Covington, Kentucky — CSX Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision
A mile south of the Ohio River, where CSX freight meets the Cardinal
Covington, Kentucky — CSX Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision
CSX — Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision, milepost 662.8 · Covington, Kentucky, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 39.07487, -84.50985
- Location
- Covington, Kentucky, United States
- Railroad
CSX — Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision (Cincinnati Term)
≈ MP 662.8 on the Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision (Cincinnati Term) — derived from FRA grade crossing 229471C, 120 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
28reported to the FRA
Daytime
13
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 55 min
Nighttime
15
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 48 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 353270Y, 830 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 12 to 28.
- Track at the crossing
- 2 main tracks · 30 mph timetable speed
Train types
Passenger trains past this camera
- Train 51, to ChicagoMon, Thu and Sat≈ 2:06 AMestimated from Cincinnati Union Terminal, 5.3 km
- Train 50, to New YorkWed, Fri and Sun≈ 3:41 AMestimated from Cincinnati Union Terminal, 5.3 km
Scheduled times from Amtrak’s official timetable, updated September 24, 2026 — trains often run late. Estimated times are worked out along the line from the nearest scheduled stop.
On the line here
FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · bridge inventory Oct 14, 2022 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)
About this cam
Virtual Railfan's Covington cameras sit on the CSX Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision at milepost 662.8, just over a mile south of the Ohio River and the Cincinnati skyline. This is the Kentucky approach to one of CSX's major terminal areas, so the traffic is a mixture of road freight running through and terminal movements working in and out.
The operator names what to expect: CSX freight in the form of manifests, coal and steel trains, plus Amtrak's Cardinal — the Chicago to Washington, DC train that runs three times a week and passes here overnight in both directions.
Two views are published: a fixed camera facing north, free and carrying the public chat, and a fixed camera facing south reserved for Virtual Railfan members. The host is Skaats Precision Motorsports, which has carried the installation since 8 August 2023.
What to watch for
Four dispatcher channels are monitored on this stream, which tells you how much converges here: CSX Road on 160.230 (AAR 14), the LC dispatcher for the Cincinnati Terminal Sub on 161.100 (AAR 66), the LB dispatcher for the Indianapolis and Indiana Subs on 160.320 (AAR 18), and the LA dispatcher for the Toledo and Middletown Subs on 160.290 (AAR 16). Coal and steel trains are the local speciality — this is Ohio Valley industrial territory. The Cardinal is the prize: three round trips a week, overnight, so catching it means watching at the right hour. The Cincinnati skyline stands behind the line to the north.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Traffic
- Freight & passenger
- Sound
- Live lineside audio — horns and engines
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Cameras
- 2 cameras at this location
- Camera movement
- Fixed view
- Feed checked
- August 6, 2026
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