The Illinois-Iowa Railfan

I just saw this on the ames railfan yahoo list from the IlliniRail list

> Get ready for Sunday, June 24th. Unfortunately by the time the units
> are heading west, the sun will be well down below the horizon.
>
> Tenative and I say these are tenative plans call for the Heritage
> units, CNW, SP & D&RGW, to roll out west to Salt Lake City on Sunday
> night's ZCSSC, Canal Street pig train.
>
> When the train reaches North Platte, the MoPAc and Katy heritage
> units will be added to the consist and the train will continue on to
> Salt Lake City, where it will be met by the Western Pacific unit.
>
> There at Salt Lake City, there will be a special photo shoot of the
> heritage units.
>
> Once that is completed the units will return east on an eastbound
> ZSCCS, the MoPac and Katy units get cut off at North Platte and the
> three reminaing units, CNW, SP & D&RGW return to Chicago.
>
> Here's the next best possible scenario.
>
> The three units will then be place into shuttle service on the
> MPRCB / MCBPR trains for a few weeks in July.
>
> The westbound MPRCB has been running across the IC&E RR during our
> TRT-909 project. So there will be a possibility that a MPRCB may have
> the heritage units and be running across the IC&E RR detour route
> during our next TRT-909 work schedule.
>
> That's all I have for now, if anything changes, I'll try and post
> updates. Or contact me off line.
>
> Have fun chasing the trains, but please be safe and please do not try
> driving into Proviso to look for or photograph the units. You might
> be able to shoot them from public property over at Berkeley if they
> are placed at that end of the yard for any trains.
>
>
> Tom H.
> UPRR MOP
>
>

Up date
As of Saturday afternoon, the power consist sheet shows Sunday night's
ZCSSC will have the UP 1995 on point with the UP 1989 trailing.

Then on Monday night, the UP 1996 will go west on the ZCSSC-25 to Salt
Lake City to join her sister units for the photo shoot.

Tom H.
From the IlliniRail list