Tacna, Arizona — UP Gila Sub MP 780.9
Milepost 780.9 in the Arizona desert
Tacna, Arizona — UP Gila Sub MP 780.9
Union Pacific — Gila Subdivision, milepost 780.9 (operator's description) · Tacna, Arizona, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 32.69691, -113.95550
- Location
- Tacna, Arizona, United States
- Railroad
Union Pacific — Gila Sub
≈ MP 781 on the Gila Sub — derived from FRA grade crossing 742075X, 210 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
27reported to the FRA
Daytime
14
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 51 min
Nighttime
13
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 55 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 742075X, 210 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule.
- Track at the crossing
- 1 main track · 75 mph timetable speed
Train types
Passenger trains past this camera
- Train 1, to Los AngelesMon, Wed and Fri · changed Oct 26, 28 and 301 – 2 AMrough estimate: no stop within 50 km
- Train 2, to New OrleansWed, Fri and Sun · changed Oct 28 and 305 – 6 AMrough estimate: no stop within 50 km
- Train 422, to ChicagoWed, Fri and Sun · changed Oct 28 and 305 – 6 AMrough estimate: no stop within 50 km
Scheduled times from Amtrak’s official timetable, updated October 25, 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
About this cam
SouthWest RailCams' camera at Tacna, Arizona, on Union Pacific's Gila Subdivision at milepost 780.9.
What to watch for
Union Pacific freight on the Sunset Route across the southern Arizona desert.
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
- Aimed by the operator
- After dark
- Infrared night view
- Feed checked
- September 9, 2026
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