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Houston, Texas — Eastwood, Polk at Hughes

Volunteer camera on Union Pacific's East Belt at the Polk Street crossing in Houston

Houston, Texas — Eastwood, Polk at Hughes

Union Pacific Houston East Belt Subdivision · Houston, Texas, United States

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Where this camera films

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Camera position: 29.73331, -95.31761

Location
Houston, Texas, United States
Railroad

Union Pacific — Houston East Belt Subdivision

≈ MP 9.7 on the Houston East Belt Subdivision — derived from FRA grade crossing 288039B, 20 m away

Weather & light at the camera

Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.

Trains on this camera

Through trains per day

21reported to the FRA

Daytime

11

6 AM – 6 PM

≈ 1 every 65 min

Nighttime

10

6 PM – 6 AM

≈ 1 every 72 min

Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 748807D, 90 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 9 to 21.

Track at the crossing
2 main tracks · 20 mph timetable speed

On the line here

Nearest grade crossingPolk StreetUnion Pacific Houston East Belt Sub, MP 9.72 · FRA ID 288039B · public crossing · 2 main tracks · timetable speed 20 mph · whistle ban (24 hr)
< 50 m
Nearest named bridgeS Wayside DrUnion Pacific Galveston, MP 9 · steel through girder · one track
1.0 km
Yards nearby
East Belt · Union Pacific1.7 km
Dallerup · Union Pacific2.1 km
Old South · Union Pacific2.2 km

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

About this cam

A community-run camera at the Polk Street crossing at Hughes Street in Houston's East End, on Union Pacific's East Belt. The Eastwood Civic Association's volunteers run it, with UP Art Studio as sponsor, so pedestrians, cyclists and METRO riders can see when parked trains are blocking the crossing.

This camera watches the Polk Street grade crossing at Hughes Street (FRA crossing 288039B) on Union Pacific's Houston East Belt Subdivision, beside a large multi-storey warehouse. The Eastwood Civic Association, a neighbourhood organization in Houston's East End, describes it as a web cam "run by Eastwood volunteers to assist pedestrians, cyclists, and METRO riders who are constantly blocked by parked trains", and credits UP Art Studio as the camera's sponsor.

The association calls it a major crossing for buses reaching the METRO Polk Street Transit Operations Facility and METRO Houston's Route 50 (Broadway) between Hobby Airport and the Eastwood Transit Center, and links the FRA's blocked-crossing reporting page from the stream description. It is the third Eastwood camera, after the Harrisburg Boulevard and Leeland at Cullen views.

What to watch for

Union Pacific trains on the two tracks at the Polk Street crossing, and especially trains stopped across the road, with buses, cyclists and pedestrians waiting.

The camera

Stream
YouTube live stream
Filming
Grade crossing
Sound
Video only, no audio
Hours
Streams around the clock, 24/7
Camera movement
Fixed view
Feed checked
September 30, 2026
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