La Fayette
Ohio.
The federal crossing inventory lists 16 public at-grade railroad crossings in La Fayette, OH, operated by 2 railroads. Each carries a single track.
Who runs the track
CHICAGO, FT. WAYNE & EASTERN operates 15 of the crossings here, 94% of the total, ahead of Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company at 1.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (16).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CHICAGO, FT. WAYNE & EASTERN | 15 | 94% |
| Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company | 1 | 6% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Bentley Road on CHICAGO, FT. WAYNE & EASTERN is credited with 10 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 16 is 10. 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
10 of the 16 crossings carry gates and 1 have flashing lights without gates. 5 (31%) 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 1 reported incident at these crossings since 2016. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Pevee Road — 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.