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Blue Island

Chicago-south freight on two cameras in CREATE territory

Blue Island

Blue Island, Illinois, United States

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Where this camera films

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Camera position: 41.64988, -87.68691

Location

Blue Island, Illinois, United States

Railroad

CSX — Blue Island Subdivision

≈ MP 16 on the Blue Island Subdivision — derived from FRA grade crossing 930591X, 390 m away

Weather & light at the camera

Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.

Trains on this camera

Through trains per day

19reported to the FRA

Daytime

6 AM – 6 PM

≈ 1 every 72 min

Nighttime

6 PM – 6 AM

≈ 1 every 80 min

Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 163417W, 610 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 5 to 19.

Track at the crossing: 2 main tracks · 40 mph timetable speed

On the line here

Nearest grade crossingBroadway StreetCSX New Rock, MP 16.18 · FRA ID 283162H · public crossing · 1 main track · timetable speed 10 mph · horns sounded here

< 50 m

Nearest named bridgeCalumet Sag ChannelCSX MP 15 · steel through truss · multiple tracks

250 m

Yards nearby

Burr Oak · NIRC1.7 km

Burr Oak · CRL2.0 km

Blue Island · IHB3.2 km

FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · bridge inventory Oct 14, 2022 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)

About this cam

The Official Live Trains YouTube channel runs two cameras at Blue Island, in the freight-dense corridors south of Chicago. The linked spot cites approximately 90 trains a day across all railroads; excluding Metra commuters, railfan counts suggest 25+ road freights per 24 hours.