Port Byron, Illinois — Mississippi Riverfront
CPKC's Nitrin Subdivision hugs the Mississippi across from LeClaire, Iowa.
Port Byron, Illinois — Mississippi Riverfront
Canadian Pacific (CPKC) Nitrin Subdivision; Canadian Pacific (CPKC) Davenport Subdivision visible across the river at LeClaire, IA · Port Byron, Illinois, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 41.59789, -90.33574
- Location
- Port Byron, Illinois, United States
- Railroad
CPKC — Nitrin Subdivision
≈ MP 9 on the Nitrin Subdivision — derived from FRA grade crossing 372510E, 520 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
This Steel Highway Railcam looks along the Mississippi riverfront at Port Byron, Illinois, where Canadian Pacific's (CPKC) Nitrin Subdivision runs, with CPKC's Davenport Subdivision visible across the river at LeClaire, Iowa.
Steel Highway Railcams' Port Byron camera looks along the Mississippi River at Port Byron, Illinois, where the operator states the Canadian Pacific (now CPKC) Nitrin Subdivision runs. The description notes that CPKC's Davenport Subdivision, on the Iowa side, can also be seen across the river at LeClaire.
BNSF also operates over this stretch under trackage rights between West Davenport and Clinton, Iowa.
What to watch for
CPKC freight on the Nitrin Subdivision, and BNSF trains operating via trackage rights between West Davenport, Iowa, and Clinton, Iowa. An on-screen schedule board sometimes displays Amtrak Southwest Chief timing for Fort Madison, Iowa — a shared Steel Highway network display, not evidence of Amtrak service at Port Byron itself.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- 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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