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Mance, Pennsylvania — Sand Patch Grade Crossing

Overnight grade-crossing view on CSX's famous Sand Patch Grade, at the Mance Post Office crossing, MP 207.89 of the Keystone Subdivision.

Mance, Pennsylvania — Sand Patch Grade Crossing

CSX Keystone Subdivision (former Baltimore & Ohio, "Sand Patch Grade") · Mance, Pennsylvania, United States

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Where this camera films

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Camera position: 39.83304, -78.94077

Location
Mance, Pennsylvania, United States
Railroad

CSX — Keystone Subdivision (MP 207.89)

Weather & light at the camera

Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.

Trains on this camera

Through trains per day

8reported to the FRA

Daytime

5

6 AM – 6 PM

≈ 1 every 2.5 h

Nighttime

3

6 PM – 6 AM

≈ 1 every 4 h

Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 145080X, at this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 8 to 9.

Track at the crossing
2 main tracks · 30 mph timetable speed

What the stream’s operator says

CSX freight trains: 12-20 per day, at any hour (per the stream's own overlay). Amtrak "Floridian": eastbound ~8:33 a.m., westbound ~8:03 p.m. per the same overlay — unverified, treated as an operator claim only.

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

Train types

FreightAmtrak

On the line here

Nearest grade crossingMance RoadCSX Keystone, MP 207.89 · FRA ID 145080X · public crossing · 2 main tracks · timetable speed 30 mph · horns sounded here
< 50 m
Yards nearby
Cumberland · CSX29 km
West Va Central Jct · CSX41 km
Keyser · CSX43 km

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

About this cam

A fixed night-capable camera at the Mance Road grade crossing on CSX's Keystone Subdivision (the former B&O's Sand Patch Grade), milepost 207.89, between Cumberland, Maryland and Connellsville, Pennsylvania. The operator reports 12–20 CSX freight trains a day.

This camera, run by ACME Cinematography, watches the Mance Road grade crossing on CSX's Keystone Subdivision — the former Baltimore & Ohio's Sand Patch Grade — at milepost 207.89, elevation 2,078 ft, between Cumberland, Maryland (MP 178) and Connellsville, Pennsylvania. The crossing sits beside the historic Mance Post Office, from which the crossing and a nearby community-run train log take their name.

The operator states the grade averages 1.94% and that CSX runs roughly 12 to 20 freight trains a day here at any hour. Trains moving left in frame are climbing westbound toward Connellsville; trains moving right are descending eastbound toward Cumberland. The stream's overlay also lists an Amtrak "Floridian" service at roughly 8:33 a.m. eastbound and 8:03 p.m. westbound — an operator-stated schedule that could not be independently corroborated and should be read as the operator's own claim, not a verified fact.

A volunteer-maintained train log, hosted by the YouTube channel Wayside Railography, records train times, direction and type going back to March 2025, when this camera's continuous stream first launched.

What to watch for

CSX freight climbing (westbound, left in frame) or descending (eastbound, right in frame) the 1.94% Sand Patch Grade. The operator's overlay claims a twice-daily Amtrak "Floridian" (unverified). Radio audio carries the Philson, NA, Manila and Sand Patch defect-detector/signal calls — the Horseshoe sits about 2 miles from both Manila and NA.

The camera

Stream
YouTube live stream
Filming
Grade crossing
Traffic
Freight & passenger
Sound
Live lineside audio — horns and engines
Hours
Streams around the clock, 24/7
Camera movement
Fixed view
Feed checked
September 23, 2026

Filmed location

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