Vader, Washington — Tracks Bar & Grill
BNSF Seattle Subdivision grade crossing beside The Tracks Bar & Grill in Vader
Vader, Washington — Tracks Bar & Grill
BNSF Railway — Seattle Subdivision at milepost 77 (base of the Napavine Hill climb); Union Pacific trackage rights also present · Vader, Washington, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 46.40243, -122.96313
- Location
- Vader, Washington, United States
- Railroad
BNSF — Seattle (MP 77)
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
37reported to the FRA
Daytime
19
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 38 min
Nighttime
18
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 40 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 092484T, 60 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 17 to 38.
- Track at the crossing
- 2 main tracks · 65 mph timetable speed
What the stream’s operator says
50-60 daily BNSF and UP trains along with 14 daily Amtrak trains (operator claim).
Traffic as described by the stream’s operator. Spotatrain has not counted the trains itself.
Train types
Passenger trains past this camera
- Train 500, to SeattleDaily≈ 7:56 AMestimated from Kelso-Longview, 31 km
- Train 503, to EugeneDaily≈ 9:14 AMestimated from Kelso-Longview, 31 km
- Train 502, to SeattleDaily≈ 9:41 AMestimated from Kelso-Longview, 31 km
- Train 505, to PortlandDaily≈ 10:57 AMestimated from Kelso-Longview, 31 km
- Train 504, to SeattleDaily≈ 11:51 AMestimated from Kelso-Longview, 31 km
- Train 517, to PortlandDaily≈ 2:12 PMestimated from Kelso-Longview, 31 km
- Train 518, to VancouverDaily≈ 3:21 PMestimated from Kelso-Longview, 31 km
- Train 507, to EugeneDaily≈ 4:22 PMestimated from Kelso-Longview, 31 km
- Train 506, to SeattleDaily≈ 7:06 PMestimated from Kelso-Longview, 31 km
- Train 509, to PortlandDaily≈ 7:42 PMestimated from Kelso-Longview, 31 km
- Train 508, to SeattleDaily≈ 8:36 PMestimated from Kelso-Longview, 31 km
- Train 511, to PortlandDaily≈ 9:52 PMestimated from Kelso-Longview, 31 km
- Train 11, to Los AngelesDaily · to Emeryville Nov 6–7≈ 12:11 PMestimated from Kelso-Longview, 31 km
- Train 14, to SeattleDaily · changed Nov 10≈ 5:10 PMestimated from Kelso-Longview, 31 km
Tap a train for its times.
Scheduled times from Amtrak’s official timetable, updated November 6, 2026 — trains often run late. Estimated times are worked out along the line from the nearest scheduled stop.
On the line here
FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · bridge inventory Oct 14, 2022 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)
About this cam
Hosted by The Tracks Bar & Grill in Vader, Washington, this camera watches the 7th Street (SR 506) grade crossing on BNSF's Seattle Subdivision at the base of the Napavine Hill climb. The operator reports 50 to 60 daily BNSF and Union Pacific freight movements plus 14 daily Amtrak trains.
This camera is hosted by The Tracks Bar & Grill, 110 7th St, Vader, Washington. Vader sits at milepost 77 on BNSF's Seattle Subdivision, at the base of the climb for Napavine Hill — a common crossover point for traffic.
The operator reports 50 to 60 daily BNSF and Union Pacific trains, plus 14 daily Amtrak trains. Vader is roughly 30 miles south of the operator's Chehalis camera and 50 miles south of its Olympia-Lacey depot camera. A BNSF Centralia South radio feed is available externally via RailroadRadio.net.
What to watch for
BNSF and Union Pacific freight climbing toward Napavine Hill, and Amtrak Cascades / Coast Starlight trains crossing 7th Street.
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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