Fairport, New York — CSX Rochester Subdivision
A village-built viewing platform where two CSX subdivisions converge
Fairport, New York — CSX Rochester Subdivision
CSX — Rochester Subdivision and West Shore Subdivision (west camera at milepost 361.240) · Fairport, New York, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 43.10272, -77.44071
- Location
- Fairport, New York, United States
- Railroad
CSX — Rochester
≈ MP 361.2 on the Rochester — derived from FRA grade crossing 514570J, 120 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
22reported to the FRA
Daytime
12
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 60 min
Nighttime
10
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 72 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 514570J, 120 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 21 to 54.
- Track at the crossing
- 3 main tracks · 79 mph timetable speed
What the stream’s operator says
"where over 40 daily trains converge in this vibrant village" — Virtual Railfan stream description
Traffic as described by the stream’s operator. Spotatrain has not counted the trains itself.
Train types
Passenger trains past this camera
- Train 280, to New YorkDaily≈ 5:41 AMestimated from Rochester, 16 km
- Train 284, to New YorkDaily≈ 8:35 AMestimated from Rochester, 16 km
- Train 281, to Niagara FallsDaily≈ 5:18 PMestimated from Rochester, 16 km
- Train 283, to Niagara FallsDaily≈ 8:08 PMestimated from Rochester, 16 km
- Train 448, to BostonDaily≈ 10:16 AMestimated from Rochester, 16 km
- Train 48, to New YorkDaily≈ 10:16 AMestimated from Rochester, 16 km
- Train 449, to ChicagoDaily≈ 11:13 PMestimated from Rochester, 16 km
- Train 49, to ChicagoDaily≈ 11:13 PMestimated from Rochester, 16 km
- Train 64, to New YorkDaily≈ 1:34 PMestimated from Rochester, 16 km
- Train 63, to TorontoDaily≈ 2:06 PMestimated from Rochester, 16 km
Tap a train for its times.
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 cameras stand at the Fairport Train Viewing Platform, a facility built by the Village of Fairport on CSX's Rochester and West Shore Subdivisions. The operator counts over 40 daily trains: CSX freight, four Amtrak Empire Service trains, occasional Canadian National and the rare BNSF movement.
Virtual Railfan's Fairport cameras are mounted at the Fairport Train Viewing Platform, a purpose-built facility in this Erie Canal village east of Rochester. The tracks below are CSX's Rochester and West Shore Subdivisions, and the operator counts over 40 daily trains converging here.
The free public camera faces west towards Rochester at milepost 361.240; a second fixed camera faces east towards Syracuse and is reserved for Virtual Railfan members.
The traffic is mostly CSX freight, joined by four daily Amtrak Empire Service trains on the Chicago–New York corridor, occasional Canadian National trains, and rare BNSF movements — the sort of foreign power that makes a regular watcher sit up. The host is the Village of Fairport itself, which publishes visiting information for anyone who wants to stand on the platform rather than watch from a screen.
What to watch for
Over 40 trains a day makes this a busy sightline, and the mix is the appeal: CSX road freight all day, four Amtrak Empire Service trains in their Amfleet consists, and then the outliers — Canadian National power appearing occasionally and BNSF units rarely enough to be an event. Two defect detectors are audible on 160.800 (AAR 46), at East Rochester (QC364.1) and Pittsford (QW351.5), so you get advance warning from either direction. The platform sits in a historic Erie Canal village, and the canal itself is a short walk away.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Junction
- 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 10, 2026
Filmed location
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