Fort Collins, Colorado — Trackside Camera
Static camera on the BNSF Front Range Subdivision at MP 68.8
Fort Collins, Colorado — Trackside Camera
BNSF · Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 40.50836, -105.08523
- Location
- Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
- Railroad
BNSF — Front Range Subdivision (MP 68.8)
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
6reported to the FRA
Daytime
3
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 4 h
Nighttime
3
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 4 h
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 929099H, 240 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 3 to 6.
- Track at the crossing
- 1 main track · 49 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 SouthWest RailCams feed is a static camera on the BNSF Front Range Subdivision at MP 68.8 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Per the channel's own video log, traffic includes BNSF manifest freight, empty rail-ribbon trains, and occasional run-through power from other railroads (Montana Rail Link units have been logged here). The audio feed is linked from an external stream (railfanaz.com) and the integrated radio scanner covers the BNSF Front Range Sub dispatch frequency (161.160 MHz); a defect detector at MP 67.8 is noted by the operator. The description does not mention any passenger service on this line.
What to watch for
BNSF manifest freight on the Front Range Subdivision; the channel has also logged run-through power from other railroads (e.g. Montana Rail Link) and empty rail-ribbon trains at this spot.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- 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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