Im looking for a website that lets me know when special trains are coming through. I was riding on a bike path near a station. I heard went and saw 1 train. It turns out i missed the CNW heritage unit by 10 minutes. I have been dying to see that unit. Anyone know of anything?
I’ve always used www.drgw.net but recently their trace went down, I wouldn’t doubt due to UP not wanting them posting that info. The illinirail yahoo group sometimes has heads up on special trains on UP and on other lines in Illinois, but sometimes there will be very little warning. Other times, I’ve followed the info on there and ran into the heritage engines, then there are some times where I just happened to see one. I can say that the two Olympic engines are together on the Belveder Auto train and the CNW heritage engine (UP 1995) has been running back and forth on shuttles between Global Two and Global Three. As long as 1995 is on these shuttles, it can pretty much appear at any time of the day. Unfortunatly the Olympic engines normally run at night.