Piqua, Ohio — CSX Toledo Sub MP 87.2
Milepost 87.2 on the CSX Toledo Subdivision
Piqua, Ohio — CSX Toledo Sub MP 87.2
CSX — Toledo Subdivision, milepost 87.2 · Piqua, Ohio, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 40.14394, -84.22492
- Location
- Piqua, Ohio, United States
- Railroad
CSX — Toledo
≈ MP 87 on the Toledo — derived from FRA grade crossing 155209A, 160 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
What the stream’s operator says
"Estimated Train Count: 20–35 trains per day" — SouthWest RailCams stream description and camera page (southwestrailcams.com/LiveRailCams/PiquaOH.html)
Traffic as described by the stream’s operator. Spotatrain has not counted the trains itself.
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
SouthWest RailCams' camera at Piqua, Ohio, on CSX's Toledo Subdivision at milepost 87.2.
SouthWest RailCams runs this fixed camera at milepost 87.2 of CSX's Toledo Subdivision in Piqua, Ohio, in Miami County. The Toledo Sub is CSX's north–south corridor across western Ohio, linking Toledo with Cincinnati; the operator describes the traffic as manifest freight, intermodal, grain, automotive and occasional unit trains, with no passenger service.
The camera went online on 1 August 2026 and is hosted by a local railfan. The view takes in the line's signal masts at this location.
For listeners, the operator publishes the radio frequencies used in Miami County: 160.230 (road) and 160.290 (dispatch) on the Toledo Sub, and 160.680 on the CSX Indianapolis Line. Defect detectors that can be heard are at milepost 82.7 between Piqua and Troy and at milepost 70.7 south of Tipp City, with milepost 94.6 south of Sidney rarely heard.
What to watch for
CSX freight on the Toledo Subdivision — the operator estimates 20 to 35 trains a day: manifest, intermodal, grain, automotive and the occasional unit train. There are no passenger trains here. The defect detector at milepost 82.7, between Piqua and Troy, is the one to listen for: it announces northbound trains a few miles before they reach milepost 87.2.
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 16, 2026
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