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4/19/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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Not coming my way........
Title:  Not coming my way........
Description:  Managed to pull up on this one, and get out to snap this, as it starts to back into the TRRA yard.
Photo Date:  7/25/2015  Upload Date: 7/25/2015 7:00:44 PM
Location:  Madison, IL
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Signal
Locomotives:  BNSF 8157(ES44C4)
Views:  248   Comments: 1
The meet...
Title:  The meet...
Description:  Able to get this shot...
Photo Date:  6/27/2020  Upload Date: 2/1/2025 6:28:20 PM
Location:  Fort Madison, IA
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8157(ES44C4)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
One of several passing in opposite directions....
Title:  One of several passing in opposite directions....
Description:  We saw many passing like this, but had too many stopped trains on this side for any photos.
Photo Date:  9/3/2022  Upload Date: 9/8/2022 9:58:59 AM
Location:  Fort Madison, IA
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8157(ES44C4)
Views:  196   Comments: 1
In a cloud of dust....
Title:  In a cloud of dust....
Description:  Cement dust that is. Saw this train on ATCS coming out of Lindenwood yard. Waited for it to pass the LiveTrains cam in downtown StL. Alerted another railfan to it's movement. Took about an hour and 15minutes to get here.
Photo Date:  9/7/2023  Upload Date: 9/16/2023 4:05:54 PM
Location:  Peruque, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8164(ES44C4)
Views:  152   Comments: 1
On hold at Mendon
Title:  On hold at Mendon
Description:  Sand train on hold near Mendon, waiting on an intermodal to pass, this being the first third of a 3 way meet!
Photo Date:  9/5/2020  Upload Date: 9/17/2020 4:05:09 PM
Location:  Mendon, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8175(ES44C4)
Views:  307   Comments: 1
BNSF 8193
Title:  BNSF 8193
Description:  Roster.
Photo Date:  12/31/2023  Upload Date: 1/3/2024 7:50:51 PM
Location:  Granite City, IL
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 8193(ES44C4)
Views:  114   Comments: 1
Passing a parked train...
Title:  Passing a parked train...
Description:  Also passing a parked train on it's way to La Plata.
Photo Date:  11/24/2017  Upload Date: 11/28/2017 6:59:13 PM
Location:  Gibbs, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8200(ES44C4)
Views:  384   Comments: 2
BNSF 8204 at Washeon Rd.......
Title:  BNSF 8204 at Washeon Rd.......
Description:  2nd photo of this new C4 on the website....looks like Matt Schimmel was up at Old Monroe, and got to posting his a bit faster than I. Number was originally for an SD75M, which any running ones are going down to a 3 digit, to make room for these new units.
Photo Date:  4/19/2014  Upload Date: 4/20/2014 5:21:59 PM
Location:  Blase, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8204(ES44C4)
Views:  385   Comments: 2
BNSF 8220
Title:  BNSF 8220
Description:  Four on point of this stacker, rolling after a crew change.
Photo Date:  6/27/2020  Upload Date: 2/1/2025 6:28:08 PM
Location:  Fort Madison, IA
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8220 (ES44C4)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
Two are waiting this time.....
Title:  Two are waiting this time.....
Description:  This is usually what we would see on a coal drag (not to mention the Mac's) thru here.......but just waiting for a ride now.
Photo Date:  11/4/2014  Upload Date: 11/4/2014 9:19:04 PM
Location:  Old Monroe, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 8223(ES44C4) BNSF 4909(C44-9W)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
BNSF 8227
Title:  BNSF 8227
Description:  We moved a bit west of Carrollton, but the fog still did not dissipate......kept on shooting!
Photo Date:  12/24/2016  Upload Date: 12/31/2016 9:17:39 PM
Location:  Carrollton, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8227(ES44C4)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
BNSF 8235 & CP 8728
Title:  BNSF 8235 & CP 8728
Description:  Another manifest, heading rr east, and about to cross Hwy C.
Photo Date:  8/20/2022  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 10:28:33 PM
Location:  Peruque, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8235(ES44C4) CP 8728(ES44AC)
Views:  225   Comments: 1
BNSF 8247
Title:  BNSF 8247
Description:  Roster.
Photo Date:  3/25/2023  Upload Date: 1/4/2025 7:35:41 PM
Location:  Peruque, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8247(ES44C4)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
In the hole at Gibb......
Title:  In the hole at Gibb......
Description:  Received a call from another railfan.....heritage unit on this train. Detoured from West Alton to here. But could get no shot of it. What heritage unit is on it?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpTcMFMskaM
Photo Date:  7/20/2023  Upload Date: 7/23/2023 12:33:24 PM
Location:  Peruque, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Signal,Track
Locomotives:  BNSF 8258(ES44C4)
Views:  143   Comments: 1
Slinky comes thru Old Monroe...
Title:  Slinky comes thru Old Monroe...
Description:  BNSF double buffered tank train makes it's way thru Old Monroe MO as Mr. Herzog looks on.
Photo Date:  8/21/2019  Upload Date: 8/24/2019 3:11:19 PM
Location:  Old Monroe, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8262(ES44C4)
Views:  174   Comments: 0
Moving past Foley.........
Title:  Moving past Foley.........
Description:  Slinky moves past Foley MO on the discolored rail caused by this years heavy floods.
Photo Date:  8/21/2019  Upload Date: 8/24/2019 3:12:01 PM
Location:  Foley, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8262(ES44C4)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
BNSF 8262
Title:  BNSF 8262
Description:  Not sure of the date on this. Photo mix up issue.
Photo Date:  11/20/2021  Upload Date: 12/2/2021 1:26:42 PM
Location:  Mitchell, IL
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 8262(ES44C4)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
Last train of the short trip....
Title:  Last train of the short trip....
Description:  Just enough sunlight for this train, you should have heard them notch up at the bottom of the hill!
Photo Date:  12/19/2015  Upload Date: 12/22/2015 3:52:55 PM
Location:  Gibbs, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8265(ES44C4)
Views:  270   Comments: 2
The other bridge in Sibley.....
Title:  The other bridge in Sibley.....
Description:  Tracks to the left, with the stored cars, were used to provide coal to the former power plant. We managed to catch this empty hopper train, heading west, before we moved on.
Photo Date:  4/29/2023  Upload Date: 5/2/2023 8:05:15 PM
Location:  Sibley, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8275(ES44C4)
Views:  188   Comments: 2
BNSF 8278 into Elsberry.....
Title:  BNSF 8278 into Elsberry.....
Description:  Took a long time for this train to appear, probably because of continued signal replacement on the Hannibal sub.......
Photo Date:  3/5/2016  Upload Date: 3/8/2016 4:43:15 PM
Location:  Elsberry, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8278(ES44C4)
Views:  251   Comments: 1
BNSF 8278 out of Winfield.
Title:  BNSF 8278 out of Winfield.
Description:  I was able to get ahead of this train, for one final shot, as it heads for Old Monroe.
Photo Date:  3/5/2016  Upload Date: 3/8/2016 4:45:01 PM
Location:  Winfield, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8278(ES44C4)
Views:  236   Comments: 2
BNSF 8279
Title:  BNSF 8279
Description:  Roster shot.
Photo Date:  4/24/2021  Upload Date: 5/23/2021 6:07:10 PM
Location:  Bucklin, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:  BNSF 8279(ES44C4)
Views:  218   Comments: 1
BNSF 8283
Title:  BNSF 8283
Description:  Short and fast as it splits the signals.
Photo Date:  11/13/2021  Upload Date: 1/12/2025 9:08:25 PM
Location:  La Plata, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8283(ES44C4)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
Thru the tube....
Title:  Thru the tube....
Description:  I usually do not crawl into culverts, but could not pass this up after seeing something similar.
Photo Date:  6/11/2020  Upload Date: 1/12/2025 9:05:43 PM
Location:  Willow Springs, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8325(ES44C4)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
Another "foggy" one...
Title:  Another "foggy" one...
Description:  Another stacker, in the heavy fog, thru Carrollton MO. Fog would remain until about 2:30!
Photo Date:  12/24/2016  Upload Date: 12/31/2016 9:16:25 PM
Location:  Carrollton, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8332(ES44C4)
Views:  243   Comments: 2
One more manifest.....
Title:  One more manifest.....
Description:  One more manifest scoots past the station here in La Plata.
Photo Date:  7/2/2022  Upload Date: 7/6/2022 4:24:33 PM
Location:  La Plata, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8335(ES44C4)
Views:  235   Comments: 1
External visit to Relco.....
Title:  External visit to Relco.....
Description:  Signage for Relco, with a nice backdrop.
Photo Date:  6/28/2019  Upload Date: 7/4/2019 3:09:48 PM
Location:  Moravia, IA
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 8336(ES44C4)
Views:  302   Comments: 1
Out of the haze......
Title:  Out of the haze......
Description:  BNSF 8339 leads an oil can out of the haze at Elsberry Mo.
Photo Date:  5/16/2017  Upload Date: 5/19/2017 8:25:35 AM
Location:  Elsberry, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8339(ES44C4)
Views:  198   Comments: 2
BNSF 8339 into Old Monroe.......
Title:  BNSF 8339 into Old Monroe.......
Description:  The oil can makes it around the curve into Old Monroe Mo.
Photo Date:  5/16/2017  Upload Date: 5/19/2017 8:26:48 AM
Location:  Old Monroe, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8339(ES44C4)
Views:  169   Comments: 1
BNSF 8339
Title:  BNSF 8339
Description:  The duo on the front of the hoppers. Would tie down shortly after this shot.
Photo Date:  1/1/2025  Upload Date: 1/1/2025 7:36:51 PM
Location:  Madison, IL
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8339(ES44C4) BNSF 4132(C44-9W)
Views:  123   Comments: 1
BNSF 8363
Title:  BNSF 8363
Description:  One heads west, the othe heads east,,,,
Photo Date:  5/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/8/2025 7:23:03 AM
Location:  Camden, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8363(ES44C4)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
BNSF 8366
Title:  BNSF 8366
Description:  The ususal kind of train moves thru Fort Madison.
Photo Date:  5/12/2024  Upload Date: 1/21/2025 10:03:43 AM
Location:  Fort Madison, IA
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8366(ES44C4)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
BNSF 8371
Title:  BNSF 8371
Description:  We caught this grain train, coming out of Mendon, on the Hwy 11 bridge. Nice to get the whole train in a photo once in awhile.
Photo Date:  11/10/2018  Upload Date: 11/18/2018 3:56:56 PM
Location:  Mendon, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8371(ES44C4)
Views:  351   Comments: 1
All gon train....
Title:  All gon train....
Description:  The manifest would duck into the siding at Elsberry, to let this empty gon train ease on by.....
Photo Date:  1/28/2023  Upload Date: 1/31/2023 6:52:11 AM
Location:  Elsberry, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8378(ES44C4)
Views:  189   Comments: 1
Long train of the day....
Title:  Long train of the day....
Description:  This would be the long train of the day, with four mid dpu's, as it's strung out all the way over the bridge. And just a bit of rain.
Photo Date:  9/3/2022  Upload Date: 9/8/2022 10:03:29 AM
Location:  Fort Madison, IA
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8379(ES44C4)
Views:  180   Comments: 1
3 x 2 at Mitchell......
Title:  3 x 2 at Mitchell......
Description:  The NS train was just about to depart, as I rolled up on this trio at Mitchell. This is the first photo of BNSF 8384 on RRPA.
Photo Date:  7/25/2015  Upload Date: 7/25/2015 6:58:41 PM
Location:  Mitchell, IL
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 1117(SD70ACe) UP 5056(SD70M) BNSF 8384(ES44C4)
Views:  376   Comments: 0
3 x 2, the other way.....
Title:  3 x 2, the other way.....
Description:  A trio at Mitchell, from the other end.
Photo Date:  7/25/2015  Upload Date: 7/25/2015 6:59:28 PM
Location:  Mitchell, IL
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 5056(SD70M) BNSF 8384(ES44C4) NS 1117(SD70ACe)
Views:  302   Comments: 0
BNSF 8386
Title:  BNSF 8386
Description:  And yet one more parked, and not running...
Photo Date:  3/20/2024  Upload Date: 3/20/2024 6:24:35 PM
Location:  Madison, IL
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 8386(ES44C4)
Views:  110   Comments: 1
BNSF 8397
Title:  BNSF 8397
Description:  Pushing for all it's worth, as they hit this siding at track speed! The second manifest.
Photo Date:  8/8/2024  Upload Date: 8/9/2024 9:27:58 PM
Location:  Peruque, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8397(ES44C4)
Views:  78   Comments: 2


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