Viola, Delaware — Delmarva Central Railroad
A shortline camera in central Delaware
Viola, Delaware — Delmarva Central Railroad
Delmarva Central Railroad (DCR) — Delmarva Subdivision, milepost 56.1 · Viola, Delaware, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 39.04125, -75.57212
- Location
- Viola, Delaware, United States
- Railroad
Delmarva Central Railroad (DCR) — Delmarva Subdivision, milepost 56.1 — Delmarva Secondary
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
5reported to the FRA
Daytime
4
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 3 h
Nighttime
1
6 PM – 6 AM
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 532201K, 60 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule.
- Track at the crossing
- 1 main track · 25 mph timetable speed
Train types
On the line here
FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026
About this cam
A camera at Viola, Delaware, run by Jacob Rail Shortline (@JacobRailShortline), watching Delmarva Central Railroad / Norfolk Southern freight movements on the Delmarva peninsula shortline. The operator's own description cross-references a separate camera at Redden, Delaware, further south, which is run by a different operator, Delmarva Rail Productions.
Jacob Rail Shortline runs this trackside camera at Viola, Delaware, on the Delmarva peninsula, watching Delmarva Central Railroad and Norfolk Southern freight movements at a grade crossing (per the operator's own video titles, "Delmarva Central Railroad/Norfolk Southern RailCam"). The stream has run continuously since around June 2026.
The operator keeps a public train-log spreadsheet on Google Sheets to record movements, and points viewers to delawarerails.com/operations for wider context on Delaware rail operations. The channel is affiliated with Southwest Railcams, which lists camera locations including this one.
This camera is a separate installation from the Redden, Delaware camera further south on the same peninsula. The two operators — Jacob Rail Shortline here, and Delmarva Rail Productions at Redden — cross-reference each other's cameras in their video descriptions, but Viola is not run by Redden's operator.
What to watch for
Delmarva Central Railroad and Norfolk Southern freight movements passing a grade crossing at Viola, Delaware. The operator's public train log (Google Sheets, linked from the channel) tracks reported movements; delawarerails.com/operations covers Delaware rail operations more broadly.
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 9, 2026
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