Whiting, Indiana — Steel Highway Railcam
Refinery country on the Chicago approaches
Whiting, Indiana — Steel Highway Railcam
Norfolk Southern Chicago Line MP 507.07, CSX Barr Subdivision MP 5.16 and Canadian National Lakefront Subdivision MP 4.36 — the three lines the operator names · Whiting, Indiana, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 41.68992, -87.50575
- Location
- Whiting, Indiana, United States
- Railroad
Norfolk Southern, CSX, CN — Chicago Line
≈ MP 506.9 on the Chicago Line — derived from FRA grade crossing 981334P, 40 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
62reported to the FRA
Daytime
31
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 23 min
Nighttime
31
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 23 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 981334P, at this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 60 to 63.
- Track at the crossing
- 1 main track · 50 mph timetable speed
Train types
Passenger trains past this camera
- Train 365, to ChicagoDaily≈ 11:24 AMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 26 km
- Train 364, to Port HuronDaily≈ 4:17 PMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 26 km
- Train 40, to ChicagoDaily · changed Oct 26≈ 8:23 AMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 26 km
- Train 41, to MiamiDaily · to Pittsburgh Oct 21–24≈ 6:57 PMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 26 km
- Train 449, to ChicagoDaily≈ 9:48 AMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 26 km
- Train 49, to ChicagoDaily≈ 9:48 AMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 26 km
- Train 448, to BostonDaily≈ 9:47 PMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 26 km
- Train 48, to New YorkDaily≈ 9:47 PMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 26 km
- Train 371, to ChicagoDaily≈ 8:47 AMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 26 km
- Train 370, to Grand RapidsDaily≈ 6:48 PMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 26 km
- Train 350, to PontiacDaily7:11 AMdeparts Hammond-Whiting Amtrak Station, 100 m away
- Train 352, to PontiacDaily · changed Oct 21–27≈ 2:34 PMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 26 km
- Train 354, to PontiacDaily≈ 6:08 PMestimated from Chicago Union Station, 26 km
Tap a train for its times.
Scheduled times from Amtrak’s official timetable, updated October 21, 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 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)
About this cam
Steel Highway's camera at Whiting, Indiana, on the industrial lakeshore south-east of Chicago.
What to watch for
Freight through one of the densest industrial rail corridors in North America.
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 5, 2026
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