Daggett, California — BNSF Needles Subdivision
BNSF, Union Pacific and Amtrak's Southwest Chief cross the Mojave at Daggett, California
Daggett, California — BNSF Needles Subdivision
BNSF Needles Subdivision · Daggett, California, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 34.86093, -116.88870
- Location
- Daggett, California, United States
- Railroad
BNSF, Union Pacific — Needles Subdivision (MP 737.8)
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
60reported to the FRA
Daytime
30
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 24 min
Nighttime
30
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 24 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 026050D, 270 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule.
- Track at the crossing
- 3 main tracks · 79 mph timetable speed
What the stream’s operator says
Estimated Train Count: 80-100 trains per day (SouthWest RailCams, dedicated Daggett camera page)
Traffic as described by the stream’s operator. Spotatrain has not counted the trains itself.
Train types
Passenger trains past this camera
- Train 3, to Los AngelesMon, Tue, Wed, Sat and Sun · changed Sep 26–30≈ 2:58 AMestimated from Barstow, 14 km
- Train 3, to Los AngelesThursday and Friday≈ 3:07 AMestimated from Barstow, 14 km
- Train 4, to ChicagoDaily≈ 8:55 PMestimated from Barstow, 14 km
Scheduled times from Amtrak’s official timetable, updated September 24, 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
This SouthWest RailCams feed watches BNSF's Needles Subdivision — part of the Southern Transcon — at Daggett, California, where BNSF and Union Pacific freight share the corridor with Amtrak's Southwest Chief.
This SouthWest RailCams feed looks out over BNSF's Needles Subdivision (part of BNSF's Southern Transcon) at Daggett, California, in the Mojave Desert east of Barstow, at milepost 737.8. The stream carries an integrated radio scanner: the BNSF Needles Subdivision road channel (161.085 MHz) on the left audio channel, and the nearby Union Pacific Cima Subdivision road channel (160.710 MHz, Daggett to Yermo) on the right.
The operator's dedicated page for this camera estimates 80–100 trains per day here. BNSF and Union Pacific freight share the corridor, and Amtrak's Southwest Chief (trains #3 and #4) passes daily between Los Angeles and Chicago.
This single YouTube stream actually combines two camera views from the installation: a wide static "West" shot and a separate steerable "PTZ" camera, both visible on screen side by side.
What to watch for
The top panel is the static "West" view and the bottom is the steerable "PTZ" camera — watch both, since the operator may pan the PTZ unit to follow a specific movement while the static view holds the wider scene. Listen for the integrated BNSF/UP radio traffic on the two audio channels, and watch for the Southwest Chief's equipment among the frequent freight.
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
- Cameras
- 2 cameras at this location
- Camera movement
- Fixed view
- Feed checked
- September 24, 2026
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