Muscatine Merrill Hotel Live Railcam - Muscatine, IA

The Muscatine Merrill Hotel Live Railcam, run by Steel Highway Railcams, points at the tracks that run along the Mississippi River through Muscatine, Iowa, with the hotel itself in view. It is a live video feed, not a still, so you can watch trains move through the frame in real time. Freight traffic on this line is steady through the day, and the camera is worth opening when a northbound or southbound train is due, which the operator sometimes announces. The riverside setting gives you river barges and the bridge in the background alongside the rail action. At night, the hotel lights and locomotive headlights make the scene clearer than you might expect. Check it when you want a quiet look at Midwest railroading or before you travel through the area.