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Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin — CPKC main line

The CPKC main seen from a heritage railway's own ground

Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin — CPKC main line

CPKC main line at Wisconsin Dells (former Milwaukee Road); Amtrak Empire Builder and Borealis call at the town station · Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, United States

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Where this camera films

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Camera position: 43.64199, -89.79113

Location
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, United States
Railroad

CPKC, Amtrak — Tomah

≈ MP 196 on the Tomah — derived from FRA grade crossing 390782P, 220 m away

Weather & light at the camera

Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.

Trains on this camera

Through trains per day

10reported to the FRA

Daytime

5

6 AM – 6 PM

≈ 1 every 2.5 h

Nighttime

5

6 PM – 6 AM

≈ 1 every 2.5 h

Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 390782P, 220 m from this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule.

Track at the crossing
1 main track · 65 mph timetable speed

Train types

FreightLong-DistanceIntercity & Regional

Passenger trains past this camera

Amtrak
BorealisAmtrak · passes this camera
  • Train 1333, to St. PaulDaily
    ≈ 2:44 PMestimated from Wisconsin Dells Amtrak Station, 2.1 km
  • Train 1340, to ChicagoDaily
    ≈ 3:36 PMestimated from Wisconsin Dells Amtrak Station, 2.1 km

Scheduled times from Amtrak’s official timetable, updated October 14, 2026 — trains often run late. Estimated times are worked out along the line from the nearest scheduled stop.

On the line here

Nearest crossingCTH A - Fitzgerald RdSOO Tomah, MP 196.25 · FRA ID 390782P · railway above the road · public crossing · 1 main track · timetable speed 65 mph · horns sounded here
220 m
Nearest named bridgeWisconsin RiverCPRS Tomah, MP 195 · steel deck truss · one track
1.8 km
Yards nearby
Portage Yard · CPKC29 km
Adams Yard · Union Pacific35 km

FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · bridge inventory Oct 14, 2022 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)

About this cam

A camera on the property of the Riverside and Great Northern Railway at Wisconsin Dells, pointed at the CPKC main line. Amtrak's Empire Builder and Borealis both call at the town's station, and a second camera on the same site watches the heritage railway's own narrow gauge.

The operator's stream title is the substance of what it publishes about this camera: "Riverside & Great Northern Live Railcam (CPKC) - Wisconsin Dells, WI". The camera stands on the property of the Riverside and Great Northern Railway and looks at the CPKC main line running past it.

The Riverside and Great Northern is a heritage tourist railway that was, per Wikipedia, "relocated to the former right-of-way of the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad near Wisconsin Dells" in 1952 — so the camera sits on one historic alignment while filming trains on another.

Wisconsin Dells itself remains a served passenger stop: the town's Amtrak station "is served by the daily round trips of the Borealis and Empire Builder". A companion camera on the same site watches the Riverside and Great Northern's own narrow-gauge trains rather than the main line.

What to watch for

CPKC freight is the main event, running the former Milwaukee Road route through the Dells. Twice a day in each direction the traffic turns passenger: Amtrak's Empire Builder on its Chicago–Seattle run, and the Borealis, the Chicago–St. Paul service, both stopping in town.

The camera carries the operator's train-detection overlay — a "Last Five Trains" log with dates and times burned into the frame — so a glance tells you how recently anything has passed.

Worth knowing before you watch: this is the main-line camera. The operator runs a second feed from the same heritage-railway site aimed at its own narrow-gauge trains, which is a different kind of watching entirely.

The camera

Stream
YouTube live stream
Traffic
Freight & passenger
Sound
Video only, no audio
Hours
Streams around the clock, 24/7
Camera movement
Fixed view
Feed checked
August 13, 2026
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