Mineral Springs Road railroad crossing in Porter, IN (DOT 870716D)
South Shore Line · DOT crossing 870716D · most recent report Dec 23, 2025
19 blockage reports since Sep 2024, 2 in the past year
Since Sep 2024, blockages here have been reported most often 8–11 PM, and 53% of reports said the blockage lasted more than 30 minutes.
- reports in the past year (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)
- 2
- reports in the past year (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)
- reports since Sep 2024
- 19
- reports since Sep 2024
- said it lasted more than 30 minutes
- 53%
- said it lasted more than 30 minutes
- said it lasted more than an hour
- 21%
- said it lasted more than an hour
- involved a train that wasn't moving
- 95%
- involved a train that wasn't moving
- said emergency responders couldn't get across
- 5%
- said emergency responders couldn't get across
When it's blocked
Times are local (Central time).
About this crossing
- Trains a day
- 44 through trains (25 in daytime, 19 at night) and 0 switching moves
- Train speed limit
- 79 mph
- Vehicles a day
- About 1,800 (2018 count)
- Crossing type
- Public road
- Railroad
- South Shore Line
- U.S. DOT crossing ID
- 870716D
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, 870716D.
- Report it to the Federal Railroad Administration at railroads.dot.gov/blockedcrossings. These reports are where the numbers on this page come from.
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Source: Federal Railroad Administration, Public Blocked Crossing Incident Reporter (Sep 2024 – Aug 2026) and Crossing Inventory. Reports come from the public and aren't verified; rows repeated in FRA's feed are counted once. "Past year" means Sep 2025 – Aug 2026.