Northwood, Ohio — Vickers Crossing
Where NS's Chicago Line crosses CSX's Toledo Terminal at Vickers
Northwood, Ohio — Vickers Crossing
Norfolk Southern Chicago Line / CSX Toledo Terminal Subdivision — Vickers Crossing (Toledo Junction) · Northwood, Ohio, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 41.60968, -83.49313
- Location
- Northwood, Ohio, United States
- Railroad
Norfolk Southern, CSX — Norfolk Southern Chicago Line / CSX Toledo Terminal Subdivision
≈ MP 285 on the Norfolk Southern Chicago Line — derived from FRA grade crossing 960315C, 500 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
52reported to the FRA — Norfolk Southern Chicago Line only
More than one line meets here. This count covers the Norfolk Southern Chicago Line alone — each other line is counted separately below.
Daytime
26
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 28 min
Nighttime
26
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 28 min
Other lines here
- CSX Toledo Terminal Subdivision11 trains/day (FRA 851565P, 520 m)
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 960315C, 500 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 52 to 59.
- Track at the crossing
- 2 main tracks · 79 mph timetable speed
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
RailStream's pop-up camera at Vickers Crossing (Toledo Junction) in Northwood, Ohio, where Norfolk Southern's Chicago Line diamonds with CSX's former Toledo Terminal Railroad route. The operator calls it "one of the Toledo area's classic railfan hotspots."
RailStream's camera watches Vickers Crossing (also known as Toledo Junction) in Northwood, Ohio, a well-known railfan location just southeast of downtown Toledo. The operator's own description explains the history: "Historically, this was where the New York Central's busy Chicago–Buffalo mainline crossed the Toledo Terminal Railroad... The Toledo Terminal Railroad was built as a belt line around Toledo, helping connect the many railroads that served the city's industries, docks, yards, and interchange points."
Today, the former New York Central route is Norfolk Southern's Chicago Line, and the former Toledo Terminal route is operated by CSX. Spotatrain already publishes a spot at this exact location, "Vickers (Toledo Junction)", whose coordinates sit about 10 meters from this camera's read position — independent corroboration of the placement below.
What to watch for
Norfolk Southern freight on the former New York Central Chicago–Buffalo main line and CSX freight on the former Toledo Terminal Railroad belt line, meeting at the Vickers diamond.
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 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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