Norfolk Southern Railway
Class I railroad headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, operating about 19,500 route miles across 22 eastern U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
56 spots · 17 live cams · 35 subdivisions · reporting mark NS
Norfolk Southern map (73)
Live cams on the Norfolk Southern (17)
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Amherst (Ohio)
Amherst, Ohio, United States
Two cameras at the Nordson Depot in Amherst, Ohio, overlooking Norfolk Southern's double-track Chicago Line at milepost 213. The operator c…
- Live Cam
Austell (Georgia)
Austell, Georgia, United States
One PTZ and one fixed camera on the junction of two Norfolk Southern main lines in downtown Austell, Georgia. The operator counts over 60 t…
- Live Cam
Decatur, Alabama — Historic Union Depot
Decatur, Alabama, United States
West- and east-facing cameras on the 1905 Historic Decatur Union Depot in Alabama, a quarter mile south of the Tennessee River bridge. Two…
- Live Cam
Fostoria, Ohio — The Iron Triangle
Fostoria, Ohio, United States
A pan-tilt-zoom camera at the Fostoria Iron Triangle Railpark in Ohio, where Norfolk Southern and CSX main lines cross. Over 80 freight tra…
- Live Cam
Greencastle, Pennsylvania — NS Lurgan Branch
Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
An east-facing camera at the 1909 High Line Train Station in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, on Norfolk Southern's Lurgan Branch. Freight only,…
- Live Cam
Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania
Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States
Virtual Railfan's camera at Horseshoe Curve, the tiered horseshoe on Norfolk Southern's Pittsburgh Line west of Altoona, opened in 1854 and…
- Live Cam
Johnstown, Pennsylvania — NS Pittsburgh Line
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States
A west-facing camera at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, milepost 275 on Norfolk Southern's Pittsburgh Line. Around 40 trains a day, plus Amtrak's…
- Live Cam
Jonesborough, Tennessee — NS Knoxville East District
Jonesborough, Tennessee, United States
An east-facing camera at the Chuckey Depot Museum in Jonesborough, Tennessee, on Norfolk Southern's Knoxville East District (the A-Line), t…
- Live Cam
Muncie, Indiana — CSX Indianapolis Line and NS districts
Muncie, Indiana, United States
An east-facing camera at Muncie, Indiana, covering CSX's Indianapolis Line and Norfolk Southern's Frankfort and New Castle Districts — thre…
- Live Cam
Paradise, Pennsylvania — Leaman Place Junction
Paradise, Pennsylvania, United States
A pan-tilt-zoom camera on Leaman Place Junction at Paradise, Pennsylvania, where the Strasburg Rail Road joins Amtrak's Keystone Corridor.…
- Live Cam
Phillipsburg, New Jersey — PU Tower, NS Lehigh Line
Phillipsburg, New Jersey, United States
A pan-tilt-zoom camera at PU Tower, on Norfolk Southern's Lehigh Line at Phillipsburg, New Jersey — about 76 miles west of New York City an…
- Live Cam
Princeton, Indiana — CSX CE&D Subdivision at the Depot
Princeton, Indiana, United States
A fixed camera at the historic Princeton, Indiana depot, watching CSX's CE&D Subdivision and Norfolk Southern freight, with a diamond cross…
- Live Cam
Rockville Bridge, Harrisburg
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
A Susquehanna River Basin Commission camera at the Commission's Harrisburg headquarters, looking upriver at the Rockville Bridge — 48 spans…
- Live Cam
Spring City, Tennessee — NS CNO&TP South District MP 283.2
Spring City, Tennessee, United States
SouthWest RailCams' camera at Spring City, Tennessee, on Norfolk Southern's CNO&TP South District at milepost 283.2.
- Live Cam
Thomasville, North Carolina — NS Danville District (North & South Cameras)
Thomasville, North Carolina, United States
Two fixed Virtual Railfan cameras at the 1871 depot in Thomasville, North Carolina, aimed north and south along Norfolk Southern's Danville…
- Live Cam
Whiting, Indiana — Steel Highway Railcam
Whiting, Indiana, United States
Steel Highway's camera at Whiting, Indiana, on the industrial lakeshore south-east of Chicago.
- Live Cam
Worthington, Ohio — NS Sandusky District, Ohio Railway Museum
Worthington, Ohio, United States
A camera on Norfolk Southern's Sandusky District, hosted by the Ohio Railway Museum — founded in 1948 and, the operator states, the fourth-…
Spots by subdivision (56)
Pittsburgh Line (7 spots)
- Spot
Cassandra Railroad Overlook
Cassandra, Pennsylvania, United States
A 1936 iron bridge spanning three Norfolk Southern main line tracks on the busy Pittsburgh Line in the Allegheny Mountains, offering direct…
- Spot
Cresson
Cresson, Pennsylvania, United States
One of America's premier railfan destinations, Cresson sits atop the Allegheny Mountains on Norfolk Southern's Pittsburgh Line at milepost…
MP 251
- Spot
Enola Yard (Harrisburg)
East Pennsboro Township, Pennsylvania, United States
A historic Norfolk Southern flat-switching yard in East Pennsboro Township, Pennsylvania, stretching four miles along the Susquehanna River…
- Spot
Gallitzin Tunnels
Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, United States
Three historic tunnels at the summit of the Alleghenies on Norfolk Southern's Pittsburgh Line (MP 248), with 50+ daily trains. Tunnels Park…
MP 248
- Spot
Horseshoe Curve
Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States
America's most famous railroad curve — a 220-degree, three-track bend on Norfolk Southern's Pittsburgh Line, 5 miles west of Altoona. Built…
MP 242
- Spot
Lewistown (NS Main)
Lewistown, Pennsylvania, United States
Historic 1849 PRR station on Norfolk Southern's Pittsburgh Line — the oldest Amtrak-served station in the U.S. — with 50-70 daily freight t…
- Spot
Rockville Bridge
Marysville, Pennsylvania, United States
The world's longest stone masonry arch railroad bridge (3,820 ft, 48 arches), built in 1902 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Carries Norfolk S…
Chicago Line (4 spots)
- Spot
Berea (BE Tower)
Berea, Ohio, United States
Premier railfan hotspot in northeast Ohio where Norfolk Southern's Chicago Line and CSX's Cleveland Short Line Subdivision run within yards…
MP 21.5
- Spot
Porter Junction
Porter, Indiana, United States
One of the Midwest's best-known rail junctions, where Norfolk Southern's busy Chicago Line meets Amtrak's Michigan Line and CSX's Grand Rap…
- Spot
Sandusky (Bayview)
Sandusky, Ohio, United States
At the Bayview approach to Norfolk Southern's Sandusky Bay causeway, freight trains and Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited transition from 1.17 mi…
also on Sandusky District
- Spot
Vickers (Toledo Junction)
Northwood, Ohio, United States
Vickers (Toledo Junction) is a grade diamond crossing in Northwood, Ohio where Norfolk Southern's Chicago Line meets CSX's Toledo Terminal…
MP 285.4 · also on Toledo Terminal Subdivision
Meridian Speedway (2 spots)
- Spot
Meridian (KCS/NS)
Meridian, Mississippi, United States
Major railroad junction in downtown Meridian where the CPKC Meridian Speedway meets the Norfolk Southern Crescent Route. With up to 45 trai…
also on Crescent Route
- Spot
Vicksburg (Miss. River Bridge)
Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States
The Old Vicksburg Bridge (1930) carries CPKC's Meridian Speedway freight trains across the Mississippi River on a single-track cantilever l…
Pocahontas District (2 spots)
- Spot
Elkhorn (Pocahontas Coal)
Landgraff, West Virginia, United States
A double-track Norfolk Southern Pocahontas Division mainline spot along US-52 in McDowell County, near the famed Elkhorn Inn — called "the…
MP 381.0
- Spot
Iaeger (N&W/VGN Junction)
Iaeger, West Virginia, United States
A working Norfolk Southern yard town on the Pocahontas District in southern West Virginia, where the Dry Fork Branch meets the main line am…
A-Line (South End Subdivision) (1 spot)
A&WP Subdivision (1 spot)
AGS Subdivision (1 spot)
Charlotte District (1 spot)
Chattanooga Subdivision (1 spot)
Chicago Line (Dearborn Division) (1 spot)
Cleveland Line (1 spot)
CNO&TP Second District (1 spot)
Columbia Subdivision (1 spot)
CSAO Lehigh Line (1 spot)
CSX Buffalo Terminal Subdivision (1 spot)
D&H South Line (1 spot)
Fitzgerald Subdivision (1 spot)
Flint Subdivision (1 spot)
Georgia Division / Atlanta North District (1 spot)
Greenwich Subdivision (1 spot)
Lafayette District (1 spot)
Nahunta Subdivision (1 spot)
New Castle District (1 spot)
- Spot
Frankfort (NS/CSX)
Frankfort, Indiana, United States
A rare at-grade diamond where Norfolk Southern's former Nickel Plate Road lines cross CSX's Frankfort Secondary Subdivision in downtown Fra…
also on Frankfort District, Frankfort Secondary Subdivision
New Castle Subdivision (1 spot)
- Spot
New Castle (CSX/NS)
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States
A multi-railroad junction in northwest Pennsylvania where CSX, Norfolk Southern, the New Castle Industrial Railroad, and the Buffalo & Pitt…
also on New Castle Terminal Subdivision, Fort Wayne Line
Peoria Subdivision (1 spot)
Rathole Division (1 spot)
Richmond District (1 spot)
Sandusky District (1 spot)
- Spot
Marion (CSX/NS Diamonds)
Marion, Ohio, United States
Marion Union Station sits at the intersection of three Class I double-track mainlines—two CSX and one Norfolk Southern—creating eight at-gr…
also on Mount Victory Subdivision, Columbus Subdivision
South End Subdivision (1 spot)
Union Belt (1 spot)
W-Line (1 spot)
Other spots (10 spots)
These sit on the Norfolk Southern network, but nobody has recorded which subdivision they belong to yet.
- Spot
Atlanta (Inman Yard)
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Norfolk Southern's 200-acre intermodal hub and classification yard in northwest Atlanta, built by Southern Railway in 1957. One of NS's key…
- Spot
Bellevue (NS Yard)
Bellevue, Ohio, United States
Norfolk Southern's Moorman Yard in Bellevue, Ohio is the largest classification yard on the NS system, spanning 620 acres with 80 tracks. O…
- Spot
Chattanooga (TVRM & Norfolk Southern)
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Heritage railroad museum adjacent to Norfolk Southern's busy mainline in East Chattanooga, combining steam excursions through a pre-Civil W…
- Spot
Dolton (Interlocking)
Dolton, Illinois, United States
One of America's busiest at-grade rail junctions, where CSX, Union Pacific, and Indiana Harbor Belt cross in Chicago's south suburbs. Over…
- Spot
Hagerstown (NS/CSX)
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
Hagerstown, Maryland's historic "Hub City" where CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Winchester & Western railroads converge. Watch freight operatio…
- 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
Natural Tunnel
Duffield, Virginia, United States
A million-year-old natural limestone cave in Scott County, Virginia, large enough for Norfolk Southern and CSX coal trains to pass through…
- Spot
Roanoke (Railwalk)
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Purpose-built 1/3-mile railfan walkway along Norfolk Southern's mainline through downtown Roanoke, with elevated platforms, interpretive di…
- Spot
Susquehanna River Bridge (Perryville)
Perryville, Maryland, United States
The Amtrak Northeast Corridor's Susquehanna River Bridge at Perryville is a 4,153-foot steel deck truss span carrying up to 104 trains per…
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