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Railroad crossing updates for Carroll County, Illinois
What changed at the railroad crossings in Carroll County, on one page: weekly record changes, quiet zones, blocked-train reports, grants and train activity.
FRA crossing inventory of .
- Public crossings
- 52
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 75%
- Most trains a day reported
- 26
See the public crossings in Carroll County
Latest changes
Week of 28 September 2026: 1 crossing here had a recorded change.
- More warning devices1
Dates show when a change was observed in the federal inventory, not when it happened.
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Quiet zones
None of the 52 public crossings here is listed in a quiet zone.
The quiet-zone status did not change at any public crossing here in the last 5 weeks.
A town’s quiet zone can start or end before the inventory catches up.
Trains blocking crossings
Illinois law limits a train to 10 minutes blocking a road crossing, under 625 ILCS 5/18c-7402(1)(b)-(c). A court has held that federal law preempts this limit, so it generally cannot be enforced against railroads. Checked 16 October 2026.
The FRA lists 9 reports of trains blocking public crossings in this county.
Reports to the FRA by year
- 20221 report
- 20236 reports
- 20252 reports
Reports through . FRA does not confirm the accuracy of the blocked crossing reports submitted to this portal. This collection is not designed to provide a representative sample or create generalizable statistics. The data gathered from this collection is not suitable for use in budgetary requests, nor regulatory proposals.
Blocked crossing rules in IllinoisHow to report a blocked crossing
Upgrades and grants
No federal grants are listed for Carroll County yet. The Carroll County crossing page lists crossings named on state grant lists.
Make a grant table of the crossings in Carroll CountyOpen the Carroll County crossing page
Train activity
See about how many trains a day pass near the middle of Carroll County (the center of its public crossings), from counts the railroads report.
Check train activity near the middle of Carroll County
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Sources: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and blocked crossing reports. Sources and dates