Sloss Furnaces Railcam at the Diamond

The CSX/NS Diamond Crossing

The camera watches one of the South's most active railroad diamonds, where the CSX and Norfolk Southern mainlines intersect at grade. It is a constant parade of freight power, from intermodal stacks to mixed manifests grinding across the crossing diamond.

Beside Sloss Furnaces

The vantage sits next to Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, a preserved pig-iron blast furnace that ran from 1882 to 1971 and helped forge Birmingham's identity as the Magic City of the industrial South.

The Birmingham Skyline

Behind the tracks, the downtown skyline of Alabama's largest city forms a striking backdrop of towers and bridges, tying the working railroad in the foreground to the modern city beyond.

For Railfans Worldwide

Signal masts, switch stands and the ever-present diamond make this a rewarding spot for trainspotters, offering a dependable window onto American mainline railroading around the clock.