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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

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 8656 East with CSX 494 lead the ITAG2 double stack up the King Hill summit on a beautiful spring morning.