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Genoa, Illinois — CPKC Chicago Subdivision

CPKC below, Canadian National on the bridge above, from an old Milwaukee Road depot

Genoa, Illinois — CPKC Chicago Subdivision

CPKC — Chicago Subdivision, milepost 59.65; Canadian National — Freeport Subdivision, milepost 61.4, crossing above · Genoa, Illinois, United States

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Where this camera films

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Camera position: 42.09810, -88.69999

Location
Genoa, Illinois, United States
Railroad

CPKC, CN — Chicago

≈ MP 59.6 on the Chicago — derived from FRA grade crossing 372289S, 90 m away

Weather & light at the camera

Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.

Trains on this camera

Through trains per day

5reported to the FRA

Daytime

2

6 AM – 6 PM

≈ 1 every 6 h

Nighttime

3

6 PM – 6 AM

≈ 1 every 4 h

Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 372289S, 90 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule.

Track at the crossing
1 main track · 40 mph timetable speed

Train types

Freight

On the line here

Nearest grade crossingGenoa RdDME Chicago, MP 59.65 · FRA ID 372289S · public crossing · 1 main track · timetable speed 40 mph · horns sounded here
90 m
Nearest named bridgeState Rte 72CN Freeport, MP 62 · steel deck girder · one track
250 m
Yards nearby
West · Union Pacific23 km
Rockford (CN) · CN38 km
Rockford (CPRS) · CPKC39 km

FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · bridge inventory Oct 14, 2022 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)

About this cam

Steel Highway Rail Cams watches the CPKC Chicago Subdivision at milepost 59.65 in Genoa, Illinois, from a camera mounted on the town's former Milwaukee Road depot. Canadian National's Freeport Subdivision crosses overhead at milepost 61.4, so two railroads are in frame at once.

Steel Highway Rail Cams runs this camera in Genoa, Illinois, on the CPKC Chicago Subdivision at milepost 59.65. What makes the view unusual is the second railroad: Canadian National's Freeport Subdivision crosses above the CPKC tracks at milepost 61.4, visible in the distance from the same frame.

The operator names the traffic on both: CPKC trains working between Bensenville, Illinois and Savanna, Illinois, and CN trains between Hawthorne, Illinois and Freeport, Illinois.

The host is the Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Society, and the operator states exactly where the camera sits: mounted on the former Milwaukee Road depot in Genoa, alongside a preserved Illinois Central caboose. Three radio channels are monitored — AAR 43 (160.755), AAR 65 (161.085) and AAR 72 (161.190) — and the society publishes a running Genoa train log as a public spreadsheet.

What to watch for

Two railroads, two levels. The CPKC Chicago Sub in the foreground carries the Bensenville to Savanna traffic — intermodal, manifest, and CPKC's red repaints mixed with legacy Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern power. Behind and above, a Canadian National train on the Freeport Sub crossing the bridge is the shot worth waiting for, and catching both at once is the local prize. The preserved Illinois Central caboose beside the depot dates the site: this was Milwaukee Road ground long before either current owner. The published train log tells you what has already run.

The camera

Stream
YouTube live stream
Filming
Historic depot
Traffic
Freight
Sound
Live lineside audio — horns and engines
Hours
Streams around the clock, 24/7
Camera movement
Fixed view
Feed checked
August 6, 2026
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