Here’s a railcam in La-Plata Missouri that has a lot of BNSF traffic going through it daily. If you look on the radar map La-Plata is 5 to 10 miles south, southeast of Kirksville.
http://www.railcams.net/dotcom/lap/index.html Railcam.
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?product=NCR&rid=EAX&loop=yes Weather Radar.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.02235635293741&lon=-92.49114990234375&site=eax&smap=1&marine=0&unit=0&lg=en Weather Forecast.
I’ve been watching this railcam since 4:21PM and this is so far what has come by. I will probably watch this until about 7:45PM or till 8:00PM.
4:29PM UP Intermodal Westbound Track 2.
4:40PM BNSF Intermodal Westbound Track 2.
5:22PM BNSF Intermodal Eastbound Track 2.
5:45PM BNSF Intermodal Eastbound Track 2.
6:19PM BNSF Intermodal Eastbound Track 2.
6:27PM BNSF Intermodal Westbound Track 1.
6:47PM 2 KCS Dash 9’s and SF Blue Bonnet GP60 Freight Westbound Track 1.
7:26PM BNSF Freight Eastbound Track 2.
7:41PM BNSF Grain and Ethanol Eastbound Track 2.
That’s all for today. I ended at 7:42PM.
I just watched the westbound Southwest Chief pull up to the Amtrak station at 8:25 PM, about 19 minutes late. Lots of people got on- it finally got rolling again at 8:32.
Incidentally, it appears that the Depot Inn cameras on top are labeled bass-ackwards. The one on the right is pointing east, not west.
I have just started watching the Railcam at 5:53AM and will tell you what will come through here today as best as I can do. Right now I don’t know how long I will watch this.
6:24AM BNSF Intermodal Westbound Track 1.
7:00AM BNSF Grain Coal Hoppers Eastbound Track 2.
7:04AM BNSF Intermodal Westbound Track 1.
8:11AM BNSF Freight Westbound Track 1.
8:30AM UP Intermodal Eastbound Track 2.
9:21AM BNSF Intermodal Westbound Track 1.
9:33AM UP Intermodal Westbound Track 1.
9:43AM BNSF Intermodal Westbound Track 1.
9:54AM Amtrak Stop Eastbound Track 1.
10:17AM BNSF Intermodal Eastbound Track 1.
10:44AM BNSF Intermodal Easrbound Track 1.
10:51AM BNSF Intermodal Eastbound Track 1.
11:00AM BNSF Intermodal Westbound Track 2.
11:42AM UP Auto Intermodal Eastbound Track 2.
11:54AM BNSF Baretable Eastbound Track 2.
12:03PM UP Intermodal Eastbound Track 2.
12:16PM BNSF Freight Eastbound Track 2.
12:28PM BNSF Intermodal Eastbound Track 2.
1:51PM UP Auto Westbound Track 1.
2:39PM BNSF Auto / Intermodal Eastbound Track 2.
2:51PM BNSF Freight Eastbound Track 2.
3:38PM BNSF Intermodal Eastbound Track 2.
3:49PM BNSF Intermodal Eastbound Track 2.
3:57PM BNSF Intermodal Eastbound Track 2.
25.4:03PM UP Intermodal Westbound Track 1.
4:12PM BNSF Intermodal Westbound Track 1.
4:46PM SF Warb
Right now if you look at the railcam at 9:30PM there are these 3 guys since about 9:15PM standing there and they keep walking on the tracks. Now that’s trespassing, right in front of the station.
I have just started watching the railcam at 12:11PM. I don’t know how long I’ll watch the railcam today.
12:45PM BNSF Auto Westbound Track 2.
1:03PM BNSF Grain Coal Hoppers Westbound Track 2.
1:22PM BNSF Grain Westbound Track 2.
1:33PM BNSF Intermodal Westbound Track 2.
1:45PM UP Intermodal Westbound Track 2.
2:28PM UP Intermodal Eastbound Track 2.
2:37PM BNSF Intermodal Eastbound Track 2.
3:19PM BNSF with CSX Engine Intermodal Westbound Track 2.
3:45PM BNSF Grain Westbound Track 2.
That’s all for me today. I ended at 3:51PM.
i was watching a little bit this morning and there was a dozen or so people standing on the tracks
I’m sure this behavior is a violation of Amtrak safety standards. If there is a station attendant at LaPlata, he or she isn’t doing their job. At my hometown station,the attendant keeps everyone in the station,or on the parking lot side of the building until the train is nearly there.
I just saw the SW Chief come and go. It was about five minutes late. The depot platform is lit at night – but I don’t know if the station has an attendant or not. - a.s.
If you look at the Railcam right now they just have or are going to put a new rail in on Track 2.