Muscatine, Iowa — Merrill Hotel
CPKC freight on the Mississippi riverfront, seen from the Merrill Hotel
Muscatine, Iowa — Merrill Hotel
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) — Ottumwa Subdivision · Muscatine, Iowa, United States
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Credit: Live stream by Steel Highway Railcams, hosted by the Merrill Hotel in Muscatine, Iowa.
Where this camera films
Camera position: 41.42020, -91.04564
- Location
- Muscatine, Iowa, United States
- Railroad
CPKC — OTTUMWA
≈ MP 219.4 on the OTTUMWA — derived from FRA grade crossing 607207M, 50 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
4reported to the FRA
Daytime
2
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 6 h
Nighttime
2
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 6 h
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 689568S, 890 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 4 to 7.
- Track at the crossing
- 2 main tracks · 35 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
Steel Highway Rail Cams looks down on the CPKC Ottumwa Subdivision from an upper floor of the Merrill Hotel in Muscatine, Iowa, overlooking Chestnut Street and W Mississippi Drive. The stream monitors AAR channel 44 (160.770 MHz), also carried on Broadcastify.
This camera looks southwest along the CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas City) mainline from Chestnut St and W Mississippi Dr in Muscatine, Iowa. Train movements are trains operating on the CPKC Ottumwa Subdivision. The webcam is hosted by the Merrill Hotel in Muscatine, and the camera is located between the S Heinz and Fruitland control points. The feed monitors AAR channel 44 (160.770 MHz), also carried on Broadcastify. The elevated view overlooks a downtown grade crossing, a riverfront parking area and park, and the Mississippi River with its highway bridge.
What to watch for
CPKC freight along the Mississippi riverfront, with the river bridge and Muscatine's waterfront park in the background.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Grade crossing
- Traffic
- Freight
- Sound
- Live lineside audio — horns and engines
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Camera movement
- Fixed view
- Feed checked
- September 21, 2026
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