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
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
On the line here
FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)
About this cam
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
The place this camera films is documented on Spotatrain — traffic levels, best angles, and visiting info (Spot):
Explore around Mance
2 places on Spotatrain within 25 km of Mance — 2 spots.
- Mance Curve (Sand Patch) 24 m
- Cumberland Narrows 22 km





