Lipscomb
Alabama.

Who runs the track

CSX Transportation operates 7 of the crossings here, 70% of the total, ahead of Norfolk Southern Railway Company at 3.

Train services crossing these streets: freight (10) and intercity (3).

Railroad	Crossings	Share
CSX Transportation	7	70%
Norfolk Southern Railway Company	3	30%

How much traffic is reported

The busiest crossing at Cairo Ave/54th St Sw on Norfolk Southern Railway Company is credited with 31 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 10 is 1. 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

4 of the 10 crossings carry gates and 1 have flashing lights without gates. 5 (50%) 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 11 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 4 deaths and 7 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.

• Ave K — 3 reported incidents
• 5th St — 2 reported incidents
• Cairo Ave/54th St Sw — 2 reported incidents
• 15th St — 2 reported incidents
• 5th Street N — 2 reported incidents

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.