Sethness Pvt railroad crossing in Clinton, IA
Dakota, Minnesota & EasternDOT crossing 865536VMost recent report Oct 30, 2024
17 blockage reports since Dec 2019, none in the past year
Since Dec 2019, 59% of reports here have said the blockage lasted more than 30 minutes. In the last two years, reports here don't point to one busiest time of day.
- reports in the past year (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)
- 0
- reports in the past year (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)
- reports since Dec 2019
- 17
- reports since Dec 2019
- said it lasted more than 30 minutes
- 59%
- said it lasted more than 30 minutes
- said it lasted more than an hour
- 18%
- said it lasted more than an hour
- involved a train that wasn't moving
- 100%
- involved a train that wasn't moving
- said emergency responders couldn't get across
- 0%
- said emergency responders couldn't get across
When it's blocked
Over the last two years (Sep 2024 – Sep 2026), in local time (Central time). Train schedules change, so older reports aren't counted here.
About this crossing
- Trains a day
- 9 through trains (4 in daytime, 5 at night) and 4 switching moves
- Train speed limit
- 20 mph
- Crossing type
- Private road
- Railroad
- Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern
- U.S. DOT crossing ID
- 865536V
From the FRA crossing inventory, as reported by railroads and states. Counts can be a few years old.
Stuck at this crossing?
- In an emergency, call 911.
- Tell the railroad: call the number on the blue Emergency Notification System sign at the crossing and give the crossing ID, 865536V
- Report it to the Federal Railroad Administration at railroads.dot.gov/blockedcrossings (opens in a new tab). These reports are where the numbers on this page come from.
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Source: Federal Railroad Administration, Public Blocked Crossing Incident Reporter (opens in a new tab) (Dec 2019 – Sep 2026) and Crossing Inventory (opens in a new tab). Reports come from the public and aren't verified; rows repeated in FRA's feed are counted once. "Past year" means Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.