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Who runs the track

CSX Transportation operates 31 of the crossings here, 100% of the total.

Train services crossing these streets: freight (31), intercity (2) and shared use transit (2).

How much traffic is reported

The busiest crossing at Elm St on CSX Transportation is credited with 14 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 31 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 60 mph.

Warning devices

14 of the 31 crossings carry gates and 8 have flashing lights without gates. 9 (29%) 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 17 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 3 deaths and 6 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.

• Laughmiller Rd — 3 reported incidents
• Bethel Rd — 2 reported incidents
• Thach Rd — 2 reported incidents
• Upper Elkton Rd — 2 reported incidents
• Hobbs St — 2 reported incidents

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.