Crossings / Pennsylvania / Sunbury
Sunbury
Pennsylvania.
The federal crossing inventory lists 20 public at-grade railroad crossings in Sunbury, PA, operated by 2 railroads. 1 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Norfolk Southern Railway Company operates 12 of the crossings here, 60% of the total, ahead of Shamokin Valley Railroad Company at 8.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (20).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 12 | 60% |
| Shamokin Valley Railroad Company | 8 | 40% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Spruce Street on Norfolk Southern Railway Company is credited with 7 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 20 is 7. 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 30 mph.
Warning devices
2 of the 20 crossings carry gates and 18 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
No crossing here is recorded under a whistle ban, so trains sound the standard horn pattern on approach.
Incident history
Form 57 records 4 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Walnut Street — 2 reported incidents
- Market Street — 1 reported incident
- Arch 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.
Other Pennsylvania cities on the inventory
- Philadelphia 101 crossings
- York 65 crossings
- Hanover 43 crossings
- Pittsburgh 37 crossings
- Wilkes Barre 37 crossings
- Greenville 33 crossings
- Erie 31 crossings
- Upper Darby 30 crossings