Fort Madison, Iowa
The Southern Transcon crosses the Mississippi on a swing bridge
Fort Madison, Iowa
BNSF Railway; Amtrak · Fort Madison, Iowa, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 40.63010, -91.31004
- Location
- Fort Madison, Iowa, United States
- Railroad
BNSF, Amtrak
- Best viewing times
- Around the clock. Bridge openings interrupt rail traffic and are worth waiting for in their own right.
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Train types
Passenger trains past this camera
- Train 4, to ChicagoDaily10:41 AMdeparts Fort Madison, 300 m away
- Train 3, to Los AngelesDaily5:05 PMarrives Fort Madison, 300 m away
Scheduled times from Amtrak’s official timetable, updated September 17, 2026 — trains often run late.
On the line here
FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · bridge inventory Oct 14, 2022 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)
About this cam
What to watch for
Intermodal, manifest, grain, ethanol, automotive and coal trains, plus Amtrak's Southwest Chief. Our spot listing records 60–80 trains a day and roughly 2,000 bridge openings a year. Virtual Railfan streams often carry lineside audio, but we have not confirmed it for this particular camera — check the source before relying on it.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- 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 3, 2026
Filmed location
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