Smithville
Ohio.
The federal crossing inventory lists 14 public at-grade railroad crossings in Smithville, OH, operated by 2 railroads. 3 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company operates 11 of the crossings here, 79% of the total, ahead of Norfolk Southern Railway Company at 3.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (14).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company | 11 | 79% |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 3 | 21% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Egypt Rd on Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company is credited with 8 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 14 is 8. 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
14 of the 14 crossings carry gates and 0 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 1 reported incident at these crossings since 2016. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Apple Creek Road — 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.