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12/19/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Butch Getz
Dates:3/10/2021 - 3/10/2026
Album Info:This album will contain anything that I catch switching at Earth City MO on the NS stL line.
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Setting the brakes on some cars.....
Title:  Setting the brakes on some cars.....
Description:  In preparation to pick up some empties, the conductor sets the brake on 3 flats. The 4 centerbeams will be switched after 1 empty boxcar and 3 empty centerbeams are pulled out.and
Photo Date:  3/10/2021  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 6:09:19 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5229(GP38-2)
Views:  174   Comments: 1
Clearing the switch.....
Title:  Clearing the switch.....
Description:  Separated from their train so they can retreive some empties.
Photo Date:  3/10/2021  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 6:10:06 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5229(GP38-2)
Views:  160   Comments: 1
Down the hill.....
Title:  Down the hill.....
Description:  Backing down the hill to get an empty boxcar.
Photo Date:  3/10/2021  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 6:11:01 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5229(GP38-2)
Views:  158   Comments: 1
Coming out with one from the far side.....
Title:  Coming out with one from the far side.....
Description:  The empty boxcar has been captured, and they will be going for the 3 centerbeams shortly.
Photo Date:  3/10/2021  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 6:11:56 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5229(GP38-2)
Views:  156   Comments: 1
Going back for 3 empties on this side....
Title:  Going back for 3 empties on this side....
Description:  Conductor hangs on after tyhrowing another switch, so they can get the centerbeams.
Photo Date:  3/10/2021  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 6:12:59 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5229(GP38-2)
Views:  170   Comments: 1
All the empties are collected.....
Title:  All the empties are collected.....
Description:  All empties are collected, and out we go!!!!
Photo Date:  3/10/2021  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 6:14:04 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5229(GP38-2)
Views:  167   Comments: 1
Turning on the overhead signals....
Title:  Turning on the overhead signals....
Description:  This is a manual operation at this location, so the conductor gets things activated. They will block the road for a bit after they attach to the other cars.
Photo Date:  3/10/2021  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 6:15:39 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5229(GP38-2)
Views:  177   Comments: 1
Coming across 141.....
Title:  Coming across 141.....
Description:  Signals are active, as they cross the road to reset the switch, to back up to the rest of the train. Unhappy drivers wait!
Photo Date:  3/10/2021  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 6:16:24 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  148   Comments: 1
Making room for the shove back.....
Title:  Making room for the shove back.....
Description:  They need to pull up far enough, so the conductor can flip the switch, before the shove back.
Photo Date:  3/10/2021  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 6:17:25 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  124   Comments: 1
Getting ready to drop the full centerbeams....
Title:  Getting ready to drop the full centerbeams....
Description:  A little out of sequence, but this is the shove back to drop off the full centerbeams.
Photo Date:  3/10/2021  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 6:19:05 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  143   Comments: 1
Backing up the other hill......
Title:  Backing up the other hill......
Description:  They have backed up the other hill, just off the main. They will wait for an east bound manifest, making it's way to Luther Yard.
Photo Date:  3/10/2021  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 6:21:41 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5229(GP38-2)
Views:  178   Comments: 1
Coming thru......
Title:  Coming thru......
Description:  Another convert to AC comes acoss the former Wabash bridge, headed for downtown StL.
Photo Date:  3/10/2021  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 6:22:45 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Bridge,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 4083(AC44C6M)
Views:  254   Comments: 2
Passing the local.....
Title:  Passing the local.....
Description:  The manifest is about to pass the waiting local.
Photo Date:  3/10/2021  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 6:23:41 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Bridge,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7524(ES44DC) NS 4083(AC44C6M) NS 5229(GP38-2)
Views:  207   Comments: 1
On the move......
Title:  On the move......
Description:  The manifest is past, and they are on the move to the next spot, to switch out the 3 flat cars on this train.
Photo Date:  3/10/2021  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 6:24:55 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5229(GP38-2)
Views:  323   Comments: 4
On the move thru St Peters.....
Title:  On the move thru St Peters.....
Description:  They have finished swapping out the 3 empty flats, for 3 full ones. They will do some more switching about a mile west of here.
Photo Date:  3/10/2021  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 6:25:41 PM
Location:  Saint Peters, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5229(GP38-2)
Views:  175   Comments: 1
On the hill....
Title:  On the hill....
Description:  They dropped the 4 center beams before I arrived, which was a bit unusual. They might be back later to move them(?). Conductor is at the switch by the main, as an air test takes place before moving.
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/28/2022 4:20:41 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  97   Comments: 1
At the pinnacle......
Title:  At the pinnacle......
Description:  Long shot, in the heat, as conductor watches the cars ease by.....
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/28/2022 4:21:22 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  86   Comments: 1
Rollin'......
Title:  Rollin'......
Description:  We are finished here (for now), and heading for the steel fabricator on the other side of the river.
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/28/2022 4:21:46 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  107   Comments: 1
Heading east....
Title:  Heading east....
Description:  Ten cars in tow. The last six will be left at Trinity Products.
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/28/2022 4:22:10 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Bridge,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  44   Comments: 1


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