Crossings / California / Chowchilla
Chowchilla
California.
The federal crossing inventory lists 15 public at-grade railroad crossings in Chowchilla, CA, operated by 2 railroads. 4 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Union Pacific Railroad Company operates 11 of the crossings here, 73% of the total, ahead of BNSF Railway Company at 4.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (15) and intercity (4).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 11 | 73% |
| BNSF Railway Company | 4 | 27% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Santa Fe Ave on BNSF Railway Company is credited with 29 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 15 is 14. 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 15 crossings carry gates and 0 have flashing lights without gates. 1 (7%) 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 5 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 death. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Santa Fe Ave — 3 reported incidents
- Robertson Blvd — 1 reported incident
- Avenue 24 1/2 — 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.
Other California cities on the inventory
- Los Angeles 164 crossings
- Fresno 136 crossings
- Stockton 133 crossings
- San Diego 103 crossings
- Oakland 91 crossings
- Vernon 90 crossings
- Sacramento 70 crossings
- Anaheim 69 crossings