Vale of Rheidol Railway — Aberystwyth terminus
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion — Vale of Rheidol Railway
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom
The narrow-gauge terminus at Aberystwyth
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Vale of Rheidol Railway — Aberystwyth terminus
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom
The narrow-gauge terminus at Aberystwyth
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Altrincham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Les deux cameras de Railcam a Altrincham, cote nord et cote sud
Norfolk Southern — Chicago Line, milepost 213 (former Lake Shore & Michigan Southern / New York Central "Water Level Route")
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Amherst, Ohio, United States
About 50 Norfolk Southern freights a day past the restored 1905 Nordson Depot
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Arvada, Colorado, United States
The Big 10 Curve, where the Front Range climb begins
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Ashland, Virginia, United States
Trains down the middle of Ashland’s Center Street
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
BI Tower at Inman Yard, Norfolk Southern’s Atlanta hub
Norfolk Southern — Atlanta North Subdivision (MP 134) meets East End Subdivision (MP 650)
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Austell, Georgia, United States
Two Norfolk Southern main lines diverge in downtown Austell — 60+ trains a day
CSX — Fitchburg Route main line and Hill Yard (former Pan Am Railways); MBTA Fitchburg Line
Ayer, Massachusetts, United States
New England's busiest freight interchange, watched from a pizza restaurant
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Banbury, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Three Railcam views over Banbury station, its southern approach and the light maintenance depot
CPKC — Tomah Subdivision, milepost 266.74, La Crosse–Portage (operator's description)
Bangor, Wisconsin, United States
A railcam in a Wisconsin pub
Network Rail — Tilbury Loop line, about three-quarters of a mile south of Barking station
Barking, Greater London, United Kingdom
One of London's busiest mixed junctions
CPKC — Elbow Lake Subdivision, milepost 152.61
Barrett, Minnesota, United States
Two cameras, one fixed and one PTZ, on a pure-freight prairie subdivision
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Barstow, California, United States
Transcon crossroads at the Barstow Harvey House
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Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
CN, NS and Amtrak share the diamond at Battle Creek
West Coast Main Line (Network Rail) — Beattock bank
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Beattock, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom
Beattock Bank sur la West Coast Main Line, vu par Railcam
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Bedford, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Bedford sur la Midland Main Line, vu par Railcam
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Belen, New Mexico, United States
The Transcon’s Belen cutoff, 80–110 trains a day
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Berea, Ohio, United States
The Berea racetrack — around 100 trains a day where NS and CSX run parallel
Severn Valley Railway — ex-GWR Bewdley to Kidderminster loop line
Bewdley, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
The north end of Bewdley's three platforms, where Bridgnorth trains arrive
Union Pacific — junction of the Pine Bluff, Corsicana and Mineola Subdivisions (former St. Louis Southwestern and Texas & Pacific)
Big Sandy, Texas, United States
Three Union Pacific subdivisions meet, and the Texas Eagle runs through
West Somerset Railway — Bishops Lydeard
Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, United Kingdom
The southern end of the West Somerset Railway
West Somerset Railway — Blue Anchor station
Blue Anchor, Somerset, United Kingdom
The Bristol Channel behind the platform at Blue Anchor
West Somerset Railway — Blue Anchor station
Blue Anchor, Somerset, United Kingdom
The second view over Blue Anchor, on the Bristol Channel shore
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Blue Island, Illinois, United States
Chicago-south freight on two cameras in CREATE territory
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Bolton le Sands, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Bolton le Sands sur la West Coast Main Line, vu par Railcam
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Boone, Iowa, United States
Union Pacific’s Overland Route through Boone, gateway to the Kate Shelley bridge
Union Pacific at Boone, with the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad connection track (operator's description)
Boone, Iowa, United States
The east half of the Boone pair
BNSF Railway — Ottumwa Subdivision (former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy main line), milepost 204.6; junction with the Hannibal Subdivision (K Line)
Burlington, Iowa, United States
BNSF's ex-CB&Q main line meets the Mississippi at Burlington
East Lancashire Railway — Burrs Country Park station, platform camera looking north
Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
The country park halt on the Irwell valley line
Network Rail — Birmingham Loop of the West Coast Main Line, between Wolverhampton and Stafford
Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Freight and passenger on the WCML Birmingham Loop, north of Wolverhampton
Union Pacific — Milwaukee Subdivision, milepost 95.3 (Butler Yard)
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
Seven tracks of Union Pacific's Butler Yard, watched from a car wash roof
Union Pacific — Caliente Subdivision (operator's description)
Caliente, Nevada, United States
The Spanish-mission depot in the Nevada desert
Union Pacific — Caliente Subdivision (operator's description)
Caliente, Nevada, United States
The pan-and-zoom camera at Caliente
CPKC — Mason City Subdivision (former Milwaukee Road), at Maryville Street
Calmar, Iowa, United States
CPKC freights past the old Milwaukee Road depot in a Winneshiek County town
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Les trois cameras de Camden Junction sur la West Coast Main Line
Boa Vista Velha yard — historically Companhia Mogiana de Estradas de Ferro, joining the Mogiana and Sorocabana lines (operator's description)
Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Where the Mogiana met the Sorocabana, in the yard that fed industrial Campinas
Junction of several corridors at Čerčany station (operator's description)
Čerčany, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic
Several Czech corridors meeting at one country station
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad — Chama yard, ex-Denver & Rio Grande Western San Juan Extension (3 ft narrow gauge)
Chama, New Mexico, United States
The 1880s Rio Grande depot at Chama, with the yard throat behind it
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad — Chama yard, ex-Denver & Rio Grande Western San Juan Extension (3 ft narrow gauge)
Chama, New Mexico, United States
Coal, water and oil: where the Chama engines are made ready
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad — Chama yard, ex-Denver & Rio Grande Western San Juan Extension (3 ft narrow gauge)
Chama, New Mexico, United States
Engine house, roundhouse and the old Durango main, in one frame
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Steam excursions meet mainline freight at Chattanooga
BNSF Railway — Seattle Subdivision (Portland–Seattle corridor); Union Pacific on trackage rights
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
Halfway between Portland and Seattle, 45 to 55 movements a day
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Chesterton, Indiana, United States
Porter Junction’s east side, on the NS Chicago Line
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Chesterton, Indiana, United States
Virtual Railfan at Porter Junction, 75–100 trains a day
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Chesterton, Indiana, United States
Porter Junction’s west side, where the routes split
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Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States
Union Pacific's Wyoming stronghold
Cincinnati Union Terminal
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Live from inside the Cincinnati Railroad Club at Union Terminal
Cincinnati Union Terminal
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
The second Union Terminal view from the railroad club
Union Pacific — Clinton Subdivision (Beverly / Cedar Rapids to Clinton, Iowa)
Clarence, Iowa, United States
Union Pacific's Clinton Sub alongside US 30, seen from a gas station forecourt
Florida East Coast Railway — milepost 173.06, Brevard County (Class II, owned by Grupo México)
Cocoa, Florida, United States
Brightline at speed on the Florida East Coast, on the Space Coast
Ramal Belford Roxo — Rio de Janeiro commuter network
São João de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A commuter branch where the operator posts the whole timetable
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Cordele, Georgia, United States
Three railroads cross at Cordele’s observation deck
Swanage Railway — Corfe Castle station
Corfe Castle, Dorset, United Kingdom
The station under the castle ruins
Swanage Railway — Corfe Castle station
Corfe Castle, Dorset, United Kingdom
The second view at Corfe Castle station
CSX — Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision, milepost 662.8
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Covington, Kentucky, United States
A mile south of the Ohio River, where CSX freight meets the Cardinal
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Cowan, Tennessee, United States
The foot of Cowan grade, home base of CSX’s pushers
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Cramlington, Northumberland, United Kingdom
Cramlington sur l'East Coast Main Line, gratuit en definition standard
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Cresson, Pennsylvania, United States
A fixed west view on the Pittsburgh Line
West Coast Main Line (Network Rail) — north end of Crewe station, with the Wilmslow and Manchester lines
Crewe, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Six tracks, three routes and a heritage centre at the north end of Crewe
West Somerset Railway — Crowcombe Heathfield station
Crowcombe, Somerset, United Kingdom
The passing loop in the Quantock foothills, looking to Minehead
West Somerset Railway — Crowcombe Heathfield station
Crowcombe, Somerset, United Kingdom
The second Quantock view at Crowcombe Heathfield
Baixada Santista — approach to the port of Santos, at Vila Natal, Cubatão (operator's description)
Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil
Non-stop freight on the Baixada Santista, below the Serra
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Cumberland, Maryland, United States
CSX mountain freight and steam excursions in the Cumberland Narrows
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Dalton, Georgia, United States
CSX and NS share the crossing at Dalton
Amtrak — Northeast Corridor, milepost 168.25; Providence & Worcester Railroad on track 4
Davisville, Rhode Island, United States
Acela at 150 mph, milepost 168.25 on the Northeast Corridor
Shared Class I bottleneck at the Tennessee River bridge; Norfolk Southern Sheffield Classification Yard nearby
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Decatur, Alabama, United States
A 1905 Southern Railway depot beside a two-railroad bottleneck
CPKC — Heavener Subdivision, milepost 217
Decatur, Arkansas, United States
A city-hosted PTZ camera at milepost 217 of CPKC's Heavener Sub
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Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Les deux cameras de Railcam a Derby, sur la Midland Main Line
CSX — Toledo Subdivision crossing the Garrett and Willard Subdivisions (former Baltimore & Ohio)
Deshler, Ohio, United States
Upwards of 50 CSX trains a day over a former B&O diamond
BNSF Railway — Staples Subdivision (Northern Transcon), milepost 210.1; CPKC traffic also present
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, United States
The Northern Transcon through downtown, roughly 40 trains every 24 hours
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Dexter, Missouri, United States
Pure freight in the Missouri Bootheel — on a camera you can pan
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Doncaster, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Le noeud de Doncaster sur l'East Coast Main Line, vu par Railcam
Union Pacific — Dunsmuir depot, Sacramento River canyon
Dunsmuir, California, United States
The depot camera, running through the building works
Taiwan Railway (TRA) — South-Link Line (南迴線)
Taimali Township, Taitung County, Taiwan
Taiwan's "most beautiful station": trains above the Pacific
Bluebell Railway — East Grinstead station, southern end of the platform
East Grinstead, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Where the Bluebell Railway meets the national network
East Troy Railroad Museum — preserved interurban line
East Troy, Wisconsin, United States
Nearly four years on air at a Wisconsin trolley museum
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Elkhart, Indiana, United States
The former New York Central main by the Elkhart railroad museum
Mairinque–Santos branch, former Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana — Brazil's main export corridor (operator's description)
Embu-Guaçu, São Paulo, Brazil
Train Cam's first and most-watched camera, on Brazil's biggest export corridor
London Underground — Central Line, Epping terminus
Epping, Essex, United Kingdom
A 1992 stock train at the end of the Central Line, from the signalling museum
BNSF Railway — Hi-Line Subdivision, near Marias Pass (operator's description)
Essex, Montana, United States
Deep in the Montana Rockies
CSX — Rochester Subdivision and West Shore Subdivision (west camera at milepost 361.240)
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Fairport, New York, United States
A village-built viewing platform where two CSX subdivisions converge
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Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Farington Junction, au sud de Preston, vu par Railcam
Bergensbanen (Bergen Line) — infrastructure owned and maintained by Bane NOR
Finse, Vestland (Ulvik Municipality), Norway
Norway's highest station, 1,222 m up, reachable only by train
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Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
BNSF Transcon freight rolling through downtown Flagstaff
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Flitwick, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Flitwick sur la Midland Main Line, en acces gratuit sur inscription
Canadian National — Chicago Subdivision and Metra Electric District, milepost 24.95 (operator's description)
Flossmoor, Illinois, United States
The northbound half of the Flossmoor pair
Canadian National — Chicago Subdivision and Metra Electric District, milepost 24.95 (operator's description)
Flossmoor, Illinois, United States
From a brewery on the Illinois Central main line
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Folkston, Georgia, United States
A second angle on the Folkston Funnel
CSX Transportation
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Folkston, Georgia, United States
Nearly every train in or out of Florida passes this point
Canadian National — Waukesha Subdivision, milepost 156.1, between Valley and Thornton (operator's description)
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States
Nearly a year on air from a Wisconsin sports bar
Network Rail — West Coastway line, Ford station
Ford, West Sussex, United Kingdom
The West Coastway line at Ford, from Gaugemaster's window
BNSF Railway; Amtrak
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Fort Madison, Iowa, United States
The Southern Transcon crosses the Mississippi on a swing bridge
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Tower 55 — one of the busiest rail intersections in America
Norfolk Southern (former Nickel Plate main) crossing CSX (former Baltimore & Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio Toledo Line) — the Iron Triangle
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Fostoria, Ohio, United States
Over 80 freights a day where Norfolk Southern and CSX form the Iron Triangle
JR East — Chūō Main Line, between Kasugaichō and Isawa-Onsen
Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan
The Chūō Main Line towards Kōfu and Matsumoto
JR East — Chūō Main Line, between Kasugaichō and Isawa-Onsen
Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan
The Chūō Main Line towards Hachiōji and Shinjuku
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Fullerton, California, United States
Freight, Amtrak and Metrolink stacked on one Southern California platform
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Galesburg, Illinois, United States
BNSF’s Galesburg hub, 90+ trains a day
CPKC — Chicago Subdivision, milepost 59.65; Canadian National — Freeport Subdivision, milepost 61.4, crossing above
Genoa, Illinois, United States
CPKC below, Canadian National on the bridge above, from an old Milwaukee Road depot
Union Pacific — Brooklyn Subdivision (Willamette Valley, Portland–Eugene)
Gervais, Oregon, United States
Union Pacific's Willamette Valley main, with the Coast Starlight passing
CSX — Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision (former Baltimore & Ohio / Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, 1850–51)
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Glendale, Ohio, United States
A 24-hour quiet zone on an 1850s Baltimore & Ohio main line
Union Pacific — Moffat Tunnel Subdivision, milepost 75.7
Granby, Colorado, United States
On the Moffat Tunnel route through the Rockies
BNSF Railway — Hinckley Subdivision, milepost 102.5 (Hinckley to Northtown Yard); Union Pacific and CPKC on trackage rights, Duluth–St Paul
Grandy, Minnesota, United States
Three railroads on one Minnesota line, at milepost 102.5
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Grateley, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Grateley sur la West of England Main Line, en acces gratuit sur inscription
Union Pacific — Greeley Subdivision (Denver–Cheyenne), milepost 51.6
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Greeley, Colorado, United States
Front Range freight outside a model railroad museum, and Big Boy once a year
Canadian National — Fox River Subdivision, milepost 242.9; Fox Valley & Lake Superior (FOXY) locals
Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States
The former Chicago & North Western depot, now a restaurant with a camera
Norfolk Southern — Harrisburg Division, Lurgan Branch (Lees Cross Roads, PA to Hagerstown, MD)
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
A 1909 station six miles north of the Mason–Dixon line
Spa Valley Railway — Groombridge station
Groombridge, East Sussex, United Kingdom
The Sussex end of the Spa Valley Railway
Junction of Ferroeste and the Malha Sul, on the route to the port of Paranaguá (operator's description)
Guarapuava, Paraná, Brazil
The junction that funnels western Paraná down to the port of Paranaguá
JR East and JR Central conventional lines and Shinkansen, plus the Yurikamome and the Tokyo Monorail, at Hamamatsuchō (operator's description)
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
JR, Shinkansen, Yurikamome and the Tokyo Monorail in one frame
East Lancashire Railway — Heywood station, fixed camera looking towards Bury
Heywood, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
The eastern outpost of the East Lancashire Railway
Norfolk Southern
Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States
The 1854 curve that carried the Pennsylvania Railroad over the Alleghenies
Bluebell Railway — Horsted Keynes station, north end of the platforms
Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, United Kingdom
The north end of the Bluebell's four-platform junction station
Settle and Carlisle line (Network Rail) — Heidelberg Materials quarry siding at Horton-in-Ribblesdale
Horton-in-Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
The new stone siding on the Settle and Carlisle line
Network Rail — Settle and Carlisle line, Horton-in-Ribblesdale
Horton-in-Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
A station on the Settle and Carlisle
Illinois Railway Museum demonstration railroad — five-mile main line on the former Elgin & Belvidere Electric Railway right-of-way
Union, Illinois, United States
An 1891 EJ&E interlocking tower still working, watching IRM's depot tracks
Ontario Southland Railway at Ingersoll (operator's own label: "OSR CAM")
Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
A short line in south-western Ontario
Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil — Japeri station, Baixada Fluminense, at the foot of the Serra do Mar (operator's description)
Japeri, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
At the foot of the Serra do Mar, where Rio meets the interior
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Jesup, Georgia, United States
A fixed north view in south Georgia
Reading & Northern Railroad main line at Jim Thorpe (former Central Railroad of New Jersey), worked by the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, United States
The Reading & Northern's own camera on the 1888 CNJ station at Jim Thorpe
Norfolk Southern — Pittsburgh Line (former Pennsylvania Railroad main line), milepost 275
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Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States
Milepost 275 on the old Pennsylvania Railroad main, about 40 trains a day
Norfolk Southern — Knoxville East District (the A-Line), former Southern Railway main line Lynchburg–Chattanooga via Bristol
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Jonesborough, Tennessee, United States
A relocated 19th-century depot on the old Southern Railway A-Line
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Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Two cameras on the flyover parade past Kansas City Union Station
Union Pacific — Kearney Subdivision (Overland Route / original Transcontinental Railroad), milepost 188.8
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Kearney, Nebraska, United States
Three main tracks of the Overland Route, up to 80 trains a day
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway — Killington Lane station (1 ft 11 1/2 in narrow gauge)
Parracombe, Devon, United Kingdom
The solar-powered camera at the end of the rebuilt line
Bluebell Railway — Kingscote station, northern loop junction
Kingscote, West Sussex, United Kingdom
The northern loop junction from the Kingscote signal box
Bluebell Railway — Kingscote station, north end of the platforms
Kingscote, West Sussex, United Kingdom
The Bluebell's reopened Sussex wayside station
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Lafayette, Indiana, United States
NS, CSX and the tri-weekly Cardinal crossing at Lafayette
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La Grange, Kentucky, United States
Street running down the middle of La Grange
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Landgraff, West Virginia, United States
Pocahontas coal country, 30–40 trains a day on the curve
BNSF Railway — Marceline Subdivision, milepost 312.7 (Southern Transcon, former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe)
La Plata, Missouri, United States
Three cameras on the Santa Fe Transcon, 50 to 70 trains a day
Union Pacific — Laramie Subdivision (Overland Route), milepost 565.4, west slope of Sherman Hill
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Laramie, Wyoming, United States
The west slope of Sherman Hill, from a depot museum platform
BNSF Railway — Hobson Yard, junction of the Ravenna, Saint Joseph, Creston and Hastings Subdivisions; Union Pacific on trackage rights
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Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Four subdivisions and two Class I railroads converge on Hobson Yard
Union Pacific — Geneva Subdivision, milepost 20.4 (operator's description)
Lombard, Illinois, United States
Union Pacific West Line, from Otto's Tavern
Union Pacific — Mineola and Little Rock Subdivisions, milepost 89.6
Longview, Texas, United States
Where two Union Pacific subdivisions meet
Lužná u Rakovníka station
Lužná u Rakovníka, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic
More than three years on air without a break
Dean Forest Railway — Lydney Junction, alongside the main line
Lydney, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Where the Dean Forest Railway meets the main line
Dean Forest Railway — Lydney Junction
Lydney, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
The wide view over Lydney Junction
BNSF Railway — Chicago–Galesburg main line
Mendota, Illinois, United States
Six Amtrak calls a day at a depot museum on BNSF's Chicago–Galesburg main
ProRail — Zuidwestboog Meteren, new freight connection between the Betuweroute and the southern lines
Meteren, Gelderland, Netherlands
ProRail building a new freight link off the Betuweroute
ProRail — Zuidwestboog Meteren, new freight connection between the Betuweroute and the southern lines
Meteren, Gelderland, Netherlands
The second angle on the Meteren freight link works
The Left and Right Rhine railway lines through the Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Hirzenach (Boppard), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Both banks of the Rhine, seven kilometres from the Lorelei
West Somerset Railway — Seaward Crossing, Minehead
Minehead, Somerset, United Kingdom
The level crossing on the approach to Minehead
West Somerset Railway — Minehead terminus
Minehead, Somerset, United Kingdom
The terminus of England's longest heritage railway
JR East — Sōbu Line, at Motoyawata
Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
The Sōbu Line straight down the middle of Motoyawata
JR East — Sōbu Line, at Motoyawata
Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
The same cutting from the other side, tracks in the foreground
CSX — Indianapolis Line (former New York Central "Big Four"); Norfolk Southern — Frankfort District and New Castle District (former Nickel Plate Road)
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Muncie, Indiana, United States
Three routes, two Class I railroads, and three former railroad companies
JR East — Uetsu Main Line, Nakajō station
Tainai, Niigata, Japan
A quiet Uetsu Main Line station where railfans log the freights by number
Union Pacific — Austin Subdivision, milepost 227.43; BNSF Railway on trackage rights
New Braunfels, Texas, United States
The Texas Eagle at a historic railroad museum, 30 mph both ways
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Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Les trois cameras de Railcam a Newbury, sur la Berks & Hants du GWR
Network Rail — East Coast Main Line, north-east approach to Newcastle Central
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
The approach to Newcastle Central
Amtrak — Northeast Corridor at New London
New London, Connecticut, United States
The Northeast Corridor beside the Thames river
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New York, New York, United States
LIRR main line and the elevated subway in one Queens frame
Epping Ongar Railway — North Weald station
North Weald, Essex, United Kingdom
The Ongar end of the Central Line lost country branch
Epping Ongar Railway — North Weald station
North Weald, Essex, United Kingdom
Both platform faces at North Weald
Epping Ongar Railway — North Weald station
North Weald, Essex, United Kingdom
The west end of the North Weald platforms
CPKC — Watertown Subdivision, milepost 117.95 (Milwaukee–Portage)
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, United States
Main Street crossing on the Empire Builder's route through Wisconsin
BNSF Railway — Seattle Subdivision, milepost 32.2 (Vancouver BC–Vancouver WA corridor); Union Pacific on trackage rights Portland–Tacoma
Lacey, Washington, United States
A volunteer-staffed Amtrak station on the Seattle–Portland corridor
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Where O-Train Lines 1 and 2 meet
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ottawa’s O-Train light rail at Cyrville
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Pacific, Missouri, United States
UP and BNSF running side by side at Pacific
BNSF Railway — St. Joseph Subdivision (Murray Yard, MO – Lincoln, NE), milepost 9.660
Parkville, Missouri, United States
BNSF freight above the Missouri River at Parkville, hosted by VFW Post 7356
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Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Les quatre cameras de Railcam a Peterborough, sur l'East Coast Main Line
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Plant City, Florida, United States
A Florida railfan platform town, busier after dark
Ffestiniog Railway (Festiniog Railway Company) — 1 ft 11½ in / 597 mm narrow gauge
Porthmadog, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
Four cameras on the world's oldest narrow gauge railway
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Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Portsmouth vu par Railcam
Praha hlavní nádraží — Czech Railways
Prague, Czech Republic
Trains from all over Europe under the roof of Prague main station
BNSF Railway — Aurora Subdivision, milepost 239.6, La Crosse–Chicago/Galesburg (operator's description)
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, United States
The Mississippi river line, from an old inn
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Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Preston sur la West Coast Main Line, vu par Railcam
CSX Transportation — CE&D Subdivision (former C&EI); Norfolk Southern — Southern East District (former Southern Railway), Illinois Division
Princeton, Indiana, United States
CSX and Norfolk Southern freight past the historic Princeton depot
BNSF Railway — Chicago Division, Brookfield Subdivision, milepost 258.58
Quincy, Illinois, United States
BNSF freight and Amtrak at Quincy's Gem City depot
East Lancashire Railway — Ramsbottom station, north end looking towards Rawtenstall
Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
The Rawtenstall end of Ramsbottom station
East Lancashire Railway — Ramsbottom station, south end
Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Looking south down the Irwell valley from Ramsbottom
East Lancashire Railway — Ramsbottom station, south end looking north along the platforms
Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
The Ramsbottom platforms from the south end
East Lancashire Railway — Rawtenstall station, signal box camera looking north
Rawtenstall, Lancashire, United Kingdom
The northern terminus from the signal box
MBTA Commuter Rail — Haverhill Line, at Reading Depot
Reading, Massachusetts, United States
MBTA Haverhill Line trains at the historic Reading depot
BNSF Railway — Creston Subdivision (double main)
Red Oak, Iowa, United States
Double track and the California Zephyr, seen from a restored Burlington Northern depot
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Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
Heavy CPKC mountain freight, reportedly busiest in the small hours
Rhyl Miniature Railway, and the North Wales Main Line (Chester – Llandudno Junction)
Rhyl, Denbighshire, United Kingdom
A miniature railway on running days, the North Wales main line the rest of the time
Settle–Carlisle Line (Network Rail)
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Ribblehead, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Le viaduc de Ribblehead sur la Settle-Carlisle, en acces gratuit sur inscription
BNSF Railway — Lakeside Subdivision, milepost 64.9 (Spokane–Pasco), on the original Northern Pacific main line
Ritzville, Washington, United States
A pan-tilt-zoom camera at a 1909 Northern Pacific depot museum
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Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Norfolk Southern’s Roanoke, seen from the downtown Railwalk
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Rochelle, Illinois, United States
Virtual Railfan’s angle on the UP × BNSF diamond
BNSF / Union Pacific
Rochelle, Illinois, United States
Union Pacific and BNSF cross at one of the busiest diamonds in the Midwest, with an official trackside viewing platform.
BNSF Railway; Union Pacific
Rochelle, Illinois, United States
Where BNSF and Union Pacific cross at grade — on camera for over 20 years
Norfolk Southern; Amtrak
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Forty-eight stone arches across the Susquehanna
Ruislip Lido Railway — Willow Lawn Station
Ruislip, Greater London, United Kingdom
The lakeside halt on the Ruislip Lido Railway
Ruislip Lido Railway — Woody Bay Station
Ruislip, Greater London, United Kingdom
The main station of a miniature railway in a London suburb
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis — MacArthur Bridge approach; Union Pacific Lesperance Yard (operator's description)
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
The east view over Saint Louis
Network Rail — Royal Albert Bridge, Cornish Main Line over the River Tamar
Saltash, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Brunel's bridge over the Tamar, live
Union Pacific — Grant Tower Interlocking, junction of the Salt Lake, Lynndyl and Provo Subdivisions, with the UTA FrontRunner corridor (operator's description)
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
A fixed south view at Salt Lake City
Metrolink — Orange Subdivision (LOSSAN corridor)
San Juan Capistrano, California, United States
Pacific Surfliners and Metrolink through the historic 1894 Santa Fe depot, from Trevor's at the Tracks.
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San Luis Obispo, California, United States
The Coast Line’s mountain railroading at San Luis Obispo
Caltrain Peninsula Corridor at Santa Clara Tower — junction of the Peninsula Line (San Francisco) and the Mulford Line (Oakland)
Santa Clara, California, United States
The 1926 Harriman tower still watches the Peninsula–Mulford junction
Estrada de Ferro Araraquara trunk line (now part of EF-364), 421 km from Araraquara — worked by Rumo
Santa Fé do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil
The end of the 421 km Araraquara trunk line
Estrada de Ferro Araraquara trunk line (now part of EF-364) — worked by Rumo
Santa Fé do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil
The station building that became the town's culture museum
Estrada de Ferro Araraquara trunk line (now part of EF-364) — worked by Rumo
Santa Fé do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil
The third angle at Santa Fé do Sul
Barra Funda — Linha 8-Diamante (ViaMobilidade) and three further operators sharing the same view (operator's description)
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Four railway operators in a single frame, at Barra Funda
Genoa–Ventimiglia main line, and the line towards Piedmont, near Savona
Savona, Liguria, Italy
Italian passenger and freight on the Ligurian coast, in 4K
Network Rail — Cornish Main Line at Scorrier, near Redruth
Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom
The Cornish Main Line from a model railway shop
Seaton Tramway — 2 ft 9 in narrow-gauge electric tramway on part of the former Seaton Branch Line
Colyford, Devon, United Kingdom
Narrow-gauge electric trams in the Axe Valley
Seaton Tramway — 2 ft 9 in narrow-gauge electric tramway on part of the former Seaton Branch Line
Colyford, Devon, United Kingdom
Narrow-gauge electric trams in the Axe Valley
Seaton Tramway — 2 ft 9 in narrow-gauge electric tramway on part of the former Seaton Branch Line
Seaton, Devon, United Kingdom
Narrow-gauge electric trams in the Axe Valley
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Selma, North Carolina, United States
The north end of Selma’s historic rail junction
Settle–Carlisle Line (Network Rail)
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Settle, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Les cameras de Railcam sur la Settle-Carlisle, la plus scenique des grandes lignes britanniques
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Caldicot, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom
Les deux cameras de Rogiet, a l'entree du tunnel sous la Severn
CSX Indiana Subdivision (ex-B&O) & Louisville and Indiana Railroad (ex-PRR) — diamond crossing
Seymour, Indiana, United States
The downtown Seymour diamond, where CSX's Indiana Sub crosses the Louisville & Indiana Railroad.
Bluebell Railway — Sheffield Park to East Grinstead
Sheffield Park, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Both platforms of the Bluebell's southern terminus, live from the shed end
JR — Shin-Ōsaka station approaches (Tōkaidō/Sanyō Shinkansen and conventional lines)
Osaka, Osaka, Japan
The throat of Shin-Ōsaka, day and night
BNSF Railway — Scenic Subdivision (former Great Northern Railway main line over Stevens Pass)
Skykomish, Washington, United States
Stevens Pass railroading from the porch of the Cascadia Inn
Canadian National — Waukesha Subdivision, milepost 122.6 (former Wisconsin Central); Wisconsin & Southern Railroad (Watco) on trackage rights Waukesha–Slinger
Slinger, Wisconsin, United States
Where Wisconsin & Southern's orange meets Canadian National's main
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Buckfastleigh, Devon, United Kingdom
Buckfastleigh, terminus du South Devon Railway, en acces gratuit sur inscription
Amtrak Northeast Corridor / Metro-North — Danbury Branch junction at MP 41.3
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South Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
Acela at speed past an 1896 signal tower
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Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Hub City freight where NS and CSX cross the Piedmont
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Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
New England’s crossroads station at Springfield
BNSF Railway — Cuba Subdivision, milepost 236, at North Yard (former St. Louis–San Francisco "Frisco"); Thayer North, Cherokee and Ft Scott Subdivisions also radiate from here
Springfield, Missouri, United States
Thirty-five trains a day at the old Frisco yard, four routes fanning out
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Stevenson, Alabama, United States
CSX and Norfolk Southern converge at a classic Alabama depot town
BNSF Railway — Midway Subdivision (former Great Northern)
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
BNSF intermodal on the ex-Great Northern Midway Sub, at the Midway Express Car Wash in St. Paul.
Strasburg Rail Road
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Strasburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Steam at the platform, seen from J Tower
CPKC — C&M Subdivision, milepost 61.59, Milwaukee–Chicago/Bensenville (operator's description)
Sturtevant, Wisconsin, United States
On the Chicago–Milwaukee Hiawatha route
Swanage Railway — the former London & South Western Railway Wareham to Swanage branch
Swanage, Dorset, United Kingdom
The seaside terminus of the old LSWR Purbeck branch, live
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Tywyn, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
Les trois cameras du Talyllyn, premiere ligne patrimoniale preservee au monde
MRS Logística — São Paulo–Rio de Janeiro freight corridor through Taubaté (operator's description)
Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil
MRS consists winding through the town, between Brazil's two largest cities
Union Pacific — Mojave Subdivision, Tehachapi Pass, at the historic Tehachapi depot (operator's description)
Tehachapi, California, United States
The pass from the depot museum in Tehachapi itself
Union Pacific — Mojave Subdivision, Tehachapi Pass, at the Tehachapi Loop
Keene, California, United States
The Loop itself, live
Union Pacific — Mojave Subdivision, Tehachapi Pass, at West Cable
Tehachapi, California, United States
The Cable cam, high on the pass
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Teignmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
Teignmouth sur le mur de mer du South Devon, vu par Railcam
Union Pacific — Little Rock Subdivision (former Missouri Pacific double main) in front, Pine Bluff Subdivision (former Cotton Belt main and siding) behind; BNSF via trackage rights, CPKC connection via the Texas Northeastern Railroad
Texarkana, Arkansas, United States
Two Union Pacific subdivisions from a 1940 Santa Fe lounge car
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Thankerton, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Les deux cameras de Thankerton sur la West Coast Main Line ecossaise
Norfolk Southern Danville District, Piedmont Division (former Southern Railway main line, Washington D.C. – Atlanta)
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Thomasville, North Carolina, United States
Thirty-five trains a day past an 1871 Southern Railway depot
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Todmorden, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Todmorden dans la vallee de Calder, en acces gratuit sur inscription
JR East — Tokyo Shinkansen Vehicle Center, Kita-ku (the operator's own description)
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
JR East's Shinkansen depot, seen from a publisher's window at Tabata
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
Union Pacific’s Sunset Route through the Tucson yard and depot
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
Sun Link streetcars on North 4th Avenue
Spa Valley Railway — Tunbridge Wells West
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
The Spa Valley Railway's northern terminus
Deventer–Apeldoorn route, part of the Bentheim line towards Bad Bentheim (operator's description)
Twello, Gelderland, Netherlands
A half-barrier crossing on the old Bentheim line
Illinois Railway Museum
Union, Illinois, United States
The north end of Barn 9
Illinois Railway Museum
Union, Illinois, United States
The south-east corner of Barn 9
Illinois Railway Museum — car line junction
Union, Illinois, United States
Where the museum's running lines meet
Illinois Railway Museum
Union, Illinois, United States
Inside the diesel shop at America's largest railway museum
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Uphall, West Lothian, United Kingdom
Uphall, West Lothian, en acces gratuit sur inscription
Nene Valley Railway — Wansford station
Wansford, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
The operating heart of the Nene Valley Railway
Amtrak Northeast Corridor (including Acela), MARC commuter rail and WMATA Red Line — the four services the operator names
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Acela, MARC and the Metro Red Line on one embankment, the Capitol dome behind
West Somerset Railway — Watchet station
Watchet, Somerset, United Kingdom
The harbour station at Watchet, from the visitor centre
West Somerset Railway — Watchet station
Watchet, Somerset, United Kingdom
The second Watchet view from the visitor centre
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Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Les deux cameras de Watford Junction sur la West Coast Main Line
Canadian National — Waukesha Subdivision, milepost 97.8 (the operator's own wording)
Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States
A Wisconsin main line from a builder's yard
Canadian National — Neenah Subdivision (former Wisconsin Central Railway, later Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie / Soo Line)
Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States
Two cameras on a 1907 sandstone depot, 25-30 CN freights a day
CPKC — Watertown Subdivision, milepost 90.6
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
The Empire Builder and the Borealis at a landmark crossing outside Milwaukee
CSX — Jesup, Fitzgerald and Thomasville Subdivisions meeting at the Waycross diamond (former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)
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Waycross, Georgia, United States
Three CSX subdivisions cross on one diamond, on two PTZ cameras
Union Pacific — Glidden Subdivision, milepost 98.9
Weimar, Texas, United States
Milepost 98.9 on the Glidden Subdivision
Mass Coastal Railroad — Cape Cod line at West Barnstable
West Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Cape Cod railroading, sponsored by the local NRHS chapter
Mass Coastal Railroad — Cape Cod line at West Barnstable
West Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
The south-facing half of the Cape Cod NRHS pair
Norfolk Southern Chicago Line MP 507.07, CSX Barr Subdivision MP 5.16 and Canadian National Lakefront Subdivision MP 4.36 — the three lines the operator names
Whiting, Indiana, United States
Refinery country on the Chicago approaches
West Somerset Railway — Williton station
Williton, Somerset, United Kingdom
The passing loop and signal box at Williton
West Somerset Railway — Williton station
Williton, Somerset, United Kingdom
The second angle on Williton's passing loop
Midland Main Line — the former North Midland Railway, Derby to Leeds
Wingfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
The world's oldest completely original station building, still beside the main line
BNSF Railway — Seattle Subdivision, milepost 71.4 (Seattle–Portland corridor); Union Pacific traffic also present
Winlock, Washington, United States
Fifty to sixty freights a day on the Seattle–Portland main
CPKC main line at Wisconsin Dells (former Milwaukee Road); Amtrak Empire Builder and Borealis call at the town station
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, United States
The CPKC main seen from a heritage railway's own ground
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway — narrow gauge, Woody Bay to Killington Lane
Woody Bay, Devon, United Kingdom
Victorian narrow gauge at the highest station in southern England
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway — Woody Bay station (1 ft 11 1/2 in narrow gauge)
Woody Bay, Devon, United Kingdom
The second view of the highest station in southern England
Norfolk Southern — Sandusky District
Worthington, Ohio, United States
Norfolk Southern's Sandusky District from the fourth-oldest railway museum in America
Network Rail — East Coast Main Line at York, viewed from the York Rail Operating Centre
York, England, United Kingdom
The East Coast Main Line at York, from the Rail Operating Centre
Zandvoort aan Zee branch, from Haarlem
Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands
Twenty months on air at the seaside terminus
Zandvoort aan Zee branch, from Haarlem
Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands
The fixed second camera at Zandvoort
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