West Barnstable, Massachusetts — Cape Cod, North
Cape Cod railroading, sponsored by the local NRHS chapter
West Barnstable, Massachusetts — Cape Cod, North
Mass Coastal Railroad — Cape Cod line at West Barnstable · West Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 41.70705, -70.37409
- Location
- West Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
- Railroad
Mass Coastal Railroad — Cape Cod line at West Barnstable — Cape Main
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
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 2 h
Nighttime
2
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 6 h
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 536701W, at this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule.
- Track at the crossing
- 1 main track · 30 mph timetable speed
Train types
On the line here
FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · bridge inventory Oct 14, 2022 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)
About this cam
The north-facing camera at West Barnstable station on Cape Cod, sponsored by the Cape Cod Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.
What to watch for
The Mass Coastal energy train, which the operator warns runs on weekdays but to no fixed schedule — freight has no timetable, as they put it.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Passenger station
- Traffic
- Freight
- Sound
- Live lineside audio — horns and engines
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Camera movement
- Fixed view
- After dark
- Infrared night view
- Feed checked
- September 3, 2026
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