Big "O", UP pilot conductor out of Nampa, watches for signals ahead while UP steam fireman Rick Braunschweig adjusts the atomizer pressure. The fields west of Nampa are a blur in the early morning... (more)
CLEAR BLOCK! Ed Dickens, UP steam engineer, whistles for a grade crossing west of Nampa, as UP 844 hauling the "Portland Rose" nears 70 mph. Brian, Nampa UP Road Foreman, indicates "Clear B... (more)
The east end of photo ID # 334276, the two SW1500s in the deadline can be seen.
An exCSXT exxC&O geep, along with a GP35 pulls its haul for the day into UP's Nampa Yard. The BVRR took over operations on UP's Boise cut-off late last year. The paint scheme is inspired by the ... (more)
An SD40-2 leads up the massive 2+ mile long line of stored power at Nampa. Models stored are SD40-2, SD50, SD60, SD60M, C40-8, C40-8W, and a pair of SW1500 switchers.
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.
With over 3 miles of stored power, this is a sure sign of the economic downturn.
More stored locos at Nampa.
UPY 1064 starts the second row of stored locomotives in Nampa.
A UP SW1500 starts a mile long line of stored locomotives at the yard in Nampa. More signs of a struggling economy.
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.
An eastbound rounds the curve at King Hill and starts the climb out of the Snake River valley.
The UP 3985 special makes the curve on the Idaho Northern to point it towards Boise
The first of the U50C's is caught in brief evening light on an otherwise rainy day. The validity of the cab-side slogan is questionable, at least where the U50C's were concerned.
