Rail Crossing Atlas

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.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "latitude": {
      "description": "Latitude in decimal degrees, like 41.8781.",
      "maximum": 85,
      "minimum": -85,
      "type": "number"
    },
    "longitude": {
      "description": "Longitude in decimal degrees, like -87.6298.",
      "maximum": 180,
      "minimum": -180,
      "type": "number"
    },
    "radius_miles": {
      "description": "How far to look, in miles. Up to 2; 1 if left out.",
      "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
      "maximum": 2,
      "type": "number"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "latitude",
    "longitude"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

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.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "crossing_id": {
      "description": "The 7-character FRA crossing ID: six digits and a letter, like 123456A.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "crossing_id"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

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.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "county": {
      "description": "The county name, like Cook.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "state": {
      "description": "A US state name or its two-letter code, like Illinois or IL.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "state",
    "county"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

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.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "state": {
      "description": "A US state name or its two-letter code, like Illinois or IL.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "state"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

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.

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  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "at": {
      "description": "The point as latitude,longitude, like 41.587,-93.625. Use this or latitude and longitude, not both.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "latitude": {
      "description": "Latitude in decimal degrees, like 41.587. Give it with longitude, or use at instead.",
      "maximum": 90,
      "minimum": -90,
      "type": "number"
    },
    "longitude": {
      "description": "Longitude in decimal degrees, like -93.625. Give it with latitude, or use at instead.",
      "maximum": 180,
      "minimum": -180,
      "type": "number"
    }
  },
  "required": [],
  "additionalProperties": false
}