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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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.
About this cam
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.