Loretto, Minnesota — Grade Crossing
CPKC's Paynesville Subdivision crosses Medina Street in Loretto, Minnesota, by Loretto Auto Body.
Loretto, Minnesota — Grade Crossing
CPKC Paynesville Subdivision · Loretto, Minnesota, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 45.05332, -93.63503
- Location
- Loretto, Minnesota, United States
- Railroad
CPKC — CPKC Paynesville Subdivision (MP 21.13)
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
20reported to the FRA
Daytime
10
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 72 min
Nighttime
10
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 72 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 689133X, at this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule.
- Track at the crossing
- 1 main track · 60 mph timetable speed
Train types
On the line here
FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)
About this cam
This fixed camera looks along CPKC's Paynesville Subdivision at the Medina Street grade crossing in Loretto, Minnesota (milepost 21.13), sponsored by Loretto Auto Body. Gates and flashers are visible in the foreground, with the sponsor's shop trackside behind the crossing.
Loretto, Minnesota is a small Hennepin County community on CPKC's Paynesville Subdivision. This camera, part of the Northern Transcon Railcams / Steel Highway network, is mounted at the Medina Street grade crossing (CPKC milepost 21.13) and sponsored by Loretto Auto Body, whose building is visible behind the crossing gates.
The Paynesville Subdivision carries CPKC freight traffic through central Minnesota; the operator's companion cameras cover other points along the same Northern Transcon network, including Barrett, Newport and Fridley.
What to watch for
CPKC freight on the Paynesville Subdivision through the Medina Street crossing; gates and flashers activate ahead of each train.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Grade crossing
- 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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