Russellville, Arkansas Railcam

Where this camera films

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Camera position: 35.28042, -93.13542

Location

Russellville, Arkansas, United States

Railroad

Union Pacific — Van Buren Sub

≈ MP 417.7 on the Van Buren Sub — derived from FRA grade crossing 434330F, 70 m away

Weather & light at the camera

Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.

Trains on this camera

Through trains per day

8reported to the FRA

Daytime

6 AM – 6 PM

≈ 1 every 3 h

Nighttime

6 PM – 6 AM

≈ 1 every 3 h

Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 434330F, 70 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 8 to 23.

Track at the crossing

1 main track · 60 mph timetable speed

What the stream’s operator says

"30 Union Pacific trains a day!" — Virtual Railfan (stream thumbnail promotion)

Traffic as described by the stream’s operator. Spotatrain has not counted the trains itself.

Train types

Freight

On the line here

Nearest grade crossingNorth Commerce AvenueUnion Pacific Van Buren Sub, MP 417.74 · FRA ID 434330F · public crossing · 1 main track · timetable speed 60 mph · horns sounded here

70 m

FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026

About this cam

A Virtual Railfan camera on Union Pacific's Van Buren Subdivision in downtown Russellville, Arkansas — the former Missouri Pacific main line between Little Rock and Kansas City — hosted by Main Street Russellville.

Virtual Railfan hosts this camera in downtown Russellville, Arkansas, looking over the Union Pacific Railroad's Van Buren Subdivision — formerly the Missouri Pacific (MoPac) main line between Little Rock and Kansas City. The installation is hosted by Main Street Russellville.

The traffic here is all freight: the operator notes plainly that no Amtrak trains pass through Russellville. Virtual Railfan's own promotion claims around 30 Union Pacific trains a day at this location, though there is no published schedule for freight. An ATCS layout exists for the line but has no data-server coverage at this spot.

Across the tracks sits Stoby's Restaurant, home to preserved passenger cars from the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (the "Rock Island"); the steam whistle heard on the feed comes from there. Two feeds are offered — a free South cam with community chat, and a members-only North cam.

What to watch for

This is a busy Union Pacific freight line, the ex-MoPac Little Rock–Kansas City main; Virtual Railfan advertises about 30 UP trains a day, all freight, with no Amtrak. Watch for UP road freights rolling through the middle of downtown Russellville, with the green Rock Island heavyweight passenger cars preserved at Stoby's Restaurant framing the far side of the tracks. There is no freight schedule, so trains arrive unannounced — the community chat on the South cam often calls them early.

Russellville, Arkansas — Union Pacific Van Buren Subdivision