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Grade Crossing – for purposes of the Inventory, either a highway-rail grade crossing,
pathway grade crossing or pedestrian station grade crossing.
Highway-Rail Crossing – for purposes of the Crossing Inventory, the location where
one or more railroad tracks intersect with a public highway, road, street, or private
roadway, either at-grade or grade-separated, including associated sidewalks.
A crossing includes those tracks that lie within the same pair of warning devices. Thus,
an intersection of a roadway with 3 tracks (2 mainline and 1 spur) where the mainline
tracks have flashing lights and the spur track has crossbucks would be considered two
crossings with two separate crossing inventory numbers. One crossing would consist of
the mainline tracks with the flashing lights and one crossing would consist of the spur
track that has crossbucks.
Appendix D-3
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing – for purposes of the Crossing Inventory, a highway-rail
crossing that is at the same grade level as the railroad tracks.
Inventory Form – the U.S. DOT Crossing Inventory Form (Form FRA F 6180.71).
Inventory Number – the number assigned to a highway-rail crossing or pathway
crossing in the Crossing Inventory.
Median – a non-traversable portion of a divided highway separating the travel ways for
traffic in opposite directions.
MUTCD – the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices published by the Federal
Highway Administration.
Open Crossing – a highway-rail crossing or pathway crossing where both railroad
operations and highway or pathway traffic are possible.
Operating Railroad – any railroad or urban rapid transit operator that operates one or
more trains through a highway-rail crossing or pathway crossing on, or connected to,
the general railroad system of transportation.
Pathway – a path for authorized users, outside the traveled way and physically
separated from the roadway by an open space or barrier and either within the highway
right-of-way or within an independent alignment. Pathways include shared-use paths,
but do not include sidewalks.
Pathway Crossing – a pathway that: (1) is explicitly authorized by a public authority or
a railroad; (2) is dedicated for the use of non-vehicular traffic including pedestrians,
bicyclists, and others, (3) is not associated with a public highway, road, or street, or a
private roadway; and (4) crosses one or more railroad tracks either at grade or gradeseparated. However, an area where pedestrians trespass, even routinely, is not
considered to be a pathway crossing.
Pathways that are contiguous with, or separate but adjacent to, highway-rail crossings
are presumed to be part of the highway-rail crossing and are not considered separate
crossings. However, pathways that are located more than 25 feet from the location
where a highway, road, or street intersects with one or more railroad tracks are
generally considered to be separate pathway crossings.
Pathway Grade Crossing - for purposes of the Crossing Inventory, a pathway crossing
that is at the same grade level as the tracks.
Pedestrian Crossing - See Pathway Crossing.
Appendix D-4
Pedestrian Station Crossing (Station, Ped.) – a pathway crossing located within a
passenger station.
Pedestrian Station Grade Crossing – a pedestrian station crossing that is at the same
grade level as the tracks.
Plant Railroad – a plant or installation that owns or leases a locomotive, uses that
locomotive to switch cars throughout the plant or installation, and is moving goods
solely for use in the facility’s own industrial processes. The plant or installation could
include track immediately adjacent to the plant or installation if the plant railroad leases
the track from the general system railroad and the lease provides for (and actual
practice entails) the exclusive use of that trackage by the plant railroad and the general
system railroad for purposes of moving only cars shipped to or from the plant. A plant
or installation that operates a locomotive to switch or move cars for other entities, even
if solely within the confines of the plant or installation, rather than for its own purposes
or industrial practices, will not be considered a plant railroad because the performance
of such activity makes the operation part of the general railroad system of
transportation.
Primary Operating Railroad – the operating railroad that either owns or maintains the
track through the highway-rail or pathway crossing, unless the crossing is located within
a private company, port, or dock area. If more than one operating railroad either owns
or maintains the track through the highway-rail or pathway crossing, or if no operating
railroad owns or maintains the track through the highway-rail or pathway crossing, then
the operating railroad that operates the highest number of trains through the crossing is
the primary operating railroad. In the event that there is only one operating railroad that
operates one or more trains through a highway-rail or pathway crossing, that operating
railroad is the primary operating railroad.
For highway-rail and pathway crossings that are located within a private company, port,
or dock area, each railroad that owns track leading to the private company, port, or dock
area will be considered a primary operating railroad as applied to crossings within the
private company, port, or dock area.
Private Crossing – a highway-rail or pathway crossing that is not a public crossing.
Typical types of private crossings include farm crossings, industrial plant crossings, and
residential access crossings.
Public Authority – the public entity responsible for traffic control or law enforcement at
a highway-rail crossing or the public entity that authorized a pathway crossing.
Public Crossing – a highway-rail or pathway crossing where the approaches are under
the jurisdiction of and maintained by a public authority and open to public travel. All
approaches must be under the jurisdiction of the public authority and no approach may
be on private property, unless state law or regulation provides otherwise.
Appendix D-5
For purposes of this definition “open to public travel” means that the road or pathway
section is available (except during scheduled periods, extreme weather or emergency
conditions) and open to the general public for use without restrictive gates, prohibitive
signs, or regulation. Restrictions for highway-rail crossings that are based on size,
weight, or class of registration do not apply.
In situations where a State has empowered a public agency (such as a State
Department of Transportation, State Highway Department, Public Utility Commission,
State Commerce Commission, etc.) to make a determination as to whether crossings
are public or private, such determinations will govern for Inventory purposes.
Quiet Zone – a segment of a rail line, within which is situated one or a number of
consecutive public highway-rail crossings at which locomotive horns are not routinely
sounded.
Remote Health Monitoring – an electronic system designed to remotely notify the
railroad (typically the railroad signal maintainer or a trouble desk) that components of
the automatic warning system are not functioning as intended.
Side Lights – a flashing light pair, typically mounted on the signal mast or cantilever
structure, used to warn vehicular traffic and/or pedestrians approaching from side

Grade Crossing – for purposes of the Inventory, either a highway-rail grade crossing,

pathway grade crossing or pedestrian station grade crossing.

Highway-Rail Crossing – for purposes of the Crossing Inventory, the location where

one or more railroad tracks intersect with a public highway, road, street, or private

roadway, either at-grade or grade-separated, including associated sidewalks.

A crossing includes those tracks that lie within the same pair of warning devices. Thus,

an intersection of a roadway with 3 tracks (2 mainline and 1 spur) where the mainline

tracks have flashing lights and the spur track has crossbucks would be considered two

crossings with two separate crossing inventory numbers. One crossing would consist of

the mainline tracks with the flashing lights and one crossing would consist of the spur

track that has crossbucks.

Appendix D-3

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing – for purposes of the Crossing Inventory, a highway-rail

crossing that is at the same grade level as the railroad tracks.

Inventory Form – the U.S. DOT Crossing Inventory Form (Form FRA F 6180.71).

Inventory Number – the number assigned to a highway-rail crossing or pathway

crossing in the Crossing Inventory.

Median – a non-traversable portion of a divided highway separating the travel ways for

traffic in opposite directions.

MUTCD – the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices published by the Federal

Highway Administration.

Open Crossing – a highway-rail crossing or pathway crossing where both railroad

operations and highway or pathway traffic are possible.

Operating Railroad – any railroad or urban rapid transit operator that operates one or

more trains through a highway-rail crossing or pathway crossing on, or connected to,

the general railroad system of transportation.

Pathway – a path for authorized users, outside the traveled way and physically

separated from the roadway by an open space or barrier and either within the highway

right-of-way or within an independent alignment. Pathways include shared-use paths,

but do not include sidewalks.

Pathway Crossing – a pathway that: (1) is explicitly authorized by a public authority or

a railroad; (2) is dedicated for the use of non-vehicular traffic including pedestrians,

bicyclists, and others, (3) is not associated with a public highway, road, or street, or a

private roadway; and (4) crosses one or more railroad tracks either at grade or gradeseparated. However, an area where pedestrians trespass, even routinely, is not

considered to be a pathway crossing.

Pathways that are contiguous with, or separate but adjacent to, highway-rail crossings

are presumed to be part of the highway-rail crossing and are not considered separate

crossings. However, pathways that are located more than 25 feet from the location

where a highway, road, or street intersects with one or more railroad tracks are

generally considered to be separate pathway crossings.

Pathway Grade Crossing - for purposes of the Crossing Inventory, a pathway crossing

that is at the same grade level as the tracks.

Pedestrian Crossing - See Pathway Crossing.

Appendix D-4

Pedestrian Station Crossing (Station, Ped.) – a pathway crossing located within a

passenger station.

Pedestrian Station Grade Crossing – a pedestrian station crossing that is at the same

grade level as the tracks.

Plant Railroad – a plant or installation that owns or leases a locomotive, uses that

locomotive to switch cars throughout the plant or installation, and is moving goods

solely for use in the facility’s own industrial processes. The plant or installation could

include track immediately adjacent to the plant or installation if the plant railroad leases

the track from the general system railroad and the lease provides for (and actual

practice entails) the exclusive use of that trackage by the plant railroad and the general

system railroad for purposes of moving only cars shipped to or from the plant. A plant

or installation that operates a locomotive to switch or move cars for other entities, even

if solely within the confines of the plant or installation, rather than for its own purposes

or industrial practices, will not be considered a plant railroad because the performance

of such activity makes the operation part of the general railroad system of

transportation.

Primary Operating Railroad – the operating railroad that either owns or maintains the

track through the highway-rail or pathway crossing, unless the crossing is located within

a private company, port, or dock area. If more than one operating railroad either owns

or maintains the track through the highway-rail or pathway crossing, or if no operating

railroad owns or maintains the track through the highway-rail or pathway crossing, then

the operating railroad that operates the highest number of trains through the crossing is

the primary operating railroad. In the event that there is only one operating railroad that

operates one or more trains through a highway-rail or pathway crossing, that operating

railroad is the primary operating railroad.

For highway-rail and pathway crossings that are located within a private company, port,

or dock area, each railroad that owns track leading to the private company, port, or dock

area will be considered a primary operating railroad as applied to crossings within the

private company, port, or dock area.

Private Crossing – a highway-rail or pathway crossing that is not a public crossing.

Typical types of private crossings include farm crossings, industrial plant crossings, and

residential access crossings.

Public Authority – the public entity responsible for traffic control or law enforcement at

a highway-rail crossing or the public entity that authorized a pathway crossing.

Public Crossing – a highway-rail or pathway crossing where the approaches are under

the jurisdiction of and maintained by a public authority and open to public travel. All

approaches must be under the jurisdiction of the public authority and no approach may

be on private property, unless state law or regulation provides otherwise.

Appendix D-5

For purposes of this definition “open to public travel” means that the road or pathway

section is available (except during scheduled periods, extreme weather or emergency

conditions) and open to the general public for use without restrictive gates, prohibitive

signs, or regulation. Restrictions for highway-rail crossings that are based on size,

weight, or class of registration do not apply.

In situations where a State has empowered a public agency (such as a State

Department of Transportation, State Highway Department, Public Utility Commission,

State Commerce Commission, etc.) to make a determination as to whether crossings

are public or private, such determinations will govern for Inventory purposes.

Quiet Zone – a segment of a rail line, within which is situated one or a number of

consecutive public highway-rail crossings at which locomotive horns are not routinely

sounded.

Remote Health Monitoring – an electronic system designed to remotely notify the

railroad (typically the railroad signal maintainer or a trouble desk) that components of

the automatic warning system are not functioning as intended.

Side Lights – a flashing light pair, typically mounted on the signal mast or cantilever

structure, used to warn vehicular traffic and/or pedestrians approaching from side