find_crossings_near
Find crossings near a point
Find US railroad crossings near a point. Give a latitude and longitude, and a distance of up to 2 miles (1 mile if left out). Returns up to the 25 closest crossings, each with its crossing ID, road, city, equipment, daily trains, distance in miles and a link to its page.
Parameterslatituderequiredlongituderequiredradius_miles
get_crossing
Look up one crossing
Look up one US railroad crossing by its 7-character FRA crossing ID. Returns its road, place, equipment, daily trains, road traffic, a link to its page, a link to this version of the record and a link to the FRA record.
Parameterscrossing_idrequired
county_summary
County totals
Get the totals for one US county. Returns the number of public railroad crossings, how many have gates, lights or signs, the most trains a day and the other facts shown on the county page, with a link to that page.
Parametersstaterequiredcountyrequired
state_summary
State totals
Get the totals for one US state: the number of public railroad crossings and how many are equipped with gates, with flashing lights only, with signs only, or with other or unreported equipment. Returns a link to the state page.
Parametersstaterequired
train_activity
Train activity number for a point
Get the train activity number for one US point: a number from 0 to 100 for the trains that pass within 1 mile, built from the train counts railroads report to the FRA. Give a latitude and longitude, or the point as at, like 41.587,-93.625. The point is rounded to 3 decimals. Returns the number, its band, the inputs behind it, the nearest crossing, the data date and a link to its page.
Parametersatlatitudelongitude