Berea, Ohio — BE Tower East View
Norfolk Southern's Chicago Line and CSX's Cleveland Short Line at Berea's historic BE Tower, near Cleveland.
Berea, Ohio — BE Tower East View
CSX & Norfolk Southern · Berea, Ohio, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 41.37768, -81.86046
- Location
- Berea, Ohio, United States
- Railroad
CSX, Norfolk Southern — Cleveland Short Line / Chicago Line
≈ MP 194 on the Chicago Line — derived from FRA grade crossing 523942X, 290 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
48reported to the FRA — Chicago Line only
More than one line meets here. This count covers the Chicago Line alone — trains on the Cleveland Short Line are not included.
Daytime
24
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 30 min
Nighttime
24
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 30 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 523942X, 290 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 48 to 50.
- Track at the crossing
- 2 main tracks · 60 mph timetable speed
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
This RailStream camera looks east over the tracks at Berea, Ohio, one of Northeast Ohio's classic railfan spots where Norfolk Southern's Chicago Line and CSX's Cleveland-area mainline run close together next to the historic Berea Union Depot and BE Tower, a former interlocking tower. The feed is one of three RailStream camera views offered at Berea and was made freely available on YouTube; RailStream's own platform otherwise lists Berea as a paid-tier location.
Operated by RailStream, this camera is labelled "Berea, Ohio | East" on screen and is one of three RailStream camera views at Berea, a classic Northeast Ohio railfan location just outside Cleveland. The area around the historic Berea Union Depot and BE Tower — a former interlocking tower — became well known during the Conrail years as part of "Conrail X," linking Chicago, Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Cleveland traffic. Today Norfolk Southern's Chicago Line and CSX's Cleveland-area mainline both run through the area. This particular view was made freely available on YouTube ("LIVE through August 23rd" per the operator, though still live well past that date at the time of qualification); RailStream's own subscription platform separately lists a paid Conductor-tier ($8.95/month) "Berea" camera listing not distinguished by view name — see the note on the possible overlap with the published railstream-berea record.
What to watch for
Norfolk Southern and CSX freight moving through the Berea interlocking area, day and night; the "East" framing looks along several ballasted tracks toward the tree line.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Junction
- Traffic
- Freight
- Sound
- Live lineside audio — horns and engines
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Camera movement
- Fixed view
- Feed checked
- September 20, 2026
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