Tower 26 Rail Junction - Houston, TX, USA

This PTZ railcam from LiveTrains.com sits at Tower 26 on West Street in Houston, one of the busiest rail junctions in the United States, with the full downtown Houston skyline rising directly behind the tracks. Houston is the most rail-dense city in North America, with over 300 miles of active freight rail running through the metropolitan area serving the Port of Houston, the busiest port in the United States by foreign waterborne tonnage.

Tower 26 is a key interlocking point where multiple BNSF lines converge on the approach to Houston's inner rail network, handling a continuous flow of intermodal, chemical, and energy-sector freight. The chemical and petrochemical industry along the Houston Ship Channel generates some of the heaviest rail traffic in the country, with tank cars carrying crude oil, refined products, and industrial chemicals forming a significant proportion of movements through this junction.

The downtown skyline visible in the background includes buildings from the Texas Medical Center corridor, the largest medical complex in the world covering 1,345 acres and employing over 100,000 people. Houston sits at the intersection of six Class I railroads, more than any other city in the United States, making Tower 26 a front-row seat to some of the most varied freight rail traffic anywhere on the network.

Did You Know? Houston is served by six Class I railroads, more than any other city in the United States, a direct result of its position as the gateway to the Port of Houston and the Gulf Coast petrochemical industry.

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