Quentin
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Carl
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QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR Joe, I was in Fostoria this spring and concur with what you said...only a coup[le of hours, but plenty of trains, and most of them took the route you described (B&O east to C&O north, or vice versa). But where in Fostoria would you put one railcam to capture everything?
QUOTE: Originally posted by missouri At every mile marker, on every curve, on every crossing, on every tressle with monitors on the trains. We seen the obstruction but couldn't get stopped ---and the "It takes a loaded freight train 1 1/2 mile to get stopped really gets to be a BS excuse after you hear it 4,000 times a year. And oh yeah---In the executives boardrooms when they are decideing to pay themselves millions instead of buying safety equipment. Now that would be one valuable tape.
QUOTE: Originally posted by nkp779 How about one in Deshler,Oh at the crossroads of the B&O their is lots of traffic on the east west line this is a god spot to train watch with the park being their by the tracks and lots of friendly folks as well.
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Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub
Originally posted by tree68 [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Sunday, March 5, 2006 6:47 AM I made it to Truckee in late Jan. Check my web site under the Cemtral Califirnia gallery to check out the pix. from there[:p] QUOTE: Originally posted by the feed i need a webcam at truckee I'm sorry i was just up in the tahoe area but the roads were closed to truckee[:(!][xx(][V][:(][censored][censored][censored] Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply chad thomas Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: Ely, Nv. 6,312 posts Posted by chad thomas on Monday, March 6, 2006 3:00 PM Burbank Jct. Colton crossing Stockton tower (the crossing anyway,the tower is gone) Somewhere between Weso and Alazon on the former paired track across Nevada Somewhere on the funnel between Sandpoint and Spokane Dagget, Ca. West Palm Springs / Tipton rd. Reply chad thomas Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: Ely, Nv. 6,312 posts Posted by chad thomas on Monday, March 6, 2006 5:05 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by the feed i need a webcam at truckee I'm sorry i was just up in the tahoe area but the roads were closed to truckee[:(!][xx(][V][:(][censored][censored][censored] There is one at Floriston below Truckee: http://video.dot.ca.gov/asx/80-floristan.asx Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 6, 2006 5:15 PM in the grotto at Heff's Reply Edit chad thomas Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: Ely, Nv. 6,312 posts Posted by chad thomas on Monday, March 6, 2006 5:20 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by farmer03 in the grotto at Heff's [(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D] How about a Mustang Ranch webcam with the Overland in the background? [(-D][(-D][(-D] Reply kmtrains Member sinceFebruary 2008 1 posts Posted by kmtrains on Sunday, June 22, 2008 11:11 PM i would like to see a railcam in berea, ohio Reply Ted Marshall Member sinceApril 2007 From: Naples, FL 848 posts Posted by Ted Marshall on Sunday, June 22, 2008 11:34 PM Personally, I'd like to see webcam installed on the FEC at the New River Drawbridge in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Maybe even two webcams...One facing nb and the other sb. This is scenic, double track territory with a plenty of traffic. It's also well lit at night and meets are common. This idea has been thrown around on the FECrailway Yahoo Group which I'm a member of. The biggest obstacle being... Who'd host it? Ted M. got trains?™ See my photos at: http://tedmarshall.rrpicturearchives.net/ Reply garyla Member sinceMarch 2003 From: Fountain Valley, CA, USA 607 posts Posted by garyla on Monday, June 23, 2008 12:56 AM Ditto to spbed and chad thomas:Daggett, Calif.---all the BNSF Transcon, plus all the Union Pacific's LA&SL. Seeing it in person is a treat, but the Mojave Desert is brutally hot this time of year. If I ever met a train I didn't like, I can't remember when it happened! Reply galaxy Member sinceJuly 2006 From: upstate NY 9,236 posts Posted by galaxy on Monday, June 23, 2008 10:45 AM mccauley wrote:There are several good Railcams on the web, so for your perusal, where else would you like to see a RailCam? Where, where???? (Links??) -G . Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary. HO and N Scale. After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it. Reply nanaimo73 Member sinceApril 2005 From: Nanaimo BC Canada 4,117 posts Posted by nanaimo73 on Monday, June 23, 2008 11:07 AM galaxy wrote: Where, where???? (Links??)Chad posted this list over a year ago. Some of these may be dead now-http://www.trainorders.com/Tehachappi,Dunsmuir,Sand Patchhttp://live6.truelook.com/face/newface.jsp?func=live&name=/ecodb/omni&overlay=default&skin=Nov2004SOSD&useapplet=true&time=1155141904698&width=640&height=480&quality=65&catalogname=catalog&preset=Nov_2004/Work/Railyard San Diego, Ballpark cam overlooking the freight yards (BNSF,SDIV and the trolleyhttp://live6.truelook.com/face/newface.jsp?zoom=1.5&name=%2Fecodb%2Fsandiego%2Foneamerica2&skin=San Diego, overlooking the Passenger depothttp://www.livetrains.com/plugins/cam/default.aspFort Madisonhttp://www.portvancouver.com/the_port/web_cams.htmlVancouver (several, not all pointed at the tracks)http://www.railcams.com/Santa Ana, Portland, Olympia,Fullertonhttp://live6.truelook.com/face/newface.jsp?func=0&name=/port/cam/camera3&pan=-115.36499&tilt=-4.675&panfov=11.675&tiltfov=9.1&overlay=default&skin=default&useapplet=false&time=1034271735904&width=448Oaklandhttp://web.insidevc.com/webcam/Venturahttp://www.oiccam.com/depotdiner/train.htmlCenterville,Ca.http://stationinnpa.com/webcam/between Johnstown and Altoonahttp://64.84.107.59/view/index.shtmlAltoona (Horseshoe curve)http://www.wplives.org/WPRM_Home/WPRM_webcam/wprm_webcam.htmlPortolahttp://video.dot.ca.gov/asx/80-floristan.asxFloriston (Donner)http://video.dot.ca.gov/Caltrans (California hwys)http://205.245.189.161:1100/Ex1/default.htmlGalesburg,Il.http://www.burningman.com/preparation/travel_info/gerlach_webcam.htmlhttp://rawfire.torche.com/~taz/webcam/gerlach.htmGerlach,Nv.http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist2/cctv/dorris.shtmlDorris,Ca. (not always looking at tracks)http://www.goatbbs.com/cgi-bin/bbs50/webbbs_config.cgiChama, NMhttp://www.highcountrywebcams.com/webcameras_sprucepine.htmSpruce Pine, NChttp://www.TrainsLive.com/Cumberland, Marylandhttp://64.84.107.59/view/view.shtml?size=2Horseshoe Curve Railroad Museum at Altoona, Pennsylvaniahttp://www.IRM.org/cam/Illinois Railway Museum at Union, Illinoishttp://www.MidContinent.org/netcam/Mid-Continent Railway Museum at North Freedom, Wisconsinhttp://www.RailCams.com/webcampix/olw1/olwcam12.htmlOlympia, Washingtonhttp://www.WPYR.com/multimedia/webcam.htmlSkagway, Alaskahttp://www.QTM.net/sjwebcam/St. Joseph, Michiganhttp://www.WenWorld.com/webcams/single.php?AID=101Wenatchee, Washington Dale Reply Los Angeles Rams Guy Member sinceJune 2007 From: Brooklyn Center, MN. 702 posts Posted by Los Angeles Rams Guy on Monday, June 23, 2008 12:54 PM River Junction (La Crescent), Minnesota where the ICE's mainline to Iowa and Kansas City splits from the CP mainline.Moorhead, MN., where BNSF's former GN and NP mainlines cross. "Beating 'SC is not a matter of life or death. It's more important than that." Former UCLA Head Football Coach Red Sanders Reply TimChgo9 Member sinceAugust 2002 From: Along the BNSF "East End"... :-) 915 posts Posted by TimChgo9 on Monday, June 23, 2008 7:41 PM I could think of a few places right off the top of my head, right here around Chicago. 1. West End of Proviso Yard, in Elmhurst. 2. Blue Island Junction. 3. McCook Crossing. 4. Anywhere along the BNSF from Chicago to Aurora5. CP LaGrange on the IHB. 6. Joliet Union Station. 7. Brighton Park Junction. And the list could go on, but the that's just off the top of my head. "Chairman of the Awkward Squad" "We live in an amazing, amazing world that is just wasted on the biggest generation of spoiled idiots." Flashing red lights are a warning.....heed it. " I don't give a hoot about what people have to say, I'm laughing as I'm analyzed" What if the "hokey pokey" is what it's all about?? View photos at: http://www.eyefetch.com/profile.aspx?user=timChgo9 Reply Los Angeles Rams Guy Member sinceJune 2007 From: Brooklyn Center, MN. 702 posts Posted by Los Angeles Rams Guy on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:06 AM Oh, one other location: Missouri Valley, Iowa where the UP's mainline splits - the old CNW passenger line down to Council Bluffs and Omaha and the Fremont cutoff going west along with the CN's Iowa Division mainline that parallels the passenger line down to Council Bluffs. Awesome! "Beating 'SC is not a matter of life or death. It's more important than that." Former UCLA Head Football Coach Red Sanders Reply TimChgo9 Member sinceAugust 2002 From: Along the BNSF "East End"... :-) 915 posts Posted by TimChgo9 on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:25 AM ....and Turner Junction. Franklin Park, Bryn Mawr (along O'Hare airport, UP/CP shared trackage. DeVal crossing in DesPlaines. Outside of Union Station (For you passenger train fans) Homewood. Rondout Actually....(of course I am dreaming here) but, it would be cool if there was a whole network of Chicago area webcams. There is so much action in this area, that on any given camera, something would be happening. One could watch trains all over the Chicago area, from the comfort of their living room....... Wow, what a concept. Gee, I wonder how much money it would take to maintain all of the cameras..... Hey, it could even be a subscription based thing, so it would be easier to pay for the maintenance of the cameras, and servers, and routers, and computers, and bandwidth....... A couple of the cameras could be shown for "free", and a subscription based on either yearly or monthly payments, and a couple of the cameras could be, you know, like "pan and zoom" and in each location, have a camera facing each direction, so the viewer can see all of the action. The cameras could be a higher quality than is the norm for better pictures. Oh, and even feed audio from the AAR channel for that particular railroad, or subdivision, and kind of make it like, an entire "experience".... Any investors interested???? (See ,this is what happens to me after 3 cups of coffee...) "Chairman of the Awkward Squad" "We live in an amazing, amazing world that is just wasted on the biggest generation of spoiled idiots." Flashing red lights are a warning.....heed it. " I don't give a hoot about what people have to say, I'm laughing as I'm analyzed" What if the "hokey pokey" is what it's all about?? View photos at: http://www.eyefetch.com/profile.aspx?user=timChgo9 Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:50 AM I vote for Dayton's Bluff area - St. Paul:BNSFUPCP/SOOTCWICEMNNR (only saw them once there, personally - I think they're a very rare visitor)AMTK Reply Edit traisessive1 Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Winnipeg, Mb 628 posts Posted by traisessive1 on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:12 AM http://www.railcam.nlIt's in the Netherlands. Didn't see it posted on this thread. This cam comes complete with streaming video and audio, it visible 24/7 and has extremely heavy traffic volumes.Freight trains are very short comapred to our standards, about a max of 45 cars and there are a lot of small commuter movements. I have noticed that during the night on weekdays freight traffic is heavier than during the day, but overnight on the weekends there seems to be no traffic at all.If you don't mind the length of trains, and horns not being blown over crossings, then you could sit here and watch the 100+ trains for hours and never get bored because as soon as one goes by, another ones a comin'. 10000 feet and no dynamics? Today is going to be a good day ... Reply gebass6 Member sinceOctober 2010 32 posts Posted by gebass6 on Sunday, October 3, 2010 1:07 PM Along with Dolton Jct.,Rondout Jct and also Brighton Park Jct.Both in Illinois. Reply Mr. Railman Member sinceSeptember 2010 From: Libertyville, IL 372 posts Posted by Mr. Railman on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 6:19 PM Get one at anaheind station on Metras MDW line. They have too small a ump yard so that means trains being built are done like this: 1. consist pulls out of siding 2. switch is made so consist A backs up into Consist B 3. combine two consists Repeat I always see old geeps and SDs pulling aa far as quarter mile out and then go back into the yard. Tags: Canadian Pacific Railway Reply Bob-Fryml Member sinceMarch 2003 From: US 733 posts Posted by Bob-Fryml on Sunday, October 10, 2010 8:21 PM How about four webcams one located on each corner of the "diamonds" that lie above the intersection of Wells & Lake Streets in downtown Chicago. Among the Lake-Englewood, Lake-Jackson Park, Ravenswood, Midway, and Evanston Express trains, there's a lot of action at that interlocking. Another great location would be on that high round-mound that sits between main tracks nos. 2 and 3 just a short ways east of Dale Junction, Wyoming (UPRR Laramie Subdivision). Downtown Laramie, Wyo. on the pedestrian bridge. Or, here's a novel idea: strategically place a web cam along a broad muli-track curve somewhere on the layout located inside The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Reply ZACK BOVITZ Member sinceDecember 2015 1 posts Posted by ZACK BOVITZ on Sunday, December 13, 2015 10:22 AM There are already 2 there Reply traisessive1 Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Winnipeg, Mb 628 posts Posted by traisessive1 on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 8:49 PM AnonymousEither Toronto, Ontario Canada or Calgary, Alberta in Canada to get max coverage of CP/CN/VIA. It seems there is so little coverage of the Canadian roads, this would be great. The only place, in my opinion, that a camera is worthwhile for freight action in Canada is at Portage la Prairie where the CN and CP main lines cross. There is no other place in Canada that really has that volume of freight in one spot. 10000 feet and no dynamics? Today is going to be a good day ... Reply Andrew Falconer Member sinceJuly 2006 From: Vicksburg, Michigan 2,303 posts Posted by Andrew Falconer on Saturday, December 19, 2015 9:39 PM Norfolk Southern railyard in Mishawaka, Indiana CN/GTW railyard in Battle Creek, Michigan Andrew Watch my videos on-line at https://www.youtube.com/user/AndrewNeilFalconer Reply Mickhall Member sinceJanuary 2001 From: CA 20 posts Posted by Mickhall on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 10:12 AM I'd love to see a streaming rail cam there. I heard it might just happen. I hear a train a-comin..... Reply zardoz Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: Kenosha, WI 6,567 posts Posted by zardoz on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 10:48 AM Welcome back folks, to station WFRN. Today we'll be playing a selection of some golden oldies. Mr. Peabody, set the Wayback machine to 17 years ago.... Reply blue streak 1 Member sinceDecember 2007 From: Georgia USA SW of Atlanta 11,919 posts Posted by blue streak 1 on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 6:13 PM howell interlocking in Atlanta. Then we could watch the Crescent delays . Reply tree68 Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Northern New York 25,022 posts Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 6:49 PM In addition to the two cams Trains supports, Virtual Railfan has a bunch of cams around the country. I've got Deshler running on another window right now. Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it... Reply Soo 6604 Member sinceJune 2004 From: Menasha, Wis. 451 posts Posted by Soo 6604 on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 7:38 PM Duplainville http://www.youtube.com/user/pavabo http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulvbox Reply Benchedthatpiece Member sinceJanuary 2015 56 posts Posted by Benchedthatpiece on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 9:20 PM Pine Junction, Indiana where they get an incredible number of trains. Closer to home would be Greensboro, NC on the Norfolk Southern mainline. A lot of good trains pass through there... Reply MikeF90 Member sinceJuly 2009 From: San Francisco East Bay 1,360 posts Posted by MikeF90 on Thursday, October 4, 2018 3:32 PM My new favorite webcam site just came on line - the Tehachapi, CA depot museum now hosts a 24x7 camera adjacent to a universal crossover and a grade crossing. https://youtu.be/DLoJczNXhjc A very busy location! Links to my Google Maps ---> Sunset Route overview, SoCal metro, Yuma sub, Gila sub, SR east of Tucson, BNSF Northern Transcon and Southern Transcon *** Why you should support Ukraine! *** Reply D.Carleton Member sinceSeptember 2010 From: East Coast 1,199 posts Posted by D.Carleton on Thursday, October 4, 2018 3:52 PM 23rd Street, Chattanooga, TN. Editor Emeritus, This Week at Amtrak Reply BaltACD Member sinceMay 2003 From: US 25,292 posts Posted by BaltACD on Friday, October 5, 2018 10:05 AM K Tower - Washington Union Station Never too old to have a happy childhood! Reply Electroliner 1935 Member sinceSeptember 2010 2,515 posts Posted by Electroliner 1935 on Friday, October 5, 2018 2:25 PM Western Ave A2 plant Chicago and Chicago Union Station throat near 18th St Reply rdamon Member sinceJuly 2008 2,325 posts Posted by rdamon on Friday, October 5, 2018 2:39 PM Mounted in the nose of a locomotive or two .. :) Reply BLS53 Member sinceAugust 2009 322 posts Posted by BLS53 on Sunday, October 7, 2018 12:05 PM At this point in time, it's probably better to make requests through the various YouTube channels. Lots more railfans and viewers there. These forums really aren't that active in the overall scheme of things. Reply NKP guy Member sinceJuly 2006 1,530 posts Posted by NKP guy on Monday, October 8, 2018 10:32 AM I'd suggest a cam at Sunnyside Yard on Long Island; I think it would be interesting to watch trains being made up and taken apart. Or perhaps one in New Haven, where several different railroads have equipment passing through. Watching caboose-less trains full of containers pass by isn't nearly as entertaining to me as it used to be. Reply tree68 Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Northern New York 25,022 posts Posted by tree68 on Monday, October 8, 2018 1:39 PM NKP guy I'd suggest a cam at Sunnyside Yard on Long Island; I think it would be interesting to watch trains being made up and taken apart. Or perhaps one in New Haven, where several different railroads have equipment passing through. A camera in New Mexico (?) ran into problems because the employees objected to having people watch them work. Much different than simply watching trains go by. NKP guyWatching caboose-less trains full of containers pass by isn't nearly as entertaining to me as it used to be. This is why I like the Deshler cams - with trains not only running across the diamond in all directions, but also "turning the corners," there is a great variety there. And even if there's no trains, the chat that runs alongside the cam screen can be entertaining, especially when someone who doesn't understand railfanning wonders why the cams exist in the first place. There are a number of knowledgeable folks who know the train symbols and understand railroad operations who will gladly explain it all the uninitiated. Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it... Reply Masked Marvel Member sinceJanuary 2016 12 posts Posted by Masked Marvel on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 7:13 AM I'd like to see a webcam in downtown Pacific Missouri where the Union Pacific and BNSF meet and run side by side. Amtrak goes through town four times a day on the Union Pacific line also. Reply 12345 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. 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QUOTE: Originally posted by the feed i need a webcam at truckee I'm sorry i was just up in the tahoe area but the roads were closed to truckee[:(!][xx(][V][:(][censored][censored][censored]
QUOTE: Originally posted by farmer03 in the grotto at Heff's
i would like to see a railcam in berea, ohio
Personally, I'd like to see webcam installed on the FEC at the New River Drawbridge in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Maybe even two webcams...One facing nb and the other sb. This is scenic, double track territory with a plenty of traffic. It's also well lit at night and meets are common.
This idea has been thrown around on the FECrailway Yahoo Group which I'm a member of. The biggest obstacle being... Who'd host it?
Ted M.
got trains?™
See my photos at: http://tedmarshall.rrpicturearchives.net/
Ditto to spbed and chad thomas:
Daggett, Calif.---all the BNSF Transcon, plus all the Union Pacific's LA&SL. Seeing it in person is a treat, but the Mojave Desert is brutally hot this time of year.
mccauley wrote:There are several good Railcams on the web, so for your perusal, where else would you like to see a RailCam?
Where, where???? (Links??)
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
galaxy wrote: Where, where???? (Links??)
Chad posted this list over a year ago. Some of these may be dead now-
http://www.trainorders.com/Tehachappi,Dunsmuir,Sand Patch
http://live6.truelook.com/face/newface.jsp?func=live&name=/ecodb/omni&overlay=default&skin=Nov2004SOSD&useapplet=true&time=1155141904698&width=640&height=480&quality=65&catalogname=catalog&preset=Nov_2004/Work/Railyard
San Diego, Ballpark cam overlooking the freight yards (BNSF,SDIV and the trolley
http://live6.truelook.com/face/newface.jsp?zoom=1.5&name=%2Fecodb%2Fsandiego%2Foneamerica2&skin=San Diego, overlooking the Passenger depot
http://www.livetrains.com/plugins/cam/default.aspFort Madison
http://www.portvancouver.com/the_port/web_cams.htmlVancouver (several, not all pointed at the tracks)
http://www.railcams.com/Santa Ana, Portland, Olympia,Fullerton
http://live6.truelook.com/face/newface.jsp?func=0&name=/port/cam/camera3&pan=-115.36499&tilt=-4.675&panfov=11.675&tiltfov=9.1&overlay=default&skin=default&useapplet=false&time=1034271735904&width=448Oakland
http://web.insidevc.com/webcam/Ventura
http://www.oiccam.com/depotdiner/train.htmlCenterville,Ca.
http://stationinnpa.com/webcam/between Johnstown and Altoona
http://64.84.107.59/view/index.shtmlAltoona (Horseshoe curve)
http://www.wplives.org/WPRM_Home/WPRM_webcam/wprm_webcam.htmlPortola
http://video.dot.ca.gov/asx/80-floristan.asxFloriston (Donner)
http://video.dot.ca.gov/Caltrans (California hwys)
http://205.245.189.161:1100/Ex1/default.htmlGalesburg,Il.
http://www.burningman.com/preparation/travel_info/gerlach_webcam.html
http://rawfire.torche.com/~taz/webcam/gerlach.htmGerlach,Nv.
http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist2/cctv/dorris.shtmlDorris,Ca. (not always looking at tracks)
http://www.goatbbs.com/cgi-bin/bbs50/webbbs_config.cgiChama, NM
http://www.highcountrywebcams.com/webcameras_sprucepine.htmSpruce Pine, NC
http://www.TrainsLive.com/Cumberland, Marylandhttp://64.84.107.59/view/view.shtml?size=2Horseshoe Curve Railroad Museum at Altoona, Pennsylvaniahttp://www.IRM.org/cam/Illinois Railway Museum at Union, Illinoishttp://www.MidContinent.org/netcam/Mid-Continent Railway Museum at North Freedom, Wisconsinhttp://www.RailCams.com/webcampix/olw1/olwcam12.htmlOlympia, Washingtonhttp://www.WPYR.com/multimedia/webcam.htmlSkagway, Alaskahttp://www.QTM.net/sjwebcam/St. Joseph, Michiganhttp://www.WenWorld.com/webcams/single.php?AID=101Wenatchee, Washington
River Junction (La Crescent), Minnesota where the ICE's mainline to Iowa and Kansas City splits from the CP mainline.
Moorhead, MN., where BNSF's former GN and NP mainlines cross.
I could think of a few places right off the top of my head, right here around Chicago.
1. West End of Proviso Yard, in Elmhurst.
2. Blue Island Junction.
3. McCook Crossing.
4. Anywhere along the BNSF from Chicago to Aurora
5. CP LaGrange on the IHB.
6. Joliet Union Station.
7. Brighton Park Junction.
And the list could go on, but the that's just off the top of my head.
....and Turner Junction.
Franklin Park,
Bryn Mawr (along O'Hare airport, UP/CP shared trackage.
DeVal crossing in DesPlaines.
Outside of Union Station (For you passenger train fans)
Homewood.
Rondout
Actually....(of course I am dreaming here) but, it would be cool if there was a whole network of Chicago area webcams. There is so much action in this area, that on any given camera, something would be happening. One could watch trains all over the Chicago area, from the comfort of their living room....... Wow, what a concept. Gee, I wonder how much money it would take to maintain all of the cameras..... Hey, it could even be a subscription based thing, so it would be easier to pay for the maintenance of the cameras, and servers, and routers, and computers, and bandwidth....... A couple of the cameras could be shown for "free", and a subscription based on either yearly or monthly payments, and a couple of the cameras could be, you know, like "pan and zoom" and in each location, have a camera facing each direction, so the viewer can see all of the action. The cameras could be a higher quality than is the norm for better pictures. Oh, and even feed audio from the AAR channel for that particular railroad, or subdivision, and kind of make it like, an entire "experience"....
Any investors interested????
(See ,this is what happens to me after 3 cups of coffee...)
I vote for Dayton's Bluff area - St. Paul:
BNSF
UP
CP/SOO
TCW
ICE
MNNR (only saw them once there, personally - I think they're a very rare visitor)
AMTK
http://www.railcam.nl
It's in the Netherlands. Didn't see it posted on this thread. This cam comes complete with streaming video and audio, it visible 24/7 and has extremely heavy traffic volumes.
Freight trains are very short comapred to our standards, about a max of 45 cars and there are a lot of small commuter movements. I have noticed that during the night on weekdays freight traffic is heavier than during the day, but overnight on the weekends there seems to be no traffic at all.
If you don't mind the length of trains, and horns not being blown over crossings, then you could sit here and watch the 100+ trains for hours and never get bored because as soon as one goes by, another ones a comin'.
10000 feet and no dynamics? Today is going to be a good day ...
Along with Dolton Jct.,Rondout Jct and also Brighton Park Jct.Both in Illinois.
Get one at anaheind station on Metras MDW line. They have too small a ump yard so that means trains being built are done like this:
1. consist pulls out of siding
2. switch is made so consist A backs up into Consist B
3. combine two consists
Repeat
I always see old geeps and SDs pulling aa far as quarter mile out and then go back into the yard.
How about four webcams one located on each corner of the "diamonds" that lie above the intersection of Wells & Lake Streets in downtown Chicago. Among the Lake-Englewood, Lake-Jackson Park, Ravenswood, Midway, and Evanston Express trains, there's a lot of action at that interlocking.
Another great location would be on that high round-mound that sits between main tracks nos. 2 and 3 just a short ways east of Dale Junction, Wyoming (UPRR Laramie Subdivision).
Downtown Laramie, Wyo. on the pedestrian bridge.
Or, here's a novel idea: strategically place a web cam along a broad muli-track curve somewhere on the layout located inside The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
There are already 2 there
AnonymousEither Toronto, Ontario Canada or Calgary, Alberta in Canada to get max coverage of CP/CN/VIA. It seems there is so little coverage of the Canadian roads, this would be great.
Norfolk Southern railyard in Mishawaka, Indiana
CN/GTW railyard in Battle Creek, Michigan
Watch my videos on-line at https://www.youtube.com/user/AndrewNeilFalconer
I'd love to see a streaming rail cam there. I heard it might just happen.
Welcome back folks, to station WFRN. Today we'll be playing a selection of some golden oldies.
Mr. Peabody, set the Wayback machine to 17 years ago....
howell interlocking in Atlanta. Then we could watch the Crescent delays .
In addition to the two cams Trains supports, Virtual Railfan has a bunch of cams around the country. I've got Deshler running on another window right now.
Duplainville
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Pine Junction, Indiana where they get an incredible number of trains.
Closer to home would be Greensboro, NC on the Norfolk Southern mainline. A lot of good trains pass through there...
My new favorite webcam site just came on line - the Tehachapi, CA depot museum now hosts a 24x7 camera adjacent to a universal crossover and a grade crossing.
https://youtu.be/DLoJczNXhjc
A very busy location!
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K Tower - Washington Union Station
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Western Ave A2 plant Chicago and Chicago Union Station throat near 18th St
Mounted in the nose of a locomotive or two .. :)
At this point in time, it's probably better to make requests through the various YouTube channels. Lots more railfans and viewers there. These forums really aren't that active in the overall scheme of things.
I'd suggest a cam at Sunnyside Yard on Long Island; I think it would be interesting to watch trains being made up and taken apart. Or perhaps one in New Haven, where several different railroads have equipment passing through.
Watching caboose-less trains full of containers pass by isn't nearly as entertaining to me as it used to be.
NKP guy I'd suggest a cam at Sunnyside Yard on Long Island; I think it would be interesting to watch trains being made up and taken apart. Or perhaps one in New Haven, where several different railroads have equipment passing through.
A camera in New Mexico (?) ran into problems because the employees objected to having people watch them work. Much different than simply watching trains go by.
NKP guyWatching caboose-less trains full of containers pass by isn't nearly as entertaining to me as it used to be.
This is why I like the Deshler cams - with trains not only running across the diamond in all directions, but also "turning the corners," there is a great variety there.
And even if there's no trains, the chat that runs alongside the cam screen can be entertaining, especially when someone who doesn't understand railfanning wonders why the cams exist in the first place.
There are a number of knowledgeable folks who know the train symbols and understand railroad operations who will gladly explain it all the uninitiated.
I'd like to see a webcam in downtown Pacific Missouri where the Union Pacific and BNSF meet and run side by side. Amtrak goes through town four times a day on the Union Pacific line also.
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