Union Pacific Railroad's M-BNAS (Manifest Bloomington-Alton Southern) rolls down the main at North end of McLean, Illinois on Saturday, March 21, 2026. Twin Alton & Southern painted SD62's are a c... (more)

MBNAS heading South past the popular grain silo in Williamsville, with the Alton & Southern painted SD62 (SD60 rebuilds) leading the way.

MBNAS heading South to St. Louis from Bloomington with the two Alton & Southern painted SD60s.

The A&S SD60 duo making its way South through McLean with its train from the UP Bloomington Yard.

A duo of Alton & Southern paint SD60 rebuilds leading MBNAS South on the former GM&O mainline.

MBNAS making its way South towards Lincoln where they will meet a Northbound Amtrak train.

One of two Alton & Southern painted SD60s leads UP MBNAS South just South of Elkhart, IL.

One of two Alton & Southern painted SD60s leads UP MBNAS South along historic Route 66 South of Broadwell, IL.

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

In 2022, the UP transferred UP SD60 2205 (ex-UP 6050) to the ALS, and sent it to their North Little Rock (IA) Shops to be repainted into ALS yellow and blue on January 6, 2022. Roughly two and a ... (more)

Alton & Southern SD60 #2205 is on the point of Union Pacific Train MBNAS as it heads southbound rumbling through Williamsville, IL.

Alton & Southern 2005 and 2004 begin to pull a manifest train west out of the Gateway yard in East St. Louis.

ALS 2204 and 2205 are on final to the Terminal's Madison Yard with a transfer from their own Gateway Yard. These units look spectacular!

With the Gateway Arch and St. Louis skyline in the distance, ALS SD40N #2044 works a hump job at Gateway Yard. Along with the two Alton & Southern SD60's, this is currently the only SD40N painted ... (more)

It was a happening morning at Alton & Southern's Gateway Yard as SD60's 2204 and 2205 build a train along Third Rail Road in Alorton, while UP 3019 is on hold, waiting for an available track to ya... (more)