BNSF Railway
Class I railroad headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, operating about 32,500 route miles across 28 western U.S. states and three Canadian provinces.
94 spots · 26 live cams · 66 subdivisions · reporting mark BNSF
BNSF map (120)
Live cams on the BNSF (26)
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Burlington (Iowa)
Burlington, Iowa, United States
A camera on the Burlington riverfront, Iowa, watching BNSF's ex-CB&Q main line cross the Mississippi River, the K Line junction, a mid-size…
- Live Cam
Chehalis, Washington — BNSF Seattle Subdivision
Chehalis, Washington, United States
A north-facing view of BNSF's Seattle Subdivision at Chehalis, Washington, halfway between Portland and Seattle. Heavy manifest, intermodal…
- Live Cam
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota — BNSF Staples Subdivision
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, United States
A downtown view of BNSF's Staples Subdivision at milepost 210.1 in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, on the Northern Transcon. BNSF, Amtrak, CPKC a…
- Live Cam
Essex, Montana — LIVE Trains Railcam
Essex, Montana, United States
LIVE Trains' camera at Essex, Montana, high in the Rockies on the northern transcontinental route.
- Live Cam
Fort Madison, Iowa
Fort Madison, Iowa, United States
Virtual Railfan's cameras at Fort Madison, where BNSF's Southern Transcon crosses the Mississippi River on a swing bridge that opens for ri…
- Live Cam
Grandy, Minnesota — BNSF Hinckley Subdivision
Grandy, Minnesota, United States
A camera on BNSF's Hinckley Subdivision at Grandy, Minnesota, milepost 102.5. BNSF, Union Pacific and CPKC all run here, the latter two on…
- Live Cam
La Plata, Missouri — BNSF Southern Transcon
La Plata, Missouri, United States
Three cameras at La Plata, Missouri, on BNSF's Southern Transcon at milepost 312.7 of the Marceline Subdivision. Fifty to seventy trains a…
- Live Cam
Lincoln, Nebraska — BNSF Hobson Yard
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
An east-facing camera on BNSF's Hobson Yard in Lincoln, Nebraska, where the Ravenna, Saint Joseph, Creston and Hastings Subdivisions meet.…
- Live Cam
Mendota, Illinois — BNSF Chicago–Galesburg Main Line
Mendota, Illinois, United States
A depot-museum view of BNSF's Chicago–Galesburg main line in downtown Mendota, Illinois. Six daily Amtrak trains stop here — the Southwest…
- Live Cam
New Braunfels, Texas — UP Austin Subdivision
New Braunfels, Texas, United States
Two cameras at the New Braunfels Historic Railroad Museum, Texas, on Union Pacific's Austin Subdivision at milepost 227.43. UP, BNSF on tra…
- Live Cam
Olympia-Lacey, Washington — BNSF Seattle Subdivision
Lacey, Washington, United States
A platform-level view of Olympia-Lacey Centennial Station on BNSF's Seattle Subdivision, owned and maintained by the volunteer Amtrak Depot…
- Live Cam
Parkville, Missouri — BNSF St. Joseph Subdivision
Parkville, Missouri, United States
A pair of fixed cameras at the Parkville, Missouri grade crossing on BNSF's St. Joseph Subdivision, watching manifest, intermodal and local…
- Live Cam
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin — Frazier's Old Faithful Inn
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, United States
A Tavern League of Railfans camera at Frazier's Old Faithful Inn in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, on the Mississippi river route.
- Live Cam
Prescott, Wisconsin — BNSF St. Croix Sub, Fixed
Prescott, Wisconsin, United States
Steel Highway's fixed east-facing camera at Prescott, Wisconsin, on BNSF's St. Croix Subdivision at milepost 407.606.
- Live Cam
Prescott, Wisconsin — BNSF St. Croix Sub, PTZ
Prescott, Wisconsin, United States
Steel Highway's pan-tilt-zoom camera at Prescott, Wisconsin, at the same spot as their fixed camera — BNSF St. Croix Subdivision, milepost…
- Live Cam
Quanah, Texas — Virtual Railfan
Quanah, Texas, United States
Virtual Railfan's pan-tilt-zoom camera at Quanah, in the Texas panhandle.
- Live Cam
Quincy, Illinois — BNSF Brookfield Subdivision at the Amtrak Station
Quincy, Illinois, United States
A fixed camera over the Quincy, Illinois Amtrak Station on BNSF's Brookfield Subdivision, catching BNSF freight plus Amtrak's Illinois Zeph…
- Live Cam
Red Oak, Iowa — BNSF Creston Subdivision
Red Oak, Iowa, United States
A trackside view of BNSF's Creston Subdivision double main line in Red Oak, in southwest Iowa. The camera is hosted by The Restored Burling…
- Live Cam
Ritzville, Washington — BNSF Lakeside Subdivision
Ritzville, Washington, United States
A PTZ railcam at the Ritzville Railroad Depot Museum, Washington, looking at BNSF's Lakeside Subdivision at MP 64.9 on the former Northern…
- Live Cam
Rochelle Railroad Park
Rochelle, Illinois, United States
A Trains Magazine camera mounted on the shelter roof at Rochelle's municipal railroad park, aimed at the diamond where BNSF's Chicago–Twin…
- Live Cam
Rochelle, Illinois — Railroad Park
Rochelle, Illinois, United States
The Rochelle Railroad Park overlooks the UP Geneva Subdivision and BNSF Aurora Subdivision crossing. Roughly 80 to 100 trains a day pass th…
- Live Cam
Skykomish, Washington — BNSF Scenic Subdivision
Skykomish, Washington, United States
A pan-tilt-zoom view of BNSF's Scenic Subdivision at Skykomish, Washington, hosted by the Cascadia Inn. Virtual Railfan gives the location…
- Live Cam
Springfield, Missouri — BNSF Cuba Subdivision, North Yard
Springfield, Missouri, United States
PTZ railcam over BNSF's North Yard in Springfield, Missouri, at MP 236 of the Cuba Subdivision. Powder River coal, hotshot intermodal, mani…
- Live Cam
St. Paul, Minnesota — BNSF Midway Subdivision
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Virtual Railfan's St. Paul cameras watch BNSF Railway's Midway Subdivision, the ex-Great Northern main between St. Paul's 3rd Street area a…
- Live Cam
Texarkana, Arkansas — UP Little Rock & Pine Bluff Subdivisions
Texarkana, Arkansas, United States
A free Virtual Railfan live stream from the Historic 1894 Market in downtown Texarkana, Arkansas, where two Union Pacific subdivisions meet…
- Live Cam
Winlock, Washington — BNSF Seattle Subdivision
Winlock, Washington, United States
A trackside view of BNSF's Seattle Subdivision at Winlock, Washington, MP 71.4, hosted by a local liquidation store. Heavy BNSF and UP frei…
Spots by subdivision (94)
Seligman Subdivision (4 spots)
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Canyon Diablo Bridge
Canyon Diablo, Arizona, United States
Historic double-track steel-arch bridge carrying BNSF's Southern Transcon across a 225-foot-deep canyon in northern Arizona, with 60-70 tra…
- Spot
Crozier Canyon (BNSF)
Valentine, Arizona, United States
A dramatic granite gorge on BNSF's Southern Transcon at milepost 480, about 33 miles east of Kingman, Arizona. The canyon funnels 60-70 dai…
MP 480
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Flagstaff (Transcon)
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Downtown Flagstaff sits astride BNSF's Seligman Subdivision at milepost 344.2, where up to 100 trains per day thunder past the historic 192…
MP 344.2
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Kingman Canyon
Kingman, Arizona, United States
BNSF Seligman Subdivision double-track mainline through a desert canyon east of Kingman, Arizona, with 60-100 trains daily on one of North…
MP 516.5
Chillicothe Subdivision (3 spots)
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Fort Madison (Bridge & Depot)
Fort Madison, Iowa, United States
One of America's most-watched railfan destinations, where 60-80 BNSF Transcon trains daily cross the world's largest double-deck swing span…
also on Marceline Subdivision
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Galesburg (Junction & Yard)
Galesburg, Illinois, United States
Major BNSF railroad junction in western Illinois where the former Santa Fe TransCon and Burlington Route mainlines cross, with 90+ trains d…
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Joliet Union Station
Joliet, Illinois, United States
A major Chicago-area rail junction where BNSF, Union Pacific, CN, CSX, Iowa Interstate, Metra, and Amtrak converge beside a landmark 1912 B…
Mojave Subdivision (3 spots)
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Caliente (Tehachapi Pass)
Caliente, California, United States
A sweeping 180-degree horseshoe curve on the UP Mojave Subdivision at the foot of the Tehachapi Mountains, where Union Pacific and BNSF fre…
- Spot
Mojave (Tehachapi Jct.)
Mojave, California, United States
Key railroad junction where UP's Tehachapi Pass line meets the BNSF route to Barstow, with a small yard, helper operations, and 30-40 daily…
- Spot
Tehachapi Loop
Keene, California, United States
A 0.73-mile railroad spiral where trains cross over themselves gaining 77 feet in elevation — one of the most famous railfan destinations i…
Scenic Subdivision (3 spots)
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Edmonds Waterfront
Edmonds, Washington, United States
Watch BNSF freight, Amtrak Cascades, Empire Builder, and Sounder commuter trains at Milepost 18 on the Scenic Subdivision, with Puget Sound…
MP 18
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Everett (Tunnel Junction)
Everett, Washington, United States
Watch BNSF freight, Amtrak Cascades, Empire Builder, and Sounder commuter trains emerge from or enter the 1.5-mile Everett Tunnel on BNSF's…
- Spot
Scenic (Cascade Tunnel)
Scenic, Washington, United States
West portal of the 7.8-mile Cascade Tunnel on BNSF's Scenic Subdivision at Stevens Pass. Trains emerge from the longest railroad tunnel in…
Seattle Subdivision (3 spots)
- Spot
Argo Crossing (Seattle)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Argo Crossing is where Union Pacific's line crosses the BNSF Railway main line in Seattle's industrial south end, adjacent to UP's Argo Yar…
- Spot
Point Defiance (Tacoma)
Tacoma, Washington, United States
A freight-only BNSF mainline hugging the Puget Sound shoreline south of Point Defiance Park, offering trackside views of 30-40 daily trains…
- Spot
Steilacoom (Puget Sound)
Steilacoom, Washington, United States
Steilacoom puts railfans trackside on BNSF's Seattle Subdivision where the former Northern Pacific main line runs alongside Puget Sound. A…
MP 15.7
Butte Subdivision (2 spots)
- Spot
Alliance (BNSF Yard)
Alliance, Nebraska, United States
Major BNSF classification yard and locomotive facility in western Nebraska, a key hub for Powder River Basin coal traffic since the Burling…
- Spot
Edgemont (BNSF)
Edgemont, South Dakota, United States
Edgemont is a BNSF crew change point where the Butte and Black Hills subdivisions meet in southern South Dakota. Around 24 trains per day—m…
MP 477 · also on Black Hills Subdivision
Cajon Subdivision (2 spots)
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Cajon Pass (Summit)
Hesperia, California, United States
The busiest mountain railroad crossing in the United States, where BNSF's triple-track Cajon Subdivision and Union Pacific's Palmdale Cutof…
- Spot
Sullivan's Curve
Hesperia, California, United States
One of the most iconic railfan locations on BNSF's Southern Transcon. Sullivan's Curve offers close-up views of 90+ daily BNSF and UP train…
MP 62-63 · also on Palmdale Cutoff
Fallbridge Subdivision (2 spots)
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Vancouver (Columbia R. Crossing)
Vancouver, Washington, United States
BNSF Railway Bridge 9.6, the first railroad bridge across the lower Columbia River, carries BNSF, Union Pacific, and Amtrak trains between…
also on Seattle Subdivision
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Wishram (BNSF Gorge)
Wishram, Washington, United States
Wishram sits at one of the Pacific Northwest's premier railfan junctions: the BNSF Fallbridge Subdivision threads the Columbia River Gorge…
also on Oregon Trunk Line
Hi-Line Subdivision (2 spots)
- Spot
Havre (BNSF Hi-Line)
Havre, Montana, United States
Major BNSF crew change point and locomotive shop on the Northern Transcon Hi-Line in north-central Montana, with the sole surviving Great N…
- Spot
Marias Pass (Essex)
Essex, Montana, United States
Marias Pass near Essex, Montana, is one of America's premier mountain railfan destinations. BNSF's Hi-Line Subdivision crosses the Continen…
Jefferson City Subdivision (2 spots)
- Spot
Kirkwood
Kirkwood, Missouri, United States
Historic 1893 Richardsonian Romanesque depot on Union Pacific's Jefferson City Subdivision, with ~40 UP and ~22 BNSF trains daily. Third-bu…
MP 13.5
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Pacific (UP/BNSF Parallel)
Pacific, Missouri, United States
Where Union Pacific's Jefferson City Subdivision and BNSF's Cuba Subdivision run side by side through the Meramec River valley, offering du…
also on Cuba Subdivision
Orin Subdivision (2 spots)
- Spot
Gillette (Joint Line)
Gillette, Wyoming, United States
The Joint Line near Gillette is the busiest freight corridor by tonnage in the world, where BNSF and Union Pacific jointly operate triple-t…
MP 0.4
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Powder River Basin (Bill)
Bill, Wyoming, United States
Bill is the crew-change hub on the BNSF/UP Joint Line (Orin Subdivision) in Wyoming's Powder River Basin, the highest-tonnage freight corri…
Overland Route (2 spots)
- Spot
Cheyenne (UP & BNSF)
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States
Historic railroad hub where Union Pacific's transcontinental Overland Route meets BNSF's Front Range Subdivision. Home to the UP Steam Shop…
MP 509
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Reno (Sparks Yard)
Reno, Nevada, United States
Union Pacific's key Overland Route yard in Sparks, Nevada — a historic division point since 1904, offering close public viewing of freight…
San Bernardino Subdivision (2 spots)
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Colton (Colton Crossing)
Colton, California, United States
Historic junction where Union Pacific's Sunset Route crosses BNSF's Southern Transcon in Colton, California. Built in 1883, the crossing sa…
also on Yuma Subdivision
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Fullerton (Santa Fe Depot)
Fullerton, California, United States
A major railfan gathering point on BNSF's Southern Transcon at the junction with the San Diego Subdivision. The 1930 Spanish Colonial Reviv…
MP 165.5 · also on San Diego Subdivision
St. Croix Subdivision (2 spots)
- Spot
Alma (River & Rail)
Alma, Wisconsin, United States
Double-track BNSF Northern Transcon mainline hugging the Mississippi River through a tiny Wisconsin river town, with a pedestrian overpass…
MP 351.3
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Saint Croix Junction
Hastings, Minnesota, United States
Saint Croix Junction marks where BNSF's St. Croix Subdivision meets joint BNSF-CPKC trackage near Hastings, Minnesota, handling 55-60 train…
MP 392.1
Arkansas City Subdivision (1 spot)
Aurora Subdivision (1 spot)
Bellingham Subdivision (1 spot)
BNSF Line (1 spot)
BNSF Needles Subdivision (1 spot)
BNSF New Westminster Subdivision (1 spot)
Canyon Subdivision (1 spot)
Cascade Subdivision (1 spot)
Cherokee Subdivision (1 spot)
Chicago Subdivision (1 spot)
CN Memphis Subdivision (1 spot)
- Spot
Memphis (CN/CSX Junction)
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Kentucky Street interlocking is where four Class I railroads cross at grade in downtown Memphis — BNSF, UP, and CSX lines all cross the CN…
also on BNSF Thayer Subdivision, UP Memphis Subdivision, CSX Memphis Terminal Subdivision
Conroe Subdivision (1 spot)
Dalhart Subdivision (1 spot)
Dallas Subdivision (1 spot)
Devils Lake Subdivision (1 spot)
El Paso Subdivision (1 spot)
Emporia Subdivision (1 spot)
Feather River Route (1 spot)
Fort Worth Subdivision (BNSF) (1 spot)
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Saginaw (UP/BNSF)
Saginaw, Texas, United States
Saginaw sits at the junction of three railroad lines—two BNSF subdivisions and one Union Pacific—making it one of North Texas's premier rai…
also on Wichita Falls Subdivision (BNSF), Duncan Subdivision (UP)
Gallup Subdivision (1 spot)
Geneva Subdivision (UP) (1 spot)
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Rochelle Railroad Park
Rochelle, Illinois, United States
America's first park built specifically for railfans, located at the four-diamond crossing of Union Pacific's Geneva Subdivision and BNSF's…
MP UP 75.3 / BNSF 83.7 · also on Aurora Subdivision (BNSF)
Glidden Subdivision (UP) (1 spot)
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Rosenberg Junction
Rosenberg, Texas, United States
Historic railroad junction where UP's Glidden Subdivision, BNSF's Galveston Subdivision, and CPKC's Rosenberg Subdivision converge at an at…
also on Galveston Subdivision (BNSF), Rosenberg Subdivision (CPKC)
Kootenai River Subdivision (1 spot)
Lafayette Subdivision (1 spot)
Lakeside Subdivision (1 spot)
Little Rock Subdivision (1 spot)
Marceline Subdivision (1 spot)
Marias Pass Subdivision (1 spot)
Martinez Sub (1 spot)
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Roseville (UP J.R. Davis Yard)
Roseville, California, United States
Union Pacific's J.R. Davis Yard in Roseville, CA — the largest classification yard west of the Rockies. A dedicated public railfan viewing…
also on Roseville Sub, Valley Sub, Fresno Sub, Canyon Sub
Mobridge Subdivision (1 spot)
Moffat Tunnel Subdivision (1 spot)
Montana Division (formerly MRL Subdivision) (1 spot)
Needles Subdivision (1 spot)
Northern Transcon (1 spot)
Ottumwa Subdivision (1 spot)
Panhandle Subdivision (1 spot)
Pikes Peak Subdivision (1 spot)
Portland Subdivision (UP) (1 spot)
Provo Subdivision (1 spot)
Raton Subdivision (1 spot)
Red River Valley Subdivision (1 spot)
Red Rock Subdivision (1 spot)
San Bernardino Subdivision (BNSF) (1 spot)
South End Subdivision (1 spot)
Spokane Subdivision (1 spot)
Staples Subdivision (1 spot)
Stockton Subdivision (BNSF) (1 spot)
Thayer North Subdivision (1 spot)
Topeka Subdivision (1 spot)
Waco Subdivision (1 spot)
Wayzata Subdivision (1 spot)
Other spots (8 spots)
These sit on the BNSF network, but nobody has recorded which subdivision they belong to yet.
- Spot
Abo Canyon (BNSF)
Mountainair, New Mexico, United States
Abo Canyon, located in New Mexico, is a renowned train observation spot along the BNSF Railway. This scenic area features a series of bridg…
- Spot
Belen (Transcon Junction)
Belen, New Mexico, United States
Belen is the heart of BNSF's Southern Transcon, where three subdivisions converge at one of the Southwest's largest rail yards. With 80-110…
- Spot
Council Bluffs (Transfer Point)
Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States
Council Bluffs is one of America's seven principal Midwest railroad gateways, where nine main lines from Union Pacific, BNSF, Iowa Intersta…
- Spot
Huey P. Long Bridge (New Orleans)
Jefferson, Louisiana, United States
The Huey P. Long Bridge carries two NOPB-operated tracks over the Mississippi River at mile post 106.1 in Jefferson Parish, 10 river miles…
MP 106.1
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Kansas City Union Station
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Historic Beaux-Arts terminal on the BNSF Transcon in America's second-largest rail hub. A pedestrian overpass behind the station offers vie…
- Spot
Scottsbluff (Coal Route)
Scottsbluff, Nebraska, United States
BNSF freight corridor through Nebraska's panhandle where coal trains from Wyoming's Powder River Basin roll past the dramatic sandstone blu…
- Spot
Temple (BNSF/UP Crossing)
Temple, Texas, United States
A major railroad junction in Central Texas where BNSF and Union Pacific lines cross at the historic Tower 24 diamond. The adjacent Temple R…
- Spot
Tower 55 (Fort Worth)
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Tower 55 is the busiest railroad diamond interlocking in the United States outside of Chicago, where BNSF's triple-track north–south main m…
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