Grinnell, Iowa — Mayflower Community
Iowa Interstate meets Union Pacific at the Park Street interlocking
Grinnell, Iowa — Mayflower Community
Union Pacific Oskaloosa Subdivision / Iowa Interstate Railroad Newton Subdivision (interlocking) · Grinnell, Iowa, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 41.74156, -92.72267
- Location
- Grinnell, Iowa, United States
- Railroad
Union Pacific — Iowa Interstate Railroad Newton Subdivision (NEWTON) / Union Pacific Oskaloosa Subdivision
≈ MP 302.8 on the Iowa Interstate Railroad Newton Subdivision (NEWTON) — derived from FRA grade crossing 607495J, 20 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
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 trackside view of the railroad interlocking in Grinnell, Iowa, looking east from Park Street. The camera is hosted by the Mayflower Community at the town's former Railway Express building.
This Steel Highway camera looks east from Park Street across the railroad interlocking in Grinnell, Iowa, where the Iowa Interstate Railroad's Newton Subdivision meets Union Pacific's Oskaloosa Subdivision.
The camera is hosted by the Mayflower Community at the town's former Railway Express building. A volunteer-maintained train log for this location is also linked from the channel's video description.
Radio traffic for the interlocking is monitored on AAR channel 71 (161.175 MHz) and AAR channel 74 (161.220 MHz), also relayed on Broadcastify.
What to watch for
Watch for Iowa Interstate Railroad freight on the Newton Subdivision crossing Union Pacific traffic on the Oskaloosa Subdivision -- two distinct freight railroads meeting at one interlocking. Radio traffic is monitored on AAR channels 71 (161.175 MHz) and 74 (161.220 MHz), also relayed on Broadcastify.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Junction
- 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
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