Big Sandy (Texas)
Three Union Pacific subdivisions meet, and the Texas Eagle runs through
Big Sandy (Texas)
Union Pacific — junction of the Pine Bluff, Corsicana and Mineola Subdivisions (former St. Louis Southwestern and Texas & Pacific) · Big Sandy, Texas, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 32.58172, -95.10857
- Location
- Big Sandy, Texas, United States
- Railroad
Union Pacific — Mineola Sub
≈ MP 112.9 on the Mineola Sub — derived from FRA grade crossing 794678N, 60 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
15reported to the FRA
Daytime
8
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 1.5 h
Nighttime
7
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 1.5 h
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 794678N, 60 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 15 to 20.
- Track at the crossing
- 3 main tracks · 30 mph timetable speed
What the stream’s operator says
"Expect around 32 trains daily, including intermodals, autoracks, manifests, and the Texas Eagle (1 per direction)" — Virtual Railfan stream description, read 2026-08-05
Traffic as described by the stream’s operator. Spotatrain has not counted the trains itself.
Train types
Passenger trains past this camera
- Train 22, to ChicagoDaily≈ 5:48 PMestimated from Mineola, 37 km
- Train 422, to ChicagoMon, Thu and Sat≈ 5:48 PMestimated from Mineola, 37 km
Scheduled times from Amtrak’s official timetable, updated September 21, 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 · bridge inventory Oct 14, 2022 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)
About this cam
Virtual Railfan's cameras at Big Sandy, Texas, overlook the junction where Union Pacific's Pine Bluff, Corsicana and Mineola Subdivisions come together — a crew change point on the Texas Eagle's route, with the operator counting around 32 trains a day.
Big Sandy is where three Union Pacific subdivisions meet. The former St. Louis Southwestern runs north–south: north (then east) to Texarkana via Pittsburg and Mount Pleasant as the Pine Bluff Subdivision, and south-west to Corsicana via Tyler as the Corsicana Subdivision. Crossing them east–west is the former Texas & Pacific, now the Mineola Subdivision, which carries Amtrak's Texas Eagle between Dallas and Texarkana by way of Mineola, Longview, Marshall and Jefferson.
The directional pattern is worth knowing before you watch. The Pine Bluff Sub is one-directional westbound; the Corsicana Sub is mostly westbound, apart from locals out of Mineola or Tyler; only the Mineola Sub is bi-directional. Big Sandy is also a crew change point, and it sits between the Texas Eagle's stops at Mineola and Longview.
The cameras — one fixed view west and one PTZ with chat — have been streaming since 18 August 2020, hosted by the City of Big Sandy.
What to watch for
Union Pacific intermodals, autoracks and manifests, with the junction geometry doing the work: because the Pine Bluff Sub runs westbound only and the Corsicana Sub is mostly westbound, the direction a train takes tells you which former railroad it is following. Crew changes happen here, so expect stopped trains and taxi movements. Amtrak's Texas Eagle passes once in each direction between its Mineola and Longview stops. Scanner: 160.410 MHz (AAR 20) for the Mineola Sub, 160.470 MHz (AAR 25) for the Corsicana Sub, 160.740 MHz (AAR 42) for the Pine Bluff Sub.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Junction
- Traffic
- Freight & passenger
- Sound
- Live lineside audio — horns and engines
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Cameras
- 2 cameras at this location
- Camera movement
- Aimed by the operator
- Feed checked
- August 8, 2026
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