Greeley, Colorado — UP Greeley Subdivision
Front Range freight outside a model railroad museum, and Big Boy once a year
Greeley, Colorado — UP Greeley Subdivision
Union Pacific — Greeley Subdivision (Denver–Cheyenne), milepost 51.6 · Greeley, Colorado, United States
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Virtual Railfan's cameras sit outside the Colorado Model Railroad Museum in Greeley, looking at Union Pacific's Greeley Subdivision between Denver and Cheyenne. The operator counts about 12 daily freight trains at milepost 51.6, plus the annual visit of Big Boy 4014.
About this cam
Virtual Railfan's Greeley cameras are positioned outside the Colorado Model Railroad Museum, looking at Union Pacific's Greeley Subdivision — the freight corridor linking Denver with Cheyenne, Wyoming, along Colorado's Front Range. The operator places them at milepost 51.6. Traffic is modest by mainline standards and the operator is honest about it: about 12 daily freight trains, made up of manifests, a daily intermodal, a local, and occasional military moves. What lifts the location is the annual visit of Union Pacific 4014, the Big Boy, which passes on excursion. Two cameras are published: a fixed unit facing south, free with chat, and a pan-tilt-zoom camera for Virtual Railfan members. The stream monitors 160.410 MHz (AAR 20), the Union Pacific road channel for the Greeley Subdivision. The museum also runs a separate indoor stream of its model layout, which is a different feed on different hours — not this camera.
What to watch for
Twelve trains a day means patience, and the operator says so rather than overselling it. What you are waiting for is Union Pacific manifest and the one daily intermodal, with a local working during business hours and occasional military trains — an unusual category worth recognising. Once a year Big Boy 4014 comes through, which is the reason a lot of people bookmark this feed. The Front Range setting means the light changes dramatically through the day.