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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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.
About this cam
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.
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