Council Bluffs Rail Line, Iowa Live Cam

This camera in Council Bluffs, Iowa, looks over two Union Pacific tracks toward a row of tan storage tanks. A signal mast and a stop sign stand at the right edge of the frame.

The tracks belong to the Union Pacific Omaha Subdivision at milepost 350.85, in a city long tied to the start of the Transcontinental Railroad. Covered hopper cars and double-stack container trains are typical of the freight that rolls past.

The camera does not keep one angle. Its usual view takes in a metal wall with a RAILWAY sign at the left, with the tanks and a long metal building beyond the rails, but the view shifts between times of day and tightens on a train as it passes, filling the frame with a hopper car or stacked containers.