Washington, Iowa — Depot Hotel
CPKC's Ottumwa Subdivision mainline at North Iowa Avenue, viewed from the Railroad Depot Hotel.
Washington, Iowa — Depot Hotel
CPKC (Canadian Pacific) — Ottumwa Subdivision, at North Iowa Avenue in Washington, Iowa (operator's description; company written as "Canadian Pacific" in the source text, pre-KCS-merger branding) · Washington, Iowa, United States
This operator has not granted Spotatrain permission to embed the feed, so we link to it instead.
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 41.30286, -91.69112
- Location
- Washington, Iowa, United States
- Railroad
CPKC — OTTUMWA
≈ MP 257.3 on the OTTUMWA — derived from FRA grade crossing 375880T, 50 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 camera looks east along CPKC's (Canadian Pacific) Ottumwa Subdivision mainline at North Iowa Avenue in Washington, Iowa. It is hosted under a canopy at the Railroad Depot Hotel, which offers overnight stays and reservations at this location.
Steel Highway Railcams operates this webcam from a canopy at the Railroad Depot Hotel in Washington, Iowa, looking east along CPKC's (Canadian Pacific) Ottumwa Subdivision mainline at North Iowa Avenue. Federal Railroad Administration crossing records place this North Iowa Avenue crossing at milepost 257.32 of the Ottumwa Subdivision. Train movements include locals and road freights operating on the subdivision.
The view looks out from under the hotel's canopy toward the track and the North Iowa Avenue grade crossing, with downtown Washington's buildings visible in the background.
The operator monitors AAR channel 44 (160.770 MHz) on this feed, giving viewers a radio cue for approaching CPKC trains.
What to watch for
CPKC (Canadian Pacific) freight movements — locals and road freights — on the Ottumwa Subdivision at the North Iowa Avenue grade crossing.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Historic depot
- 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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