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Railroad crossing updates for Rock County, Wisconsin
What changed at the railroad crossings in Rock County, on one page: weekly record changes, quiet zones, blocked-train reports, grants and train activity.
FRA crossing inventory of .
- Public crossings
- 162
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 19%
- Most trains a day reported
- 49
See the public crossings in Rock County
Latest changes
Week of 12 October 2026: 1 crossing here had a recorded change.
- Fewer warning devices1
Crossings that changed
Dates show when a change was observed in the federal inventory, not when it happened.
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Quiet zones
None of the 162 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
Wisconsin law limits a train to 10 minutes blocking a road crossing, under Wis. Stat. § 192.292. Wisconsin's state rail regulator says it cannot enforce this limit against railroads, because federal law controls how trains run. Checked 16 October 2026.
The FRA lists 14 reports of trains blocking public crossings in this county.
Reports to the FRA by year
- 20213 reports
- 20224 reports
- 20231 report
- 20242 reports
- 20251 report
- 20263 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 WisconsinHow to report a blocked crossing
Upgrades and grants
No federal grants are listed for Rock County yet. The Rock County crossing page lists crossings named on state grant lists.
Make a grant table of the crossings in Rock CountyOpen the Rock County crossing page
Train activity
See about how many trains a day pass near the middle of Rock County (the center of its public crossings), from counts the railroads report.
Check train activity near the middle of Rock County
Send us an update
Sources: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and blocked crossing reports. Sources and dates