Crossings / Illinois / Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 55 public at-grade railroad crossings in Mt Vernon, IL, operated by 3 railroads. 10 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Union Pacific Railroad Company operates 25 of the crossings here, 45% of the total, ahead of Evansville Western Railway, Inc. at 20.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (55) and intercity (9).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 25 | 45% |
| Evansville Western Railway, Inc. | 20 | 36% |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 10 | 18% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at IL 142/Fishers Lane on Union Pacific Railroad Company is credited with 36 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 55 is 4. 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
33 of the 55 crossings carry gates and 12 have flashing lights without gates. 10 (18%) 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 8 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 4 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Shawnee Street — 1 reported incident
- East Bakerville Road — 1 reported incident
- Main Street — 1 reported incident
- Broadway/IL 15 — 1 reported incident
- S 12th Street — 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.