Union, Illinois — Railway Museum, Diesel Shop West
Inside the diesel shop at America's largest railway museum
Union, Illinois — Railway Museum, Diesel Shop West
Illinois Railway Museum · Union, Illinois, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 42.22845, -88.52443
- Location
- Union, Illinois, United States
- Railroad
Illinois Railway Museum
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Train types
On the line here
FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)
About this cam
The Illinois Railway Museum's own camera looking west in the diesel shop at Union, Illinois.
What to watch for
Restoration and shop movements at the largest railway museum in the United States.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Railway museum
- Traffic
- Heritage
- Sound
- Live lineside audio — horns and engines
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Camera movement
- Fixed view
- Feed checked
- September 3, 2026
Filmed location
The place this camera films is documented on Spotatrain — traffic levels, best angles, and visiting info (Experience):
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