Perham, Minnesota — West Camera
A west-facing view of BNSF's Staples Subdivision through downtown Perham
Perham, Minnesota — West Camera
BNSF Staples Subdivision · Perham, Minnesota, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 46.59814, -95.57888
- Location
- Perham, Minnesota, United States
- Railroad
BNSF — BNSF Staples Subdivision (MP 189.3)
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
What the stream’s operator says
"On average, you'll see nearly 40 trains every 24 hours" (operator description, NTR-OTC / Steel Highway Railcams)
Traffic as described by the stream’s operator. Spotatrain has not counted the trains itself.
Train types
On the line here
FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026
About this cam
This fixed camera looks west along BNSF's Staples Subdivision through Perham, Minnesota, at Milepost 189.3. It is part of the Northern Transcon Railcams network (NTR-OTC / Steel Highway Railcams channel), sponsored by Hometown Repair, and sits beside a grade crossing in the town's industrial area.
This camera is one of roughly twenty stops on the Northern Transcon Railcams network, run from the NTR-OTC YouTube channel (also branded Steel Highway Railcams). It looks west across a grade crossing on BNSF's Staples Subdivision in Perham, Minnesota, at Milepost 189.3.
The operator describes the Staples Subdivision as "one of the busiest rail lines in the United States," with BNSF's own trains joined by Amtrak and run-through power from CP, CSXT, Union Pacific, CN and KCS — "on average, you'll see nearly 40 trains every 24 hours."
The camera is sponsored locally by Hometown Repair; the network's other Minnesota cameras (Wadena, Little Falls, Brainerd, St. Cloud) sit further along the same subdivision.
What to watch for
BNSF freight (the dominant traffic) and Amtrak passenger trains, plus run-through power from CP, CSXT, Union Pacific, CN and KCS, per the operator's own description of the Staples Subdivision.
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
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