Houston, Texas — Sampson Street, North Camera
The north-facing camera in LIVE Trains' Sampson Street cluster, Houston
Houston, Texas — Sampson Street, North Camera
Union Pacific -- Houston West Belt Subdivision, Sampson Street grade crossing · Houston, Texas, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 29.74560, -95.34410
- Location
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Railroad
Union Pacific — Houston West Belt Sub
≈ MP 234.4 on the Houston West Belt Sub — derived from FRA grade crossing 288229E, 50 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
20reported to the FRA
Daytime
10
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 72 min
Nighttime
10
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 72 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 288229E, at this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 1 to 36.
- Track at the crossing
- 3 main tracks · 20 mph timetable speed
What the stream’s operator says
"You will see BNSF, KCS, UP with an average of 20-30 Trains a Day!" -- operator description
Traffic as described by the stream’s operator. Spotatrain has not counted the trains itself.
Train types
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' north-facing camera on Union Pacific's Houston West Belt Subdivision at the Sampson Street crossing in Houston's East End, alongside the published South and East cameras at the same location.
This camera looks north along Union Pacific's Houston West Belt Subdivision from the Sampson Street crossing in Houston's East End, one of three LIVE Trains cameras (North, South, East) clustered at this crossing. The operator reports BNSF, Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific freight averaging 20-30 trains a day, with downtown Houston visible in the distance.
The stream has run continuously since January 2023.
What to watch for
BNSF, Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific freight on the Houston West Belt Subdivision (operator claims 20-30 trains a day); downtown Houston skyline in the distance.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Junction
- Traffic
- Freight
- Sound
- Live lineside audio — horns and engines
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Camera movement
- Fixed view
- Feed checked
- September 21, 2026
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