Crossings / Illinois / Bluford
Bluford
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 11 public at-grade railroad crossings in Bluford, IL, operated by 2 railroads. 1 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Norfolk Southern Railway Company operates 9 of the crossings here, 82% of the total, ahead of Illinois Central Railroad Company at 2.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (11).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 9 | 82% |
| Illinois Central Railroad Company | 2 | 18% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at E Holiday Rd on Illinois Central Railroad Company is credited with 7 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 11 is 6. 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
8 of the 11 crossings carry gates and 0 have flashing lights without gates. 3 (27%) 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 death and 2 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- S East St — 1 reported incident
- Elm St — 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.