Houston, Texas — Tower 26
A pan-and-zoom camera at Houston's Tower 26
Houston, Texas — Tower 26
Union Pacific — Houston terminal, Tower 26 (operator's description) · Houston, Texas, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 29.77508, -95.34570
- Location
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Railroad
Union Pacific — Houston Sub
≈ MP 360.6 on the Houston Sub — derived from FRA grade crossing 758284D, 20 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
40reported to the FRA
Daytime
20
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 36 min
Nighttime
20
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 36 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 758284D, at this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 6 to 40.
- Track at the crossing
- 4 main tracks · 30 mph timetable speed
Train types
Passenger trains past this camera
- Train 2, to New OrleansMon, Thu and Sat≈ 12:12 PMestimated from Houston, 2.1 km
- Train 1, to Los AngelesMon, Wed and Sat≈ 6:16 PMestimated from Houston, 2.1 km
Scheduled times from Amtrak’s official timetable, updated October 25, 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
LIVE Trains' pan-tilt-zoom camera at Tower 26 in Houston, Texas.
What to watch for
One of the busiest railway crossings in Texas, where several routes converge on Houston.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Crossing diamond
- Traffic
- Freight
- Sound
- Live lineside audio — horns and engines
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Camera movement
- Fixed view
- Feed checked
- September 9, 2026
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