Indio, California — Yuma Subdivision
Union Pacific's Yuma Subdivision in Indio, California, where Amtrak's Sunset Limited joins UP freight traffic.
Indio, California — Yuma Subdivision
Union Pacific · Indio, California, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 33.72189, -116.21924
- Location
- Indio, California, United States
- Railroad
Union Pacific — Yuma Subdivision (MP 610.75)
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
28reported to the FRA
Daytime
14
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 51 min
Nighttime
14
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 51 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 760712X, 300 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule.
- Track at the crossing
- 1 main track · 79 mph timetable speed
What the stream’s operator says
30-35 trains per day (operator claim: "Average of 30 ~ 35 Trains per day")
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
About this cam
This camera looks along Union Pacific's Yuma Subdivision through an industrial stretch of Indio, California, near milepost 610.75. Both UP freight and Amtrak's Sunset Limited pass this point, and the operator estimates 30-35 trains a day. The feed is hosted by the City of Indio, and an integrated radio scanner carries the UP dispatch frequency for the area.
Hosted by the City of Indio, this camera overlooks Union Pacific's Yuma Subdivision near milepost 610.75, in the Coachella Valley. The line carries both UP freight and Amtrak's Sunset Limited (timetable maximum speed 70 mph freight / 79 mph passenger). The operator estimates an average of 30 to 35 trains a day. An integrated radio scanner monitors 161.550 MHz (road channel, Yuma to Ordway), and the operator lists dragging-equipment/hot-box detectors at MP 608.5 and MP 610.9.
What to watch for
Union Pacific freight and Amtrak's Sunset Limited passing on the Yuma Subdivision; the camera frames a single track through an industrial yard area with the Santa Rosa/San Jacinto mountains behind.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Traffic
- Freight & passenger
- 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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