Crossings / Illinois / Sheldon
Sheldon
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 34 public at-grade railroad crossings in Sheldon, IL, operated by 2 railroads. 6 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern Railroad Company operates 22 of the crossings here, 65% of the total, ahead of Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corporation at 12.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (14).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern Railroad Company | 22 | 65% |
| Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corporation | 12 | 35% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at CR 1850 N on Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern Railroad Company is credited with 6 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 34 is 3. 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
2 of the 34 crossings carry gates and 5 have flashing lights without gates. 27 (79%) 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 3 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Us RT 24 — 2 reported incidents
- CR 2900 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.