At the January 2026 quarterly meeting, neighbors learned that railroad crossings have a blue placard with an emergency phone number and the crossing’s unique identifier called the X-ing ID. OJCA surveyed the blue placards and collected the emergency numbers and X-ing IDs for each railroad crossing within our boundaries. There are two railways -- Kansas City Southern (KCS) and New Orleans Public Belt (NOPB) -- with a total of 5 crossings within OJCA's boundaries.
For your easy reference, add the information below to your mobile phone, just in case you need to report a problem. It'll be safer and easier than walking up to the blue placards, which you can see in the photos below are quite small and very close to the railroad tracks. Most mobile phone's contact lists have a Notes section where X-ing IDs and location details can be stored.
Railroads and X-ing IDs
1/ KCS Railway
877-527-9464
Notes:
X-ing ID: 335 620 R. Closest to Jefferson/Orleans parish line. Jefferson Highway between Lowe’s/300 Jefferson (D.O.P. Antiques, etc.) and BSC Building Specialties Co./Crescent City Industrial Services.
2/ NOPB Railroad
504-896-7442
Notes:
X-ing ID: 300-461M. Jefferson Highway between Waffle House and NOLA Motor Cars / NOLA Pickle Plex.
X-ing ID: 464-629G. Monticello Ave at Pope St behind Southport Hall.
X-ing ID: 464-625E. Dakin St. between Pope St and Addison St.
X-ing ID: 464-626L. Abandoned. Dakin St. between Pope St and Addison St.
Photos of Railroad Crossings in the OJCA Neighborhood
1/ KCS Railway X-ing ID: 335 620 R
Traveling towards Jefferson/Orleans parish line with 300 Jefferson Highway on the right and Lowe's on the left in the distance:
2/ NOPB Railroad X-ing ID: 300-461M
Traveling towards Jefferson/Orleans parish line on Jefferson Highway. Waffle House and NOLA Motor Cars / NOLA Pickle Plex are on the right, but are not in the photograph. The small strip mall with green and blue colors and storage facilities are on the opposite side of highway and are seen in this photo:
3/ NOPB Railroad X-ing ID: 464-629G
Traveling on Monticello Ave. towards the Jefferson/Orleans parish line. At Pope St. This crossing is behind Southport Hall which is the yellow/beige building on the right:
4/ NOPB Railroad X-ing ID: 464-625E
Dakin St. between Pope St. and Addison St.:
5/ NOPB Railroad X-ing ID: 464-626L
Abandoned. Dakin St. between Pope St and Addison St. X-ing 464-626L is closest to the photograph's bottom frame:
