Chicago (Mount Carmel)
Metra, South Shore Line, Amtrak and CN under catenary in Chicago
Chicago (Mount Carmel)
Canadian National, Metra, South Shore Line and Amtrak · Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 41.77866, -87.59041
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Railroad
CN, Amtrak — Chicago
≈ MP 8.0 on the Chicago — derived from FRA grade crossing 289525U, 40 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
What the stream’s operator says
"Approx 80+ trains per day" — RailStream, page de la camera
Traffic as described by the stream’s operator. Spotatrain has not counted the trains itself.
Train types
Passenger trains past this camera
- Train 58, to ChicagoDaily · changed Nov 1≈ 8:52 AMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 14 km
- Train 59, to New OrleansDaily≈ 8:22 PMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 14 km
- Train 393, to CarbondaleDaily≈ 4:20 PMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 14 km
- Train 392, to ChicagoDaily≈ 9:27 PMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 14 km
- Train 391, to CarbondaleDaily≈ 8:29 AMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 14 km
- Train 390, to ChicagoDaily≈ 12:42 PMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 14 km
Scheduled times from Amtrak’s official timetable, updated November 1, 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
RailStream's free Mount Carmel railcam, hosted by Mount Carmel High School on Chicago's South Side, looks over the electrified main line shared by Metra, the South Shore Line, Amtrak and Canadian National. RailStream announces approximately 80+ trains a day.
The Mount Carmel railcam is one of RailStream's complimentary cameras, free to watch with ads and no login. RailStream runs it "in partnership with Mount Carmel High School" and lists four railroads on the view: Canadian National, Metra, the South Shore Line and Amtrak, with "approx 80+ trains per day" — the busiest figure among RailStream's free cameras.
RailStream's own line for it is "Electrified! Watch Metra, South Shore Line, Amtrak, and CN." The camera looks down on a multi-track main line strung with overhead catenary on steel gantries, with a station's platforms and shelters in the background.
What to watch for
Electric Metra and South Shore Line trains under the catenary, Amtrak passenger trains and Canadian National freight on the same corridor — RailStream counts "approx 80+ trains per day". The view takes in several main tracks, the overhead wire gantries and a station platform with its shelters.
The camera
- Stream
- HLS stream
- Filming
- Junction
- Traffic
- Freight & passenger
- Sound
- Live lineside audio — horns and engines
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Camera movement
- Fixed view
- Feed checked
- September 17, 2026
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