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If you check out the 'recent images' aspect of the trains webcam for Rochelle and look at the time in the lower right corner, it seems to me that there's at least one train every 5-10 minutes. The max. speed across the diamond seems to be around 40 mph. <br /> <br />Depending on how far out of town you want to drive, IL Rt. 38 follows the UP fairly closely both to the east and west. You can take a side road off of rt. 38 and park on the side of the road if you'd like to. If I had to pick a spot, I'd go west of town a few miles to Flagg Center, which is only an elevator located on a dead end road. The road used to cross the tracks until it was closed for the Global III intermodal deal. You'll see trains moving fairly slow out of the yard there onto the mainline and more than likely a few trains stopped waiting for traffic to clear. <br /> <br />Also on the east side of town south of McDonalds and the Petro truck stop, there is an overpass over the UP tracks. The road is Bement Road I believe. But I don't remember for sure if there is a sidewalk on the bridge or not, so maybe drive over it beforehand. I do know though, that there is nowhere to park along the road except for McDonalds as the road has curbs 'n gutters.
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