How many public crossings does Union Pacific Railroad Company report in Illinois?
The FRA inventory of lists 1,502 public railroad crossings in Illinois with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 1,502
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 1,491
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 71%
- Most trains a day reported
- 110
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 246
- Gate share compared with the state
- 16 percentage points higher
Where are these public crossings?
Browse the listThe map shows the available locations on this page. Area shading may include crossings outside this group.
Gates are reported at 71% of these crossings.
- Gates1,06371%
- Flashing lights without reported gates17011%
- Signs without reported gates or lights25817%
- Other or not reported111%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
Incident counts cover January 2016 through 31 July 2026. They describe reported events, not a rating of crossings.
Traffic counts were collected at different times. Road count years appear with each record; train count years are not reported separately.
How many trains pass each crossing?
Public crossings are ordered by reported trains a day, from most to lowest.
- East 500 North RoadMomence1,850 vehicles a day2021 road count
- South Wichert North RoadMomence275 vehicles a day2021 road count
- East 1000 South RoadMomence75 vehicles a day2020 road count
- South 9500 East RoadMomence25 vehicles a day2020 road count
- East 2500 South RoadMomence75 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Wichert North RoadMomence125 vehicles a day2021 road count
- East 4000 South RoadSt Anne450 vehicles a day2021 road count
- East 4500 South RoadSt Anne150 vehicles a day2021 road count
- East 5000 South RoadSt Anne100 vehicles a day2021 road count
- East 6000 South RoadSt Anne75 vehicles a day2020 road count
- West Station StreetSt Anne125 vehicles a day2021 road count
- West Guertin StreetSt Anne1,200 vehicles a day2021 road count
- East 3300 North RoadPapineau300 vehicles a day2022 road count
- East Papineau Street/East 3150 North RoadPapineau425 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Station StreetPapineau50 vehicles a day2022 road count
- East 2980 North RoadPapineau50 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 2800 North RoadMartinton150 vehicles a day2022 road count
- East Main StreetMartinton350 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 2600 North Road/US 52Martinton1,700 vehicles a day2023 road count
- 2200 North RoadWatseka75 vehicles a day2022 road count
- East 2100 North RoadWatseka175 vehicles a day2022 road count
- East 2000 North RoadWatseka75 vehicles a day2022 road count
- West North StreetWatseka1,450 vehicles a day2022 road count
- West Walnut Street/US 24Watseka7,050 vehicles a day2023 road count
- West Park AvenueWatseka375 vehicles a day2022 road count
- West Mulberry StreetWatseka475 vehicles a day2022 road count
- South 2nd StreetWatseka1,300 vehicles a day2022 road count
- North 2100 East RoadWoodland75 vehicles a day2022 road count
- East 1500 North RoadWoodland75 vehicles a day2022 road count
- West Park AvenueWatseka375 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Bb RoadColumbia225 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Davis StreetDupo400 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Bluff RoadMaeystown325 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Bluff RoadMaeystown300 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Kk RoadValmeyer25 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Baer RoadValmeyer50 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Harris RoadValmeyer10 vehicles a day2019 road count
- West Main StreetValmeyer300 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Limestone LaneValmeyer50 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Old Bluff RoadValmeyer75 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Ziebold RoadValmeyer50 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Herbst DriveValmeyer25 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Fountain RoadValmeyer250 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Miles RoadValmeyer10 vehicles a day2019 road count
- B RoadColumbia50 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Steppig RoadColumbia125 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Bottom RoadColumbia225 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Dd RoadColumbia1,100 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Big Lake RoadJacob50 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Odd Fellow RoadJacob75 vehicles a day2022 road count
Report a blocked crossing
Call the number on the blue sign at the crossing first. The sign names the railroad and gives the crossing number.
Union Pacific's line for urgent reports: 888-877-7267.
Contact details on Union Pacific's websiteUnion Pacific form for a train blocking a street crossing
Have ready: the crossing location and the DOT crossing number from the blue sign. Checked on on up.com.
Then tell the Federal Railroad Administration with its blocked crossing reporter. FRA uses the reports only to track where crossings are blocked and what that causes.
If someone needs help right away, call 911. How to report a blocked crossing
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates