Ottawa
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 31 public at-grade railroad crossings in Ottawa, IL, operated by 2 railroads. 4 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Illinois Railway, LLC. operates 23 of the crossings here, 74% of the total, ahead of CSX Transportation at 8.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (20).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois Railway, LLC. | 23 | 74% |
| CSX Transportation | 8 | 26% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at N 2725th Road on Illinois Railway, LLC. is credited with 50 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 31 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
10 of the 31 crossings carry gates and 13 have flashing lights without gates. 8 (26%) 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 2 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Boyce Memorial — 1 reported incident
- N 2871st 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.