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La Plata, Missouri, USA | Virtual Railfan LIVE !
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La Plata, Missouri, USA | Virtual Railfan LIVE !
La Plata PTZ: https://youtube.com/live/iz9IQhp_fu0
La Plata West: https://youtube.com/live/flEBdsoP4o0
La Plata East (Chat): https://youtube.com/live/X-ir2KfXMX0
Actual start date: May 19, 2017
This is a live stream of La Plata, Missouri, USA, for people who enjoy watching trains.
Help us raise funds for the exhibits that The American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation operates in LaPlata, MO: http://www.aprhf.org/join/
APRHF homepage: http://www.aprhf.org/
This location is sponsored by Duane & Curt Lundgren, in memory of their hometown Great Northern Railroad. Thank you both for your continued support
Informational Maps (Courtesy of Curt Lundgren, thanks Curt!)
Original: https://curtlundgren.com/la_plata.jpg
La Plata area railfan locations: https://curtlundgren.com/railfan/
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ABOUT THIS FEED:
La Plata, MO, in Northern Missouri, is located on BNSF Railway's Marceline Subdivision at milepost 312.7, part of their Southern Transcon, the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) mainline between Chicago and Los Angeles.
Amtrakās "Southwest Chief" passenger train stops here twice a day , the eastbound train #4 in the morning and the westbound train #3 in the evening.
The typical BNSF freight train volume is between 50 and 70 trains per 24 hours.
ATCS is no longer available. There is a radio feed for the western part of the BNSF Marceline Sub (also includes the NS Kansas City District) https://bit.ly/2NbpuII
You will see many Amish and Mennonite folks at the station. Please be respectful of these communities in chat.
Whenās the next train? Yeah, we get this a lot. There is no schedule for freight trains. You can figure out the next Amtrak passenger train with this handy link: https://asm.transitdocs.com/
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