Chehalis, Washington — Historical Museum PTZ
PTZ view of the BNSF Seattle Subdivision from the Lewis County Historical Museum
Chehalis, Washington — Historical Museum PTZ
BNSF Railway — Seattle Subdivision (Portland-Seattle corridor); Union Pacific on trackage rights · Chehalis, Washington, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 46.66550, -122.97185
- Location
- Chehalis, Washington, United States
- Railroad
BNSF — Seattle
≈ MP 57.7 on the Seattle — derived from FRA grade crossing 092512U, 120 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
36reported to the FRA
Daytime
18
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 40 min
Nighttime
18
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 40 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 092512U, 120 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 18 to 38.
- Track at the crossing
- 2 main tracks · 79 mph timetable speed
What the stream’s operator says
"Amtrak operates 14 daily trains including the Cascades and Coast Starlight service" (operator text, video YV8hzUJCp88). The description gives no aggregate BNSF/UP freight count for this camera — none is claimed here.
Traffic as described by the stream’s operator. Spotatrain has not counted the trains itself.
Train types
Passenger trains past this camera
No official timetable file is published for this line — see the journey guide for dates and times.
On the line here
FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · bridge inventory Oct 14, 2022 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)
About this cam
This pan-tilt-zoom camera at the Lewis County Historical Museum — the 1912 former Northern Pacific depot in Chehalis, Washington — overlooks BNSF's Seattle Subdivision midway between Portland and Seattle. The operator names BNSF trains between Tacoma and Vancouver, WA, Union Pacific trains operating on trackage rights between Portland and Tacoma, and 14 daily Amtrak Cascades and Coast Starlight trains; the nearest Amtrak station stop is Centralia, Washington.
This camera is mounted at the Lewis County Historical Museum, housed in the 1912 former Northern Pacific depot in Chehalis, Washington. The museum, run by local volunteers, also houses an HO-scale model railroad layout by the Lewis County Model Railroad Club.
The view overlooks BNSF's Seattle Subdivision at Chehalis, midway between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. The operator's description names BNSF trains operating between Tacoma, Washington and Vancouver, Washington, and Union Pacific trains operating under trackage rights between Portland, Oregon and Tacoma, Washington, alongside 14 daily Amtrak trains (Cascades and Coast Starlight service); the closest Amtrak station stop is Centralia, Washington. A companion static-view camera covers the same location.
What to watch for
BNSF trains operating between Tacoma and Vancouver, WA, and Union Pacific trains on trackage rights between Portland and Tacoma, alongside Amtrak Cascades and Coast Starlight service; a companion static camera at the same museum offers a wider angle.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Railway museum
- Traffic
- Freight & passenger
- Sound
- Live lineside audio — horns and engines
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Camera movement
- Aimed by the operator
- Feed checked
- September 21, 2026
Filmed location
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