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Butch Getz's Collection
 
4/25/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Butch Getz
Dates:10/24/2012 - 1/31/2024
Album Info:Signals from various locations.
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Wig Wag at Alton IL....
Title:  Wig Wag at Alton IL....
Description:  There used to be 2 of these on this line. But the barricades in the background tell that there time was limited........
Photo Date:  11/10/2001  Upload Date: 11/10/2014 11:34:08 PM
Location:  Alton, IL
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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New rail security feature on 1,000 year flood tower
Title:  New rail security feature on 1,000 year flood tower
Description:  BNSF has taken to other means of watching the rails since WB bought it! And as of about mid to late Feb, the signal heads have been removed, due to a new siding at Clarksville MO
Photo Date:  5/2/2010  Upload Date: 5/9/2010 9:58:14 PM
Location:  Annada, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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New signals on the NS at Earth City MO
Title:  New signals on the NS at Earth City MO
Description:  Caught some new signals in place, but not yet online.
Photo Date:  8/21/2012  Upload Date: 8/22/2012 10:06:47 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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Another angle
Title:  Another angle
Description:  This photo shows the old Carondelet branch to the left, which will probably go to a manual. These signals went dark at 8 AM on Nov1, and weretaken down some time later that day.
Photo Date:  10/24/2012  Upload Date: 10/24/2012 8:15:52 PM
Location:  Kirkwood, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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Looking west from Leffingwell.....
Title:  Looking west from Leffingwell.....
Description:  Lots of work on the UP. Talk of signals coming down, so here is a photo, looking west, toward the depot. Signals are no longer in place, as of Nov 1 in Kirkwood from Leffingwell Rd.
Photo Date:  10/24/2012  Upload Date: 10/24/2012 8:11:47 PM
Location:  Kirkwood, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  148   Comments: 1
Last cantilever on the UP in Missouri......????
Title:  Last cantilever on the UP in Missouri......????
Description:  This cantilever, plus the crossover it guards, will soon be history. I need to take up golf to get on the course down the track, to get a head on photo! The cantilever and the signal to the left were removed on or about the 3rd of December 2012
Photo Date:  10/30/2012  Upload Date: 10/30/2012 10:47:19 PM
Location:  Webster Groves, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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Last cantilever in Webster Groves.......
Title:  Last cantilever in Webster Groves.......
Description:  This is looking toward Kirekwood, from Cherry St. Soon to be removed.
Photo Date:  10/30/2012  Upload Date: 10/30/2012 10:48:36 PM
Location:  Webster Groves, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  126   Comments: 0
Signals removed in Kirkwood.....
Title:  Signals removed in Kirkwood.....
Description:  Signals at S Taylor Ave in Kirkwood that have been taken down as of Nov 1. New crossover going in place at S Sappington in Oakland. Will be a bit more difficult waiting for trains, because you can see these from the Kirkwood depot!
Photo Date:  10/30/2012  Upload Date: 10/30/2012 11:00:03 PM
Location:  Kirkwood, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  147   Comments: 1
Cantilever in Webster Groves MO
Title:  Cantilever in Webster Groves MO
Description:  Sorry for the poor photo...running out of light, and a bit to far away. Will make another attempt. Car is at Cherry St.
Photo Date:  11/9/2012  Upload Date: 11/9/2012 9:04:26 PM
Location:  Webster Groves, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  155   Comments: 0
Cantilever in Webster Groves.
Title:  Cantilever in Webster Groves.
Description:  This photo taken from W Lockwood & Belleview Ave. This signal was removed, on or about Dec 3, 2012.
Photo Date:  11/9/2012  Upload Date: 11/9/2012 9:06:13 PM
Location:  Webster Groves, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  130   Comments: 0
Signals at S Sappington......
Title:  Signals at S Sappington......
Description:  These signals are replacing the ones that used to stand within eye sight of the depot. This would be looking toward downtown STL.
Photo Date:  11/23/2012  Upload Date: 11/24/2012 10:47:41 PM
Location:  Oakland, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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The other side of the road..at S Sappington....
Title:  The other side of the road..at S Sappington....
Description:  This view looks toward Kirkwood.......still need some more eqpt before wiring everything up!
Photo Date:  11/23/2012  Upload Date: 11/24/2012 10:45:28 PM
Location:  Oakland, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  127   Comments: 0
Signal box at Old Monroe.......
Title:  Signal box at Old Monroe.......
Description:  I believe this guy is on borrowed time. K Line is being upgraded with sidings and new signals. I think this one is from the CB&Q days......if not, let me know.
Photo Date:  2/28/2015  Upload Date: 2/28/2015 7:47:54 PM
Location:  Old Monroe, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  71   Comments: 0
The beast is now headless......
Title:  The beast is now headless......
Description:  Due to the new Burns siding near Clarksville MO, the monster signal tower is now headless...will it remain??
Photo Date:  4/7/2015  Upload Date: 4/25/2015 5:33:01 PM
Location:  Clarksville, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  162   Comments: 0
New stuff on the Hannibal sub.....
Title:  New stuff on the Hannibal sub.....
Description:  New signals and cabinets are in place on the BNSF Hannibal sub. This is at Church St/Rd, depending on who/what you are looking at.
Photo Date:  4/24/2015  Upload Date: 4/25/2015 5:31:41 PM
Location:  Seeburger, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  177   Comments: 0
New cabinets in place..........
Title:  New cabinets in place..........
Description:  The signal crew has made it as far as Old Monroe, and not beyond, as of the 13th......
Photo Date:  5/13/2015  Upload Date: 5/15/2015 6:54:41 PM
Location:  Old Monroe, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal,Track
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Views:  115   Comments: 0
The old and the new.....
Title:  The old and the new.....
Description:  New signals wait their turn at watching things at Old Monroe.
Photo Date:  5/13/2015  Upload Date: 5/15/2015 6:55:06 PM
Location:  Old Monroe, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  103   Comments: 0
Burns siding, the other end.
Title:  Burns siding, the other end.
Description:  Burns siding is finished. This is looking toward Clarksville, MO
Photo Date:  5/22/2015  Upload Date: 5/25/2015 8:08:44 AM
Location:  Clarksville, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  90   Comments: 0
Signals moved at Kissenger.........
Title:  Signals moved at Kissenger.........
Description:  Back in January, I took a photo of newly installed signals, about a 1/4 mile up from this location: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4093128 . On my trip this past Friday, I found that they had been moved......this is now just a few yards away from 2-08. Error on the rr? Closer to the power supply??
Photo Date:  5/22/2015  Upload Date: 5/24/2015 10:02:32 AM
Location:  Kissenger, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  144   Comments: 0
Out with the old, in with the new, Lenox Tower goes dark....
Title:  Out with the old, in with the new, Lenox Tower goes dark....
Description:  New signals have replaced all the old stuff at Lenox Tower. It went dark sometime beteween the end of Oct, beginning of Nov. A brief history/account can be read here: https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Mitchell-8217-s-Lenox-Tower-goes-dark-as-13380904.php
Photo Date:  11/21/2018  Upload Date: 11/23/2018 9:50:26 AM
Location:  Mitchell, IL
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Signal,Track
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Views:  24   Comments: 0


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