Lexington, North Carolina — MP 318.0 Crossing
Trackside at MP 318.0 on the NCRR Danville District through Lexington
Lexington, North Carolina — MP 318.0 Crossing
Norfolk Southern (NCRR Danville District) · Lexington, North Carolina, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 35.80844, -80.26897
- Location
- Lexington, North Carolina, United States
- Railroad
Norfolk Southern — Danville District (MP 318.0)
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
31reported to the FRA
Daytime
18
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 40 min
Nighttime
13
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 55 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 722303D, at this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 30 to 31.
- Track at the crossing
- 2 main tracks · 79 mph timetable speed
Train types
Passenger trains past this camera
- Train 80, to New YorkDaily≈ 7:43 AMestimated from Salisbury, 25 km
- Train 79, to CharlotteDaily · changed Nov 8–14≈ 7:49 PMestimated from Salisbury, 25 km
- Train 19, to New OrleansDaily · changed Nov 8≈ 1:09 AMestimated from Salisbury, 25 km
- Train 20, to New YorkDaily · changed Nov 8≈ 6:37 AMestimated from Salisbury, 25 km
- Train 71, to CharlotteDaily8 – 9 AMrough estimate: no stop within 50 km
- Train 72, to RaleighDaily≈ 11:21 AMestimated from Salisbury, 25 km
- Train 73, to CharlotteDaily · changed Nov 8≈ 12:09 PMestimated from Salisbury, 25 km
- Train 75, to CharlotteDaily≈ 2:55 PMestimated from Salisbury, 25 km
- Train 74, to RaleighDaily≈ 3:16 PMestimated from Salisbury, 25 km
- Train 77, to CharlotteDaily≈ 5:25 PMestimated from Salisbury, 25 km
- Train 76, to RaleighDaily · changed Nov 85 – 6 PMrough estimate: no stop within 50 km
- Train 78, to RaleighDaily≈ 8:37 PMestimated from Salisbury, 25 km
Tap a train for its times.
Scheduled times from Amtrak’s official timetable, updated November 8, 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 quiet residential grade crossing at MP 318.0 on the North Carolina Railroad's Danville District through Lexington, NC, operated by Norfolk Southern.
This camera watches a grade crossing at mile marker 318.0 on the North Carolina Railroad's Danville District through Lexington, North Carolina — the same corridor Lexington's own Amtrak station sits on, a few blocks away.
The line is operated by Norfolk Southern under lease from the NCRR, and also carries Amtrak's Piedmont and Carolinian trains between Charlotte and points north, even though Lexington's station itself only reopens to passengers once a year, during the Lexington Barbecue Festival in October.
The operator, Railfan Restoration, also runs a companion camera in nearby Thomasville and keeps a public train log that viewers can contribute to.
What to watch for
Norfolk Southern freight movements and Amtrak's Piedmont/Carolinian passenger trains passing MP 318.0 on the NCRR's Danville District, at a quiet residential grade crossing in Lexington, NC.
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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