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Railroad crossing updates for Piatt County, Illinois
What changed at the railroad crossings in Piatt County, on one page: weekly record changes, quiet zones, blocked-train reports, grants and train activity.
FRA crossing inventory of .
- Public crossings
- 87
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 33%
- Most trains a day reported
- 30
See the public crossings in Piatt County
Latest changes
Week of 28 September 2026: 1 crossing here had a recorded change.
- New records1
Dates show when a change was observed in the federal inventory, not when it happened.
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Quiet zones
None of the 87 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 415 reports of trains blocking public crossings in this county.
Reports to the FRA by year
- 20205 reports
- 2021192 reports
- 202229 reports
- 202361 reports
- 202481 reports
- 202523 reports
- 202624 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 Piatt County yet. The Piatt County crossing page lists crossings named on state grant lists.
Make a grant table of the crossings in Piatt CountyOpen the Piatt County crossing page
Train activity
See about how many trains a day pass near the middle of Piatt County (the center of its public crossings), from counts the railroads report.
Check train activity near the middle of Piatt County
Send us an update
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Sources: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and blocked crossing reports. Sources and dates