Crossings / New Mexico / Belen
Belen
New Mexico.
The federal crossing inventory lists 17 public at-grade railroad crossings in Belen, NM, operated by 2 railroads. 7 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
BNSF Railway Company operates 13 of the crossings here, 76% of the total, ahead of New Mexico Rail Runner Express at 4.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (17) and commuter (4).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BNSF Railway Company | 13 | 76% |
| New Mexico Rail Runner Express | 4 | 24% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at NM 47 on BNSF Railway Company is credited with 61 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 17 is 22. 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 79 mph.
Warning devices
14 of the 17 crossings carry gates and 1 have flashing lights without gates. 2 (12%) 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
7 of the crossings (41%) are recorded under a whistle ban. A quiet zone is not silence: horns still sound for emergencies, track workers and at the engineer's discretion, and the status in the inventory is only as current as the last railroad filing.
Incident history
Form 57 records 5 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 death and 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Lopez Rd — 2 reported incidents
- NM 47 — 1 reported incident
- Turbine Rd — 1 reported incident
- N Mesa Rd — 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.