La Plata, Missouri, USA | Virtual Railfan LIVE
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the exterior refurbishment project taking place at the depot, the East and West cameras are offline. Anticipated return of those cameras is early autumn, 2022.
This is a live stream of La Plata, Missouri, USA, for people who enjoy watching trains.
Help us raise funds for the exhibits that The American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation operates in La Plata, MO: https://tinyurl.com/y8xc6gve
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The PTZ camera is sponsored by Duane & Curt Lundgren, in memory of their hometown Great Northern Railroad. Thank you both!!
Informational Maps (Courtesy of Curt Lundgren, thanks Curt!)
Original: https://www.curtlundgren.com/la_plata.jpg
Metric: https://www.curtlundgren.com/la_plata_metric.jpg
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ABOUT THIS FEED:
La Plata, MO, in Northern Missouri, is located on BNSF Railway’s Marceline Subdivision at milepost 312.7, part of their Southern Transcon, the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) mainline between Chicago and Los Angeles.
Amtrak’s “Southwest Chief” passenger train stops here twice a day , the eastbound train #4 in the morning and the westbound train #3 in the evening.
see what La Plata looked like in 1992 , first 1:30 of this video, From La Plata to Ft Madison . ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UH8Knz3DJM
The typical BNSF freight train volume is between 50 and 70 trains per 24 hours.
ATCS is no longer available. There is a radio feed for the western part of the BNSF Marceline Sub (also includes Norfolk Southern’s Kansas City District) https://bit.ly/2NbpuII
You will see many Amish and Mennonite folks at the station. Please be respectful of these communities in chat.
When’s the next train? Yeah, we get this a lot. You can figure out the next Amtrak passenger train with this handy link: https://www.amtrak.com/services/maps.trainlocation.html
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.
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