Essex, Montana — LIVE Trains Railcam
Deep in the Montana Rockies
Essex, Montana — LIVE Trains Railcam
BNSF Railway — Hi-Line Subdivision, near Marias Pass (operator's description) · Essex, Montana, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 48.27779, -113.61314
- Location
- Essex, Montana, United States
- Railroad
BNSF — Hi-Line Subdivision
≈ MP 1169.0 on the Hi-Line Subdivision — derived from FRA grade crossing 099089H, 10 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
35reported to the FRA
Daytime
18
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 40 min
Nighttime
17
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 42 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 099089H, at this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 23 to 35.
- Track at the crossing
- 2 main tracks · 35 mph timetable speed
Train types
Passenger trains past this camera
- Train 28, to ChicagoDaily8:37 AMarrives Essex Amtrak, 300 m away
- Train 8, to ChicagoDaily8:37 AMarrives Essex Amtrak, 300 m away
- Train 27, to PortlandDaily8:44 PMdeparts Essex Amtrak, 300 m away
- Train 7, to SeattleDaily8:44 PMdeparts Essex Amtrak, 300 m away
Scheduled times from Amtrak’s official timetable, updated October 20, 2026 — trains often run late.
On the line here
FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · bridge inventory Oct 14, 2022 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)
About this cam
LIVE Trains' camera at Essex, Montana, high in the Rockies on the northern transcontinental route.
What to watch for
Heavy freight and helper operations in one of the remotest railway settings in the United States, on the southern edge of Glacier National Park.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Grade crossing
- Traffic
- Freight
- Sound
- Live lineside audio — horns and engines
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Camera movement
- Fixed view
- Feed checked
- September 5, 2026
Filmed location
The place this camera films is documented on Spotatrain — traffic levels, best angles, and visiting info (Spot):
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