12 - at the old crossing of the Hawthorne Yards in Indy in the 1950s.
9 tracks at Kentucky St. and 15th St. here in Louisville… basically the end of the
L & I (ex PRR) and the beginning of the P & L (ex IC(G))
I believe it was somewhere in the 20s–that was the Columbia Avenue crossing in Hamond, Indiana of the west end of the Indiana Harbor Belt’s Gibson Yard before an overpass was built in the '60’s. I was young then, so maybe someone else might remember more details. I do know that my father avoided that crossing whenever possible, becuase the gates were down 40 minutes per hour for all the train traffic, which of course included some slassification duties.
Other than that, I believe the 173rd street crossing of the Monon’s South Hammond (Indiana) yard was next on my list. It had 13 tracks as I recall.
…fond memories to be sure, and not as many instances of busy streets crossing many tracks as in the past.
Mike
At one point in time, during the late 1970s, the combined total of tracks at the West Washington Ave. intersection in Madison, Wisconsin was 13 tracks. The tracks were owned by IC and MILW.
Just north of downtown Salt Lake city, there was a UP crossing with maybe 8 or 9 tracks, although they did not all appear to be in active use (I was last there in 2002). This would be on W 500 N or W 400 N, but I don’t recall exactly.
In the late 60s I remember crossing several tracks at the (east) end of a yard in Bakersfield, CA, but I think that crossing is long gone, replaced by a bridge or rerouted street.