La Grange, Kentucky — Observation Tower PTZ
A PTZ view of CSX freight crossing First Avenue in downtown La Grange, Kentucky
La Grange, Kentucky — Observation Tower PTZ
La Grange, Kentucky, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 38.40794, -85.37672
- Location
- La Grange, Kentucky, United States
- Railroad
CSX — LCL Subdivision (Louisville Cincinnati) (MP 26.8)
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
4reported to the FRA
Daytime
2
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 6 h
Nighttime
2
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 6 h
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 345594F, at this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 3 to 4.
- Track at the crossing
- 1 main track · 10 mph timetable speed
What the stream’s operator says
"Viewers can expect 10+ CSX freight trains daily (intermodal, manifest, coal)" — Virtual Railfan description, La Grange Observation Platform camera
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
A pan-tilt-zoom camera mounted at Virtual Railfan's La Grange observation tower, overlooking the CSX LCL Subdivision grade crossing at First Avenue in downtown La Grange, Kentucky. Operators report 10+ CSX freight trains a day past the crossbucks and signal mast, framed by the town's historic Main Street storefronts.
Virtual Railfan's PTZ camera atop the La Grange observation tower looks over the First Avenue grade crossing on CSX's LCL Subdivision — the former Louisville & Nashville "Short Line," originally built as the Louisville, Cincinnati & Lexington Railroad — at milepost 26.8.
The operator states viewers can expect 10+ CSX freight trains a day (intermodal, manifest and coal) through this quiet zone, where crews sound the horn at their own discretion. Trains run at 10 MPH through the street-running section before speeding up to 20 MPH beyond downtown. For northbound moves, the signal shows red-over-lunar for the siding or green/yellow-over-red for the main line.
The camera shares its view with the crossbucks, signal mast and low brick storefronts of La Grange's Main Street, with the town's historic railroad buildings visible in the background.
What to watch for
Watch for CSX intermodal, manifest and coal trains working through the quiet zone — the operator counts 10+ moves a day. The signal mast switches between red-over-lunar (siding) and green/yellow-over-red (main line) ahead of northbound trains. CSX's road channel here runs 161.310 MHz (AAR 80) and the dispatcher on 161.370 MHz (AAR 84).
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 24, 2026
Filmed location
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