Rusty freight car and locomotive trucks sit in front of an odd stash of locomotives at the Motive Power shops. From left to right are Genset demonstrator 244, ACE 3101, a primed MP36PH-3C under a... (more)

This new GATX ultra-low emissions MP14B switcher has arisen anew from the ruins of an ex-CN SW1200RS.

An unusual 8 wheel trackmobile prepares to shove a new GO MP40 into the paint shop.

Flags are flying high as the new Boise Valley Railroad takes over operation of the former UP "Boise Cutoff" from the Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad.

WAMX 3821 leaves town and heads for Boise on Watco's newest shortline operation, the Boise Valley Railroad.

These new MARC locomotives are ready to roll. (When MARC decides to accept them, that is.)

UTA 18 sits on display at the Boise depot.

The long tentacles of the economic recession are reaching small railroads as well as larger ones. The majority of INPR's roster is shown here stored out of service among tracks of surplus boxcars... (more)

Motive Power's latest offering for MARC.

UTA #11 poses in the sun prior to being pushed into Motive Power for maintenance work.

Well over a mile's worth of stored locomotives await an uncertain fate at the UP yard in Nampa. I lost count around 75 units.

Fresh out of the shop, Northstar Corridor Development Authority #505 is almost ready to ship to Minnesota.

Apache C424 98 and a C420 catch some early morning sun as they prepare for the day's chores in Snowflake, before heading to Holbrook later in the day.

Weyerhaueser Company's daily "trash train" demands six locomotives today. Five SW1500's and the company's only GP9 make up the consist.