Moorhead, Minnesota — West Camera
BNSF's KO Subdivision through Moorhead, MN, with Amtrak's Empire Builder on a live 24/7 feed.
Moorhead, Minnesota — West Camera
BNSF KO Subdivision · Moorhead, Minnesota, United States
This operator has not granted Spotatrain permission to embed the feed, so we link to it instead.
Watch at Northern Transcon Railcams (on the Steel Highway Railcams channel)Streamed by Northern Transcon Railcams (on the Steel Highway Railcams channel)
Stream hosted by Northern Transcon Railcams (on the Steel Highway Railcams channel). Spotatrain links to the original feed and does not rebroadcast.
Where this camera films
Camera position: 46.87408, -96.75304
- Location
- Moorhead, Minnesota, United States
- Railroad
BNSF — KO Subdivision (MP 5.8)
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
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 camera watches BNSF's KO Subdivision as it runs through Moorhead, Minnesota, near the interlocking railfans call Moorhead Junction, where the KO Subdivision meets BNSF's Moorhead Subdivision. Northern Transcon Railcams — part of the Steel Highway Railcams network — installed this pan-tilt-zoom camera on September 1, 2023, sponsored by Copy Kat Printing. The mainline here carries a steady flow of BNSF Class I freight alongside Amtrak's Empire Builder, streaming live around the clock.
The BNSF KO Subdivision is one of two mainlines Northern Transcon Railcams follows through Fargo–Moorhead, the twin cities straddling the Red River on the Minnesota–North Dakota border. This camera — the West view of the Moorhead installation — looks out over the mainline at approximately Milepost 5.8, close to Moorhead Junction, where the KO Subdivision meets BNSF's Moorhead Subdivision.
Installed on September 1, 2023 as part of a 3-camera GoFundMe expansion, the West camera is sponsored by Copy Kat Printing of Moorhead and is paired with a separate East (Diamond) camera nearby, run by the same Northern Transcon Railcams team. Together they cover Class I freight traffic alongside Amtrak's Empire Builder, which uses this line daily on its Chicago–Seattle/Portland route.
What to watch for
BNSF manifest, intermodal, grain and unit trains on the KO Subdivision, plus Amtrak's Empire Builder (Chicago–Seattle/Portland). The camera can pan and tilt, so framing varies through the day.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Junction
- Traffic
- Freight & passenger
- Sound
- Video only, no audio
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Camera movement
- Fixed view
- Feed checked
- September 21, 2026
Related on Spotatrain
Live Cams Near Moorhead
More Live Cams in Minnesota
Spots in the United States
Staples (BNSF Staples Sub)
The historic 1909 Northern Pacific depot in Staples sits on the BNSF Northern Transcon where the Brainerd Subdivision diverges, drawing 40–50 daily trains including BNSF freight and Amtrak's Empire Builder past a National Register–listed station.
Devils Lake (Causeway)
A dramatic rail crossing where BNSF's Northern Transcon route traverses a raised embankment through the flood-expanded waters of Devils Lake, North Dakota's largest natural lake. The $100 million track raise project makes this a compelling testament to railroading against nature.
Mobridge (Missouri River Bridge)
BNSF's Missouri River railroad bridge at Mobridge, South Dakota — a 1,820-foot through-truss span built in 1961 on the historic Milwaukee Road route, carrying grain and coal trains across Lake Oahe.
Railway Experiences in the United States
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Duluth's Historic Union Depot houses one of America's finest rail collections, from the giant DM&IR Yellowstone to the 1861 William Crooks.
Mid-Continent Railway Museum
Living-history heritage railroad in rural Sauk County with a 7-mile vintage train ride and the largest U.S. wooden passenger car collection.
Golden Spike Tower & Visitor Center
An eight-story observation tower over Union Pacific's Bailey Yard, the world's largest railroad classification yard.
Explore around Moorhead
1 place on Spotatrain within 100 km of Moorhead — 1 live cam.