Crossings / Michigan / Escanaba
Escanaba
Michigan.
The federal crossing inventory lists 26 public at-grade railroad crossings in Escanaba, MI, operated by 3 railroads. 2 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad Company operates 15 of the crossings here, 58% of the total, ahead of WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD. at 10.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (11).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad Company | 15 | 58% |
| WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD. | 10 | 38% |
| SAULT STE. MARIE BRIDGE COMPANY | 1 | 4% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Danforth Rd/CR 41 on WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD. is credited with 10 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 26 is 2. 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 40 mph.
Warning devices
3 of the 26 crossings carry gates and 4 have flashing lights without gates. 19 (73%) 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 3 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Co Rd C-21/J5 Rd — 1 reported incident
- Danforth Rd/CR 41 — 1 reported incident
- Dam Road/Co RD 45 — 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.