Huron, Ohio — Main Street Crossing
Norfolk Southern freight and overnight Amtrak on the Chicago Line at Main Street
Huron, Ohio — Main Street Crossing
Norfolk Southern Chicago Line · Huron, Ohio, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 41.38925, -82.55992
- Location
- Huron, Ohio, United States
- Railroad
Norfolk Southern — Chicago Line (MP 232.42)
- Best viewing times
- Overnight into early morning for Amtrak's Floridian and Lake Shore Limited, per the operator.
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
40reported to the FRA
Daytime
20
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 36 min
Nighttime
20
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 36 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 524056T, 50 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule.
- Track at the crossing
- 2 main tracks · 79 mph timetable speed
What the stream’s operator says
"Overnight/early morning Amtrak passenger service for the Floridian and Lake Shore Limited (4 trains) can be viewed per night, mixed in with a variety of freight trains."
Traffic as described by the stream’s operator. Spotatrain has not counted the trains itself.
Train types
Passenger trains past this camera
- Train 41, to MiamiDaily≈ 12:49 AMestimated from Sandusky Amtrak Station, 15 km
- Train 40, to ChicagoDaily≈ 3:53 AMestimated from Sandusky Amtrak Station, 15 km
- Train 448, to BostonDaily≈ 4:32 AMestimated from Sandusky Amtrak Station, 15 km
- Train 48, to New YorkDaily≈ 4:32 AMestimated from Sandusky Amtrak Station, 15 km
- Train 449, to ChicagoDaily≈ 5:00 AMestimated from Sandusky Amtrak Station, 15 km
- Train 49, to ChicagoDaily≈ 5:00 AMestimated from Sandusky Amtrak Station, 15 km
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
A trackside view of the Main Street grade crossing in Huron, Ohio, where Norfolk Southern's Chicago Line carries freight by day and Amtrak's Floridian and Lake Shore Limited overnight.
This camera watches the Main Street grade crossing (FRA crossing 524056T) in Huron, Ohio, at mile marker 232.42 on Norfolk Southern's Chicago Line.
According to the camera's operator, Main Street Railfan, the crossing sees a mix of Norfolk Southern freight traffic through the day and overnight Amtrak passenger service — the Floridian and the Lake Shore Limited — with about four Amtrak movements passing overnight and into the early morning.
The operator also runs a public train log that viewers can contribute to, and lists the Norfolk Southern dispatch and road radio frequencies used in the Toledo–Cleveland territory.
What to watch for
Norfolk Southern freight on the Chicago Line through the day, and overnight Amtrak passenger trains — the Floridian and the Lake Shore Limited, about four movements a night according to the operator — passing the Main Street crossing in Huron.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Grade crossing
- Traffic
- Freight & passenger
- Sound
- Live lineside audio — horns and engines
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Camera movement
- Fixed view
- Feed checked
- September 24, 2026
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