Rochelle webcam image size - Trains Magazine

It's an excellent feature and great PR.  However, the image resolution on the Rochelle cam would become poorer the larger it gets unless Trains wanted to invest in a better camera, which they probably wouldn't want to do.  The webcams that are out there with large, crisp images use more expensive equipment.   I'm surprised the cam they have now hasn't been broken by kids throwing rocks.  I couldn't imagine how long lights out there might last, but to have the area lit well enough at night would require quite a bit of power.  Good PR is one thing, but throwing money away is another.

To do all of that they would have to close the camera to everyone but "cam subscribers"  who would have to likely pay a prohibitively high amount to make the idea even feasible.   Plus, I think part of the agreement with Rochelle was that the cam be free for everyone to enjoy.

If money were no object, I'd like another camera mounted on the building across the diamond.  That way there would be coming and going from all directions. 

One thing to note.  The small images make it easy for me, on dialup, to view. If the images were bigger, they wouldn't be able to load fast enough to remain "live."  Since almost everyone else on the internet uses higher speeds, the large images wouldn't be a problem for them. 

Here's from above.  That's quite a parking lot.