Union Pacific train M BNAS (BLOOMINGTON-ALTON SOUTHERN) rolls along Old US Highway 66 at Shirley, Illinois on a fantastic spring Saturday, April 4, 2009. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Union Pacific train M BNAS (BLOOMINGTON-ALTON SOUTHERN) sports the Mopac and Chicago & Northwestern Heritage units as crew pulls south awaiting a signal at Bloomington, Illinois on a fantastic spr... (more)

Union Pacific train M BNAS (BLOOMINGTON-ALTON SOUTHERN) sports the Mopac and Chicago & Northwestern Heritage units as the train rolls south at Williamsvile, Illinois on a fantastic spring Saturd... (more)

Union Pacific train M BNAS (BLOOMINGTON-ALTON SOUTHERN) sports the Mopac and Chicago & Northwestern Heritage units as the train rolls south along old US Highway 66 at Elkhart, Illinois on a fantas... (more)

UP 1982 leads a 132 car mixed freight westbound with the 8603 and DPU 8152.

For the first and only time UP 1982 leads a westbound Z train bound for Oakland, shown skirting the water of the Carquinez Straits.

A Union Pacific passenger special is rolling eastbound past Dallas Union Station with the MP and MKT heritage units. Note the antenna for the GPS system on top of the cab.

After getting re-fueled and taking on a fresh crew the Missouri Pacific Heritage unit takes its Z train east out of the yard. Next stop Kansas City.

Headed east coming around the Riverside Junction lead.

Eastbound climbing toward the summit at Beaumont.

The Missouri Pacific commemorative unit leads a westbound mechandise train toward Roseville on a bright spring morning.

The inaugural run of this MoPac Heritage Unit finds itself on the point along with WP 1983 of an employee special out of Omaha, NB to Las Vegas

Eastbound meeting a Z train at Lawrence siding.

Right place at the right time. UP1982 finally stops, but only for a few minutes.