How to Use railroad crossing in a Sentence

railroad crossing

noun
  • Speed limit, stop, yield and railroad crossing signs have distinct colors and shapes.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The closure will be confined to the railroad crossing, and local access will be maintained up to that point.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The first phase included the addition of turn lanes and an improved railroad crossing.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Nov. 2025
  • After showing her face at a railroad crossing, a boy doll is revealed on the other side of the tracks, looking back at her.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The intersection has no railroad crossing gates.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 16 May 2026
  • Police said a person was seen on foot south of the railroad crossing when the crossing gates were activated and in the down position.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The video, captured from inside the locomotive, showed the train barreling down the tracks toward a railroad crossing.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
  • By walking or using a bicycle, visitors can drive a mock street with stop signs, two roundabouts, a railroad crossing, yield signs and crosswalks.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
  • One man is dead after he was allegedly hit by a train and killed Saturday evening at a railroad crossing in Georgia, police said.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 25 June 2023
  • Chronister said the victims are believed to be a local Plant City family who were en route to a quinceañera at a home just across the railroad crossing.
    — Ahmad Hemingway, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Days later, a Norfolk Southern worker died after being struck at a railroad crossing near a Cleveland steel plant.
    — Haley Bemiller, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Sharing intel, engaging in surveillance Back at the railroad crossing, the police have arrived.
    — John Ruwitch, NPR, 3 June 2026
  • The space for vehicles waiting to turn onto the main road is limited, and the lights and gates at the railroad crossing must be coordinated with the traffic signals on the main road.
    — Ian Savage, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2026
  • When activated, the speakers chime twice every second, with more sustained notes than those from traditional railroad crossing signals.
    — Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
  • According to Greenville News, Randolph was on his way home from a friend’s house when his car suspiciously stopped in the middle of a railroad crossing.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 6 Mar. 2023
  • On our roads, the speed limits, traffic signals, stop signs and railroad crossing gates are little more than suggestions to many motorists in South Florida.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Rodriguez’s bill would put the onus for safety enhancements on whichever government entity has jurisdiction over the roadway at the railroad crossing.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Steinke put Rios into the cruiser of Platteville police officer Pablo Vasquez, who had parked in the middle of a railroad crossing.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
  • Under federal rules, train engineers are normally required to sound the horn at least 15 seconds before each public railroad crossing.
    — Dallas Morning News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • And this month, when NBC News accompanied him to the same railroad crossing, his Tesla software had the same problem.
    — David Ingram, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Chesterton is taking steps to enhance pedestrian safety for the Calumet Road railroad crossing in the downtown as a new parking lot is being developed nearby.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
  • There isn’t a direct access point so the contractor plans to build a temporary railroad crossing at North State Street, according to city documents.
    — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Joe Tegtmeyer, the robotaxi rider and a Tesla booster, said in a video on X that his vehicle was stopped in an area with a traffic light and a railroad crossing.
    — David Ingram, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Without a connection to Dallas, historic homes burned and elderly residents died while emergency vehicles waited at the railroad crossing.
    — Sonia Rao, Dallas News, 17 June 2023
  • About two weeks ago, a farmer in northern Missouri posted a video on Facebook about the railroad crossing where the Amtrak train derailed Monday, killing three and injuring dozens.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • There are no arms or lights at the railroad crossing involved in the crash, WLOX reported, though state officials have said that crossing arms will eventually be installed.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Five people were killed as a commuter train collided with an SUV in Indiana after the car went around an active railroad crossing, authorities said.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 26 June 2025
  • Those locations include on a sidewalk, within 25 feet of a railroad crossing, obstructing a highway and on private property without the owner's consent, among other places.
    — Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The location where the crash occurred, on Porche Prairie Avenue about several miles southwest of Mendon, was an uncontrolled railroad crossing.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • Another view of the crash taken from security cameras nearby showed the driver of the SUV approaching the railroad crossing as the red lights were flashing and the gate arm lowered.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025

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