MT OL Statistics

Montana Rail Crossing and Trespasser Incidents 2021 through August 2024

• All train tracks are private property. Never walk on tracks; it's illegal and dangerous. It takes the average freight train traveling at 55 mph more than a mile—the length of 18 football fields—to stop. Trains cannot stop quickly enough to avoid a collision.

• Trains have the right of way 100% of the time over emergency vehicles, cars, the police and pedestrians.

• Trains can move in either direction at any time. Sometimes its cars are pushed by locomotives instead of being pulled, which is especially true in commuter and light rail passenger service.
• Today's trains are quieter than ever, producing no telltale "clackety-clack." Any approaching train is always closer, moving faster, than you think.

• Remember to cross train tracks ONLY at designated pedestrian or roadway crossings, and obey all warning signs and signals posted there.

• Stay alert around railroad tracks. Refrain from texting, headphones or other distractions that would prevent you from hearing an approaching train; never mix rails and recreation.

• Never drive around lowered gates — it's illegal and deadly.