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Blue Island, Illinois — South Camera

LIVE Trains' south-facing view over the Blue Island rail junction

Blue Island, Illinois — South Camera

Blue Island, Illinois, United States

This operator has not granted Spotatrain permission to embed the feed, so we link to it instead.

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Where this camera films

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Camera position: 41.64983, -87.68688

Location
Blue Island, Illinois, United States

Weather & light at the camera

Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.

Trains on this camera

On the line here

Nearest grade crossingBroadway StreetCSX New Rock, MP 16.18 · FRA ID 283162H · public crossing · 1 main track · timetable speed 10 mph · horns sounded here
< 50 m
Nearest named bridgeCalumet Sag ChannelCSX MP 15 · steel through truss · multiple tracks
260 m
Yards nearby
Burr Oak · NIRC1.8 km
Burr Oak · CRL2.0 km
Blue Island · IHB3.2 km

FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · bridge inventory Oct 14, 2022 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)

About this cam

LIVE Trains' South Camera looks across a multi-track corridor at Blue Island, Illinois, in the freight-dense switching district south of Chicago, alongside a companion PTZ camera at the same location.

LIVE Trains runs two cameras at Blue Island, Illinois: this fixed South Camera and a separate PTZ unit. The view shows a multi-track corridor with an elevated road/rail bridge in the background, in the Blue Island rail district south of Chicago.

The operator's own description for this stream does not detail the railroads or traffic specific to this camera. Spotatrain's linked Blue Island Junction spot, a short distance away, describes the area as one of the busiest switching districts south of Chicago, with CSX, Indiana Harbor Belt, Canadian National, Iowa Interstate and Metra all present — background worth knowing, though not confirmed here at the camera's own vantage point.

What to watch for

This fixed view faces south across the tracks; the operator's description names no specific railroad for this camera. Spotatrain's nearby Blue Island Junction spot records CSX, Indiana Harbor Belt, Canadian National, Iowa Interstate and Metra traffic in the same district — a useful reference for what regularly passes through the area, distinct from what this particular feed has confirmed.

The camera

Stream
YouTube live stream
Filming
Classification yard
Sound
Live lineside audio — horns and engines
Hours
Streams around the clock, 24/7
Cameras
2 cameras at this location
Camera movement
Fixed view
Feed checked
September 24, 2026

Filmed location

The place this camera films is documented on Spotatrain — traffic levels, best angles, and visiting info (Spot):

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