Once they crested the hill, the race is back on against the clock, as they cruise into Mountain Home with the throttle wide open still picking up lost speed from the assault on the hill.

DS had quite the mess on his hands with a MPDNP stalled due to a dead motor, who spilled enough oil that hazmat had to be called, and a flurry of westbound activity faced with one other eastbound.... (more)

An eastbound UP manifest rolls past the grain elevator in Mountain Home, ID; the Amalgamated Sugar spur is seen in the foreground.

UP 7900 leads an eastbound manifest through Mountain Home, ID with a CSX ES40DC third out.

UP 8217 (GE ES44AC) pushes its stack train into the setting sun at Mountain Home, ID.

Greyhound UP 844 heads down Medbury Hill with the Idaho Centennial Special. The train spent the night in Boise and is headed for Pocatello. DDA40X 6936 is providing the necessary dynamic braking. ... (more)

Westbound unit grain train with an almost solid string of TLCX (Transport Leasing--Pullman) grain hoppers heading up Medbury Hill near the summit, 1 mile east of Reverse.

A WB UP drag climbs through the super elevated curves on the lower part of Ridge Hill in south central Idaho, on the old Oregon Short Line. Durring WW2, my grandfather was a fireman for the UP, an... (more)

A colorful post-merger consist leads an eastbound freight train down Reverse Hill, in south-central Idaho.