Canadian National at Imlay City, Michigan
CN freights and Amtrak's Blue Water through Imlay City, Michigan, on a live webcam beside the tracks.
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Imlay City sits at milepost 302 of Canadian National's Flint Subdivision, the main line across the base of Michigan's Thumb between Chicago and Port Huron, and this live cam watches the tracks as they pass through town.
The line is one of the main freight routes between Canada and the United States: at Port Huron it runs under the St. Clair River to Sarnia, Ontario, through a rail tunnel, and long freights carry automobiles, containers and raw materials across the border in both directions. Amtrak's Blue Water, the daily train between Chicago and Port Huron, uses the same tracks, and its short passenger consist stands out among the mile-long freights.
Imlay City keeps Eastern Time, UTC−5, UTC−4 in summer, an hour ahead of Chicago, where the line begins. Some 3,900 people live in the town, in Lapeer County, and trains pass through it day and night, in every season and every weather.
