Deshler, Ohio — CSX Crossroads Diamond
Upwards of 50 CSX trains a day over a former B&O diamond
Deshler, Ohio — CSX Crossroads Diamond
CSX — Toledo Subdivision crossing the Garrett and Willard Subdivisions (former Baltimore & Ohio) · Deshler, Ohio, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 41.20616, -83.90241
- Location
- Deshler, Ohio, United States
- Railroad
CSX — Toledo
≈ MP 164.7 on the Toledo — derived from FRA grade crossing 155754S, 40 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
2reported to the FRA
Daytime
1
6 AM – 6 PM
Nighttime
1
6 PM – 6 AM
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 155754S, at this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 2 to 6.
- Track at the crossing
- 2 main tracks · 50 mph timetable speed
What the stream’s operator says
"These cameras showcase upwards of 50 daily CSX freight trains" — Virtual Railfan stream description
Traffic as described by the stream’s operator. Spotatrain has not counted the trains itself.
Train types
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 cameras at Deshler Crossroads Park cover the CSX diamond where the Toledo Subdivision crosses the Garrett and Willard Subdivisions. The operator counts upwards of 50 CSX freights a day over this former Baltimore & Ohio crossroads, with the old interlocking tower still standing in frame.
Virtual Railfan's Deshler cameras stand in Deshler Crossroads Park, looking at the diamond where CSX's Toledo Subdivision — running Cincinnati to Detroit by way of Toledo — crosses the Garrett and Willard Subdivisions, which carry the Baltimore to Chicago traffic via Pittsburgh. This is a former Baltimore & Ohio crossroads, and the former interlocking control tower is still there in the shot.
Two cameras are published, both free. The fixed camera holds the junction itself; the pan-tilt-zoom camera looks south towards Lima and moves when an operator is available.
The operator counts upwards of 50 CSX freight trains a day here, intermodal and manifest, which makes Deshler one of the busiest single points on the CSX system that a member of the public can stand next to. Four dispatcher channels are monitored, and a Broadcastify radio feed is published separately.
What to watch for
Diamonds are the best thing a railfan camera can point at, because you get crossings, waits and signal changes rather than a single line of trains. Here it is CSX against CSX: the Toledo Sub on one axis, the Garrett and Willard Subs on the other. Listen for the LA desk dispatcher on 160.290 (AAR 12) for Toledo Sub moves, the RM dispatcher on 161.370 (AAR 84) for the Garrett Sub and the IP dispatcher on 161.520 (AAR 94) for the Willard Sub — three different voices telling you which way the next train is coming from. The former B&O interlocking tower beside the diamond is the historical anchor of the whole scene.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Crossing diamond
- Traffic
- Freight
- 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 10, 2026
Filmed location
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