, operated by 5 railroads. 8 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad Company operates 26 of the crossings here, 29% of the total, ahead of Union Pacific Railroad Company at 24.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (71) and intercity (2).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad Company | 26 | 29% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 24 | 27% |
| Illinois Railway, LLC. | 19 | 21% |
| Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad | 19 | 21% |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Company | 1 | 1% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Morgan Street on Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad Company is credited with 15 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 89 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
29 of the 89 crossings carry gates and 31 have flashing lights without gates. 29 (33%) 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 9 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- 6th Street — 2 reported incidents
- Baxter Rd — 1 reported incident
- Blackhawk Road — 1 reported incident
- Market Street — 1 reported incident
- Y Boulevard — 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.