Motley Train Cam: BNSF Brainerd Sub

A Community Park in View

The camera's main outlook is the City of Motley's recreation park, a tidy municipal green in central Minnesota. In the foreground sits a concrete skate park with ramps, rails, and a central pump feature, while a fenced baseball diamond and open playing fields stretch off to one side.

A Steel Highway Railcam

Operated by Steel Highway Railcams and sponsored by the City of Motley, this is a pan-tilt-zoom camera that can swing west toward the BNSF Brainerd Subdivision. When a train approaches, the operators turn the lens to the tracks to capture freight rolling through town.

The Town of Motley, Minnesota

Motley is a small town in central Minnesota where the railroad has long been part of everyday life. The park sits right beside the active mainline, so a single camera frames both recreation and rail heritage.

What You'll See

Most of the time the view is the easygoing rhythm of a community park — skaters on the ramps, games on the diamond, people crossing the green. Stay a while and you may catch the camera pivot to a passing freight train, the reason railfans keep this feed open.