RailroadMUTCD R15-1Illustration

Railroad Crossbuck

Railroad Crossbuck
Shape
Crossbuck
Color
Black on white
Meaning
Marks a railroad crossing; treat it like a yield sign.
Required driver action
Look and listen; yield to trains. Required vehicles must stop 15–50 ft from the nearest rail.
CDL relevance
Buses and placarded hazmat vehicles must stop.
Source: FHWA — Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) (11th Edition (December 2023)). Sign images are original simplified illustrations for study, not official MUTCD artwork.