Crossings / Illinois / Watseka
Watseka
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 22 public at-grade railroad crossings in Watseka, IL, operated by 2 railroads. 9 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corporation operates 13 of the crossings here, 59% of the total, ahead of Union Pacific Railroad Company at 9.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (22) and intercity (9).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corporation | 13 | 59% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 9 | 41% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at 2200 North Road on Union Pacific Railroad Company is credited with 60 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 22 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
15 of the 22 crossings carry gates and 4 have flashing lights without gates. 3 (14%) 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 2 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- East 2000 North Road — 1 reported incident
- West Walnut Street/US 24 — 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.