Lombard, Illinois — Otto's Tavern
Union Pacific West Line, from Otto's Tavern
Lombard, Illinois — Otto's Tavern
Union Pacific — Geneva Subdivision, milepost 20.4 (operator's description) · Lombard, Illinois, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 41.88468, -88.02922
- Location
- Lombard, Illinois, United States
- Railroad
Union Pacific — Geneva Sub
≈ MP 20.4 on the Geneva Sub — derived from FRA grade crossing 174945D, 50 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
94reported to the FRA
Daytime
55
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 13 min
Nighttime
39
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 18 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 174945D, 50 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 56 to 97.
- Track at the crossing
- 3 main tracks · 70 mph timetable speed
What the stream’s operator says
"Weekdays will see approximately 58 Metras, 20 on Saturdays, and 18 on Sundays." — Tavern League Of Railfans stream description (Metra UP-W trains only; UP freight not counted)
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
A Tavern League of Railfans camera at Otto's Tavern in Lombard, Illinois, on the busy Union Pacific West corridor out of Chicago.
What to watch for
Metra commuter services and Union Pacific freight on one of Chicago's busiest suburban routes.
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 4, 2026
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