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UP 8875 north is stopped at Garwood siding with an empty CanPotex train. The consist is an even 3 UP and 3 CP units. UP 8875, CP 9358, UP 8923, UP 8623, CP 8617, CP 8809.

CSXT power leads the UEC1EX 16 out of Ames Iowa. 3137 leading.

Earlier in the afternoon a ballast train had arrived Nampa and tied down for the night, awaiting it's next move eastward to unload for the various MoW projects across Idaho. With a beautiful clear night, there's no way one would pass on a nice shot under the stars as the trio of motors rest in near CP 455 in the east end of Nampa yard.

After a stint working in the east end of the yard shuffling cars around for all the Nampa area eastbound locals, a rare standard cab SD60 is seen resting the night away out front of Nampa Tower

UP 1995 leads MCBIT north through Farmington

the UP 2292 hauls Northbound on the Worthington Sub at Brewster MN on the LTU61-16

UP 1118 starts up out the Argon Siding. With the local LTJ40-13. They are on the way back south to Des Moines.

UP 9788 stops just short of the East Valero switch as the conductors get out to throw the switch to Valero. They will hook up to unit ethanol train for Chicago.

UP 9788 leads an AC44 duo into Hartley Iowa they are picking a Ethanol train for the UP. the Union Pacific has trackage rights over the CPKC from Emmetsburg to Hartley.

No day on the OSL in Idaho is complete without at least one shot from the Hill. The infamous hill known as Medbury Hill has stood as a long challenge for trains. It's a 1.5% climb for quite the distance from the Snake River valley below to the desert plateau standing above. At the top of the hill is CP 393 to CP392 which is a center siding known as Reverse, and for a very long time a set of timeless searchlight signals stood guard over this fabled section of railroad. This set now no longer stands, and all the remains is the photos of their glory and the stories they told. Not long after this photo was taken, would ground break on the new signal bridges and signals that would replace these, and from this moment onward time was running out. Here's CP 8810 leading then train MPCET with an entirely CP visitor line up as they thunder up the grade under a glorious beautiful Idaho January sunset.

It's a hot punishing July afternoon for this hardworking set of motors as they pound every ounce of power to the rails with a heavy MHKPC behind them and a 1.5% climb in front of them.

After meeting a pair at Tunupa, UP 7189 is back well underway as they put the hammer down through town with a friendly greeting from the conductor as they roll past the only remaining Amshack on the OSL.

UP 7796 leads the long MITPS 13 Southbound out of Rockwell Iowa as they hammer towards Iowa Falls to meet the MNPAL north.

The LTZ43 crawls south at Galbraith Iowa with 2 UP SD40Ns 2012 and 1999 leading.

The weekly LTZ43 local heads back south from Burt with 2 units 1999 and 2012. After dropping off 50 unloaded grain cars at burt they proceed back to Eagle Grove!

UP 7316 continues downhill to Bakersfield after the head engine just passed under itself on the Tehachapi Loop.

UP freight heading downhill to Bakersfield just about to pass under itself in the famed Tehachapi Loop.

UP 6886 east races along the Columbia River Gorge at Arlington, Oregon with the MPDNP-14 manifest train on a beautiful spring morning.

UP 1437 sits at the small yard in Malvern, AR during a severe thunderstorm with very heavy rain. The photo was taken from underneath the roof of the freight depot. The strikes were close and loud.

During the recession of the early 1980's, UP was starring a large amount of power at the Yermo yard. Here are four SD45's, numbers 3, 2, 28 and 38. These originally had numbers in the 3600 series.