Lewis was a master printmaker working in drypoint during the same era as Hopper, capturing American urban and suburban scenes with deep atmospheric shadows and a profound sense of solitude that mirrors the mood of this railroad crossing print.

Sheeler shared Hopper's focus on distinctly American industrial and transportation subjects rendered with precise realism, frequently depicting railroads, factories, and infrastructure as symbols of American modernity with a quiet, detached sensibility.

Marsh worked extensively in printmaking including etching and drypoint to document American scenes and environments, bringing a strong realist tradition to his depictions of everyday American life and infrastructure during the same interwar period as Hopper.