Just giving fans a heads up in the Kansas City area, UP 1996, the Southern Pacific Heritage unit is eastbound on a UP Z train as leader, and should be there this morning (7-11), and heading to Chicago by nightfall via BNSF thru Ft. Madison, IA in the afternoon. This seems to be a rare appearance for the unit beyond it’s usual stomping grounds of Oregon and California, and gives folks in these areas an opportunity to see it first hand.
It will use the new Edelstein Connection to get to UP’s main line, and make a setout at Global 3.
As it now sits, the train will move from Global 3 to Global 1 in the morning and early afternoon (that’s tomorrow, July 12).
Perhaps I can give an update before work tomorrow.