Normal
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 13 public at-grade railroad crossings in Normal, IL, operated by 2 railroads. 9 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Union Pacific Railroad Company operates 8 of the crossings here, 62% of the total, ahead of Norfolk Southern Railway Company at 5.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (13) and intercity (8).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 8 | 62% |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 5 | 38% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Beech Street on Union Pacific Railroad Company is credited with 17 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 13 is 17. 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 90 mph.
Warning devices
12 of the 13 crossings carry gates and 1 have flashing lights without gates. Every crossing here has an active warning device. The inventory describes equipment, not how a crossing performs.
Horns and quiet zones
8 of the crossings (62%) are recorded under a whistle ban. A quiet zone is not silence: horns still sound for emergencies, track workers and at the engineer's discretion, and the status in the inventory is only as current as the last railroad filing.
Incident history
Form 57 records no reported incident at any of these crossings since 2016. That is the reporting record, not a guarantee about any crossing.
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.