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Fort Madison, Iowa — Riverview Park

A preserved Santa Fe steam locomotive stands watch as BNSF crosses the Mississippi swing bridge.

Fort Madison, Iowa — Riverview Park

BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision (MP 234.3, per operator) & BNSF Hannibal Subdivision · Fort Madison, Iowa, United States

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Where this camera films

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Camera position: 40.63011, -91.31082

Location
Fort Madison, Iowa, United States
Railroad

BNSF — BNSF Hannibal Subdivision (MP 234.3)

Weather & light at the camera

Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.

Trains on this camera

Through trains per day

58reported to the FRA

Daytime

29

6 AM – 6 PM

≈ 1 every 25 min

Nighttime

29

6 PM – 6 AM

≈ 1 every 25 min

Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 063244H, 220 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 4 to 58.

Track at the crossing
3 main tracks · 25 mph timetable speed

Train types

FreightAmtrak

On the line here

Nearest grade crossing6th StBNSF Hannibal, MP 202.263 · FRA ID 063244H · public crossing · 3 main tracks · timetable speed 25 mph · horns sounded here
220 m
Nearest named bridgeFrench CreekBNSF Chillicothe, MP 233 · multiple tracks
880 m
Yards nearby
Fort Madison · BNSF2.4 km
Shopton · BNSF3.8 km
West Burlington Shops · BNSF25 km

FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · bridge inventory Oct 14, 2022 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)

About this cam

This Steel Highway Railcam looks over Riverview Park in Fort Madison, Iowa, where BNSF's Chillicothe and Hannibal Subdivisions meet at the Mississippi River. A retired Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2913 is on static display in the park, with the river's historic swing bridge visible beyond the tracks.

Steel Highway Railcams operates this feed from Riverview Park in Fort Madison, Iowa, on the Mississippi River. The operator states the camera sits at Milepost 234.3 on BNSF's Chillicothe Subdivision, and that the view also takes in BNSF's Hannibal Subdivision, which follows the river through town.

BNSF freight uses both subdivisions, Union Pacific trains run over the Chillicothe Sub on trackage rights toward the Marceline Subdivision, and Amtrak's Southwest Chief calls at Fort Madison on the Chillicothe Sub. The park itself displays Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2913, retired from Santa Fe service and presented to the city in 1960, with the river's landmark double-deck swing bridge visible behind it.

What to watch for

BNSF manifest, intermodal and grain trains on the Chillicothe and Hannibal Subdivisions, Union Pacific road power operating on trackage rights toward the Marceline Sub, and Amtrak's Southwest Chief on its Chicago–Los Angeles run. The camera's integrated scanner carries dispatcher and crew radio traffic on the AAR channels it monitors.

The camera

Stream
YouTube live stream
Filming
Grade crossing
Traffic
Freight & passenger
Sound
Live lineside audio — horns and engines
Hours
Streams around the clock, 24/7
Camera movement
Fixed view
Feed checked
September 21, 2026

Filmed location

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