Oconomowoc, Wisconsin — CPKC Watertown Subdivision
Main Street crossing on the Empire Builder's route through Wisconsin
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin — CPKC Watertown Subdivision
CPKC — Watertown Subdivision, milepost 117.95 (Milwaukee–Portage) · Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 43.10975, -88.49919
- Location
- Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, United States
- Railroad
CPKC — Watertown
≈ MP 118.0 on the Watertown — derived from FRA grade crossing 390554C, 40 m away
- Best viewing times
- The operator publishes the passenger schedule: eastbound Empire Builder #8 in the 2pm hour and westbound #7 after 5pm; westbound Borealis #1333 around 1:15pm and eastbound #1340 just after 5pm.
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
21reported to the FRA
Daytime
10
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 72 min
Nighttime
11
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 65 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 390554C, at this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule.
- Track at the crossing
- 1 main track · 79 mph timetable speed
Train types
Passenger trains past this camera
- Train 1333, to St. PaulDaily1 – 2 PMrough estimate: no stop within 50 km
- Train 1340, to ChicagoDaily5 – 6 PMrough estimate: no stop within 50 km
- Train 28, to ChicagoDaily2 – 3 PMrough estimate: no stop within 50 km
- Train 8, to ChicagoDaily2 – 3 PMrough estimate: no stop within 50 km
- Train 27, to PortlandDaily5 – 6 PMrough estimate: no stop within 50 km
- Train 7, to SeattleDaily5 – 6 PMrough estimate: no stop within 50 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
Tavern League of Railfans runs this camera from the Thirsty Bird Saloon at 119 S Main Street in Oconomowoc, across from milepost 117.95 on the CPKC Watertown Subdivision.
The traffic is CPKC freight running between Milwaukee and Portage, Wisconsin, joined by two passenger services: Amtrak's daily Empire Builder and the Borealis. The operator publishes the schedule, which is unusually helpful for planning a watch — eastbound Empire Builder number 8 in the 2pm hour, westbound number 7 after 5pm; westbound Borealis number 1333 around 1:15pm, eastbound number 1340 just after 5pm.
The camera faces southwest. Trains moving left to right are westbound for Portage; right to left are eastbound for Milwaukee. A radio feed monitoring 161.370 (AAR 084) for the Watertown Sub is mixed into the stream, and the hotbox detectors at milepost 118.0 — just out of frame to the west — and milepost 123.0 are regularly heard.
What to watch for
The published passenger timetable is the reason to bookmark this one: four scheduled trains a day at known hours, on a street crossing in the middle of a Wisconsin town. Between them, CPKC freight works the Milwaukee to Portage corridor. The hotbox detector at milepost 118.0 is barely out of frame to the west, so you hear a train called out seconds before it appears. Left to right is westbound, right to left is eastbound.
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
- August 6, 2026
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