Ashland (Virginia)
Trains down the middle of Ashland’s Center Street
Ashland (Virginia)
Ashland, Virginia, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 37.75955, -77.48118
- Location
- Ashland, Virginia, United States
- Railroad
CSX — CSX RF&P Subdivision
≈ MP 14.8 on the CSX RF&P Subdivision — derived from FRA grade crossing 860460A, 10 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
29reported to the FRA
Daytime
20
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 36 min
Nighttime
9
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 80 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 860460A, at this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 23 to 30.
- Track at the crossing
- 2 main tracks · 35 mph timetable speed
Passenger trains past this camera
- Train 52, to LortonDaily7 – 8 AMrough estimate: no stop within 50 km
- Train 53, to SanfordDaily5 – 6 PMrough estimate: no stop within 50 km
- Train 80, to New YorkFri, Sat and Sun≈ 2:29 PMestimated from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station, 16 km
- Train 80, to New YorkMon, Tue, Wed and Thu≈ 2:39 PMestimated from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station, 16 km
- Train 79, to CharlotteDaily≈ 3:04 PMestimated from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station, 16 km
- Train 40, to ChicagoDaily≈ 1:03 PMestimated from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station, 16 km
- Train 41, to MiamiDaily≈ 3:46 PMestimated from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station, 16 km
- Train 86, to New YorkWeekdays6:07 AMarrives Ashland Amtrak
- Train 164, to New YorkWeekends6:11 AMarrives Ashland Amtrak
- Train 65, to Newport NewsWeekends8:47 AMdeparts Ashland Amtrak
- Train 67, to Newport NewsWeekdays9:08 AMdeparts Ashland Amtrak
- Train 94, to BostonWeekdays11:20 AMarrives Ashland Amtrak
- Train 155, to NorfolkWeekends3:07 PMdeparts Ashland Amtrak
- Train 138, to New YorkWeekdays3:22 PMarrives Ashland Amtrak
- Train 158, to New YorkWeekends3:27 PMarrives Ashland Amtrak
- Train 95, to NorfolkWeekdays≈ 4:35 PMestimated from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station, 16 km
- Train 124, to PhiladelphiaWeekends5:47 PMarrives Ashland Amtrak
- Train 186, to PhiladelphiaWeekdays5:47 PMarrives Ashland Amtrak
- Train 125, to Newport NewsWeekdays5:49 PMdeparts Ashland Amtrak
- Train 128, to New YorkWeekends6:33 PMarrives Ashland Amtrak
- Train 99, to Newport NewsWeekends7:00 PMdeparts Ashland Amtrak
- Train 93, to NorfolkWeekdays7:56 PMdeparts Ashland Amtrak
- Train 87, to NorfolkWeekends8:54 PMdeparts Ashland Amtrak
- Train 89, to SavannahDaily≈ 2:43 PMestimated from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station, 16 km
- Train 90, to New YorkDaily≈ 4:52 PMestimated from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station, 16 km
- Train 98, to New YorkDaily≈ 4:02 AMestimated from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station, 16 km
- Train 97, to MiamiDaily≈ 9:27 PMestimated from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station, 16 km
Tap a train for its times.
Scheduled times from Amtrak’s official timetable, updated September 17, 2026 — trains often run late. Estimated times are worked out along the line from the nearest scheduled stop.
On the line here
FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)
About this cam
What to watch for
Amtrak and heavy CSX freight rolling between front porches — small-town America’s most-watched main street.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Traffic
- Freight & passenger
- Sound
- Live lineside audio — horns and engines
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Camera movement
- Aimed by the operator
- Feed checked
- August 3, 2026
Filmed location
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