Chesterton Porter Junction - IN, USA

This Virtual Railfan camera sits at Porter Junction, milepost 482.1 in Chesterton, Indiana, hosted by CMS Technology, capturing one of the busiest rail crossings in the American midwest 50 miles east of Chicago. Over 110 trains pass daily including 80-plus Norfolk Southern freights on the Chicago Line, 8-plus CPKC trains, and 14 Amtrak services covering five named routes: the Lake Shore Limited, Floridian, Blue Water, Wolverine, and Pere Marquette.

Porter Junction is where Norfolk Southern's Chicago Line, Amtrak's Michigan Line, and CSX's Grand Rapids and Porter Subdivisions all converge, making it one of the most operationally complex rail junctions in Indiana. The proximity to Chicago, the largest rail hub in North America, means trains through this junction represent traffic bound for virtually every corner of the US freight and passenger network.

Chesterton sits in Porter County on the southern shore of Lake Michigan, directly adjacent to Indiana Dunes National Park, the newest national park in the United States designated in 2019. The 15,000-acre park draws over 3 million visitors annually and sits just 2 miles from this camera position.

Did You Know? Chesterton sits next to Indiana Dunes National Park, the US's newest national park designated in 2019, making this one of the few railfan camera locations in the country directly adjacent to a national park boundary.

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