Union Pacific Railroad
Class I railroad headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, operating about 32,000 route miles across 23 western U.S. states.
82 spots · 32 live cams · 57 subdivisions · reporting mark UP
Union Pacific map (114)
Live cams on the Union Pacific (32)
- Live Cam
Big Sandy (Texas)
Big Sandy, Texas, United States
Two free cameras on the Union Pacific junction at Big Sandy, Texas, where the former St. Louis Southwestern and Texas & Pacific routes cros…
- Live Cam
Boone, Iowa — Cam 2 East
Boone, Iowa, United States
Trains On Demand's east-facing camera at Boone, Iowa, with live railroad radio audio.
- Live Cam
Butler Yard (Wauwatosa), Wisconsin — UP Milwaukee Subdivision
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
A wide east-facing view of Union Pacific's Butler Yard in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, at milepost 95.3 of the Milwaukee Subdivision. Two main lin…
- Live Cam
Caliente, Nevada — Depot Camera
Caliente, Nevada, United States
LIVE Trains' depot camera at Caliente, Nevada, on Union Pacific's route through the desert of eastern Nevada.
- Live Cam
Caliente, Nevada — PTZ
Caliente, Nevada, United States
LIVE Trains' pan-tilt-zoom camera at Caliente, Nevada, alongside their fixed depot camera.
- 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
Clarence, Iowa — UP Clinton Subdivision
Clarence, Iowa, United States
A wide view of Union Pacific's Clinton Subdivision on the east edge of Clarence, Iowa, hosted by the Clarence Sundstop gas station on US 30…
- Live Cam
Dunsmuir, California — Depot
Dunsmuir, California, United States
A camera at Dunsmuir depot in northern California, hosted by the Dunsmuir Railroad Depot Historical Society and the Dunsmuir Chamber of Com…
- Live Cam
Edison, California — Giumarra Vineyards
Edison, California, United States
A camera at Edison, California, hosted by Giumarra Vineyards — the San Joaquin valley approach to the Tehachapi Pass.
- Live Cam
Gervais, Oregon — UP Brooklyn Subdivision
Gervais, Oregon, United States
A camera on Union Pacific's Brooklyn Subdivision at Gervais, Oregon, in the Willamette Valley. Union Pacific freight plus Amtrak's Coast St…
- Live Cam
Granby, Colorado — UP Moffat Tunnel Sub MP 75.7
Granby, Colorado, United States
SouthWest RailCams' camera at Granby, Colorado, on Union Pacific's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision at milepost 75.7.
- 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
Greeley, Colorado — UP Greeley Subdivision
Greeley, Colorado, United States
A south-facing camera and a PTZ outside the Colorado Model Railroad Museum in Greeley, on Union Pacific's Greeley Subdivision at milepost 5…
- Live Cam
Houston, Texas — Tower 26
Houston, Texas, United States
LIVE Trains' pan-tilt-zoom camera at Tower 26 in Houston, Texas.
- Live Cam
Kearney, Nebraska — UP Kearney Subdivision
Kearney, Nebraska, United States
West- and east-facing cameras on Union Pacific's Kearney Subdivision at milepost 188.8 in Nebraska. Three main tracks, up to 80 freight tra…
- Live Cam
Laramie, Wyoming — UP Laramie Subdivision
Laramie, Wyoming, United States
A pan-tilt-zoom camera at the Laramie Railroad Depot in Wyoming, milepost 565.4 on Union Pacific's Laramie Subdivision, on the west slope o…
- 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
Lombard, Illinois — Otto's Tavern
Lombard, Illinois, United States
A Tavern League of Railfans camera at Otto's Tavern in Lombard, Illinois, on the busy Union Pacific West corridor out of Chicago.
- Live Cam
Longview, Texas — UP Mineola and Little Rock Subs MP 89.6
Longview, Texas, United States
SouthWest RailCams' east-facing camera at Longview, Texas, at milepost 89.6 where Union Pacific's Mineola and Little Rock Subdivisions meet.
- Live Cam
Mojave, California — Gardner Realty
Mojave, California, United States
A camera at Mojave, California, hosted by Gardner Realty — the desert foot of the Tehachapi Pass, where trains from the pass meet the Mojav…
- 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
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
Saint Louis, Missouri — Virtual Railfan East
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Virtual Railfan's pan-tilt-zoom camera looking east over the railway at Saint Louis, Missouri.
- Live Cam
Salt Lake City, Utah — Virtual Railfan South
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Virtual Railfan's fixed camera looking south over the railway at Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Live Cam
Tehachapi Loop, California — Union Pacific Mojave Subdivision
Keene, California, United States
A camera on the Tehachapi Loop, the spiral where a long train crosses over its own tail — one of the most famous pieces of railway engineer…
- Live Cam
Tehachapi Pass, California — West Cable
Tehachapi, California, United States
The operator's "Cable cam", one of five cameras covering the Tehachapi Pass on Union Pacific's Mojave Subdivision.
- Live Cam
Tehachapi, California — Depot Railroad Museum
Tehachapi, California, United States
A camera at the Tehachapi Depot Railroad Museum, in the town at the top of the pass. One of five cameras the operator runs on the Tehachapi…
- 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
Weimar, Texas — UP Glidden Sub MP 98.9
Weimar, Texas, United States
SouthWest RailCams' camera at Weimar, Texas, on Union Pacific's Glidden Subdivision at milepost 98.9.
- 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 (82)
Overland Route (4 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
- Spot
Green River (UP)
Green River, Wyoming, United States
Historic Union Pacific division point at 6,100 feet in Wyoming's high desert, where the 1910 depot and pedestrian overpass offer railyard v…
- Spot
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…
- Spot
Truckee (Donner Pass)
Truckee, California, United States
Downtown Truckee depot (10065 Donner Pass Rd) places railfans steps from the Union Pacific Overland Route at 5,820 ft elevation, where 15 t…
Mojave Subdivision (3 spots)
- Spot
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…
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
Cajon Subdivision (2 spots)
- Spot
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
Coast Line (2 spots)
- Spot
San Luis Obispo (Horseshoe Curve)
San Luis Obispo, California, United States
A dramatic horseshoe curve on UP's Coast Line where trains climb the steepest grade between LA and San Francisco — 2.2% through tunnels and…
- Spot
Santa Susana Pass
Chatsworth, California, United States
Santa Susana Pass carries the Union Pacific Coast Line through three sandstone tunnels bored in 1904, including the 7,369-foot Santa Susana…
Evanston Subdivision (2 spots)
- Spot
Echo Canyon (UP)
Echo, Utah, United States
Union Pacific's Evanston Subdivision cuts through Echo Canyon's red Triassic sandstone on the original transcontinental route, with 50-60 t…
- Spot
Ogden (Union Station)
Ogden, Utah, United States
Historic 1924 Spanish Colonial Revival depot at the west end of Ogden's 25th Street, where UP's Evanston Subdivision main line carries 45-5…
MP 993
Fallbridge Subdivision (2 spots)
- Spot
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
- Spot
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
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
- Spot
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
Kearney Subdivision (2 spots)
- Spot
Gibbon Junction
Gibbon, Nebraska, United States
Gibbon Junction marks where Union Pacific's Marysville Subdivision branches south toward Kansas City from the triple-tracked Kearney Subdiv…
- Spot
O'Fallons (Triple Track)
Sutherland, Nebraska, United States
O'Fallons marks the western end of Union Pacific's famous triple-track Kearney Subdivision, where the mainline from Chicago meets the North…
also on North Platte Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel Subdivision (2 spots)
- Spot
Big 10 Curve (Arvada)
Arvada, Colorado, United States
A 270-degree, 10-degree curve on Union Pacific's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision near Arvada, Colorado, featuring a unique hopper-car windbreak i…
MP 17.4
- Spot
Moffat Tunnel (West Portal)
Winter Park, Colorado, United States
Watch UP and BNSF trains emerge from the 6.2-mile Moffat Tunnel—the highest mainline railroad tunnel in the US at 9,239 ft—at Winter Park R…
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
- Spot
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…
Arkansas City Subdivision (1 spot)
Black Butte Subdivision (1 spot)
BNSF Line (1 spot)
Boone Subdivision (1 spot)
Canyon Subdivision (1 spot)
Cascade Subdivision (1 spot)
Cherokee Subdivision (1 spot)
Chester Subdivision (1 spot)
- Spot
Dexter (Rail Crossing)
Dexter, Missouri, United States
A major Union Pacific junction in southeast Missouri where four subdivisions converge, handling up to 50 trains daily. The restored Missour…
also on Hoxie Subdivision, Jonesboro Subdivision, Sikeston Subdivision
Chillicothe Subdivision (1 spot)
Clinton 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
Dalhart Subdivision (1 spot)
Dallas Subdivision (1 spot)
El Paso Subdivision (1 spot)
Elko Subdivision (1 spot)
Feather River Route (1 spot)
Flatonia Subdivision (1 spot)
Fort Worth Subdivision (BNSF) (1 spot)
- Spot
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)
Geneva Subdivision (UP) (1 spot)
- Spot
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)
- Spot
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)
Laramie Subdivision (1 spot)
Little Rock Subdivision (1 spot)
Lordsburg Subdivision (1 spot)
Martinez Sub (1 spot)
- Spot
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
Marysville Subdivision (1 spot)
Mason City Subdivision (1 spot)
Meridian Speedway (1 spot)
Mount Vernon Subdivision (1 spot)
Pikes Peak Subdivision (1 spot)
Portland Subdivision (1 spot)
Portland Subdivision (UP) (1 spot)
Provo Subdivision (1 spot)
Red River Valley Subdivision (1 spot)
Roseville Subdivision (1 spot)
San Bernardino Subdivision (1 spot)
San Bernardino Subdivision (BNSF) (1 spot)
Santa Barbara Subdivision (1 spot)
Spokane Subdivision (1 spot)
Stockton Subdivision (BNSF) (1 spot)
Tomah Subdivision (1 spot)
Valley Subdivision (1 spot)
Waco Subdivision (1 spot)
Other spots (10 spots)
These sit on the Union Pacific network, but nobody has recorded which subdivision they belong to yet.
- 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
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
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
- Spot
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
North Platte (Bailey Yard)
North Platte, Nebraska, United States
The world's largest railroad classification yard — 2,850 acres, 315 miles of track, and an average of 139 Union Pacific trains per day. The…
- Spot
San José (Diridon Station)
San Jose, California, United States
San Jose Diridon Station is the central passenger rail hub for Silicon Valley, where Caltrain electric commuter trains, Amtrak Capitol Corr…
- 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
Texarkana (Union Station)
Texarkana, Arkansas, United States
Texarkana Union Station is a 44,000-square-foot Renaissance Revival depot that literally straddles the Arkansas-Texas state line. Opened in…
- 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…
- Spot
Van Buren (UP/KCS)
Van Buren, Arkansas, United States
Van Buren's restored 1901 Frisco depot anchors a genuine two-railroad town: Union Pacific freight rolls through on its main line while the…
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