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San Diego, California — Downtown Rail Corridor

Six-track view over Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego: Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, COASTER, BNSF freight and MTS Trolley, all in one frame.

San Diego, California — Downtown Rail Corridor

San Diego Subdivision (LOSSAN Corridor) + MTS Trolley Blue/Green Line · San Diego, California, United States

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Where this camera films

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Camera position: 32.71826, -117.17031

Location
San Diego, California, United States
Railroad

BNSF, Amtrak — San Diego Subdivision

≈ MP 267.4 on the San Diego Subdivision — derived from FRA grade crossing 967101J, 140 m away

Weather & light at the camera

Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.

Trains on this camera

What the stream’s operator says

About four BNSF freight trains pass through at night; Amtrak/COASTER rarely use track four except for overflow or special trains

Traffic as described by the stream’s operator. Spotatrain has not counted the trains itself.

Train types

Amtrak Pacific SurflinerCOASTERBNSF FreightMTS Trolley

On the line here

Nearest grade crossingSanta Fe StationNCTC San Diego, MP 267.4 · FRA ID 967101J · public crossing · 2 main tracks · timetable speed 15 mph
140 m
Yards nearby
22nd Street Yard · BNSF2.5 km
Honda Terminal Yard · BNSF8.7 km
Ysidro Yard · BJRR23 km

FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)

About this cam

Fixed rooftop camera above track four at San Diego's Santa Fe Depot, looking north between Ash Street and Broadway. Six tracks are visible: two MTS Trolley (Blue/Green Line) tracks with overhead wire on the right, and four Amtrak Pacific Surfliner / COASTER / BNSF freight tracks on the left.

This fixed camera sits above track four at San Diego's Santa Fe Depot — the southern terminus of the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner — between Ash Street to the north and Broadway to the south, pointing north. The operator states the exact coordinates in the stream description: 32.71747, -117.17023.

Six tracks are visible. The two tracks on the far right, with overhead catenary, carry the MTS Trolley Blue and Green Line light-rail cars past the Little Italy Trolley Station (visible at Beech Street, top of frame). Tracks one through four, on the left, are shared by the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and North County Transit District's COASTER commuter trains; track four (directly below the camera) is normally reserved for platform overflow and special trains (e.g. Padres games), and is also used by BNSF freight trains — the operator states there are usually about four freight movements through here each night.

Downtown San Diego is a train-horn quiet zone, and the operator explicitly states the stream carries no audio.

What to watch for

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and COASTER passenger trains on tracks one through four, MTS Trolley Blue/Green Line light rail on the two catenary tracks at right, and BNSF freight movements on track four — mostly at night, about four per night per the operator.

The camera

Stream
YouTube live stream
Filming
Passenger station
Traffic
Freight & passenger
Sound
Video only, no audio
Hours
Streams around the clock, 24/7
Camera movement
Fixed view
Feed checked
September 29, 2026

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