Actual start date: 12/13/19 You are watching a live stream of Elkhart, Indiana, USA, for people who enjoy watching trains. It is hosted by the National NYC RR Museum: owned by City of Elkhart: Check out everything Elkhart has to offer!
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ABOUT THIS FEED:
Elkhart is on Norfolk Southern Railway’s (NS's) Chicago Line, the former New York Central Railroad (NYC) main line between Chicago and New York, originally the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway (LS&MS). At the Conrail split, NS acquired the western half between Chicago and Cleveland, CSX the eastern half between Cleveland and New York. This line sees as many as 100 trains in a 24-hour period! The Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) also has track rights. Amtrak’s "Capitol Limited" (Chicago-D.C.) and "Lake Shore Limited" (Chicago-New York) also stop here twice a day per route (at the station building seen on the west camera). NS also has their largest classification yard east of the Mississippi down the road, the Robert Young Yard. Elkhart is also the location of the junction with the Elkhart & Western RR shortline, and with the Kalamazoo Branch to Grand Rapids, MI, which is leased to the Grand Elk RR.
When’s the next train? Yeah, we get this a lot. You can figure out the next Amtrak passenger train with this handy link:
There’s no schedule for freight trains, but some of our more knowledgeable members will provide real-time information when it’s available. Please refrain from asking.
There is an ATCS layout available, with excellent server coverage.
There is a radio feed available to the east in DeKalb County:
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