Sparks, Nevada — Union Pacific Sparks Yard
Union Pacific freight between Reno and Sparks
Sparks, Nevada — Union Pacific Sparks Yard
Union Pacific Roseville Subdivision · Sparks, Nevada, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 39.53328, -119.78896
- Location
- Sparks, Nevada, United States
- Railroad
Union Pacific — Roseville Subdivision (MP 241)
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
13reported to the FRA
Daytime
7
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 1.5 h
Nighttime
6
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 2 h
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 740740W, 740 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 4 to 15.
- Track at the crossing
- 2 main tracks · 40 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
A live trackside view of Union Pacific's Roseville Subdivision between Reno and Sparks, Nevada, about a mile west of the Sparks rail yard.
This camera looks along Union Pacific's Roseville Subdivision between Reno and Sparks, Nevada, at a location the operator describes as milepost 241, about one mile west of the Sparks Yard.
The installation was funded by a viewer, credited on the stream as "N6PDB - Dennis," who paid for the camera's purchase and installation. The camera is run independently by Todd Santos (RRphotographer), who operates a small network of similar trackside cameras across Union Pacific's Roseville Subdivision and BNSF's Cajon Subdivision.
Because the operator's stated milepost and the "about one mile west of Sparks Yard" description point to two different spots along the line, roughly two miles apart, this record's coordinates should be treated as approximate until confirmed on screen.
What to watch for
Union Pacific freight moving between the Reno yard area and Sparks Yard, with the Reno skyline visible in the distance behind an at-grade crossing.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Grade crossing
- Traffic
- Freight
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Camera movement
- Fixed view
- Feed checked
- September 24, 2026
Filmed location
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