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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.

As this pair dubbed the dynamic duo, WAMX 3525, a classy old school GP30, and WAMX 3502, a classy former WP GP35, have grown in age, the days of seeing them together have become increasingly rare. Their days are very numbered, even though they are the first 2 motors for the BVRR when it began 12 years ago. This is the last photo I have of them together out on the road, as after this was taken, other than for cycling out the new fleet during inspection down time or mechanical downtime, this pair never leaves the yard, and even in the yard, it is rare they are together.

Reading 2102's air compressors warm up prior to its first run of 2024.

Reading 2102 accelerates across the Port Clinton Turntable as it heads for Tamaqua on a test run.

On May 8th, 2102 ran a test run to Tamaqua with a 10mph restriction running lite and providing many spot opportunities.

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.

FCEN GP9RM #7032 switching LPG tankers on the storage tracks at Silver Star

K42 reverse move to the Circle track

CPKC K42 does the reverse move to the Side track with Trenton Johnson as the conductor

Canadian Pacific 2816 making track speed along Lake Pepin south of Lake City.

Four WAMX SD40-2 units: 4230, 4159, 4227 and 4233 sit at the engine facility in Lewiston, Idaho on clear spring afternoon.

BNSF 3120 and BNSF 2543 lead 2 cars eastward through Cheney, WA back toward Spokane. The BNSF GP50 3120 was originally painted in the experimental "Tiger Stripe" paint scheme when first delivered to BN.

BNSF 1677 and BNSF 1411 lead a seven car local west through Marshall Can yon at Scribner curve in late afternoon sunshine.

CP 2816 steams its way along the Mississippi River for the CPKC Final Spike Tour, one of the last spots before turning east at River Junction going into La Crosse.

Everett Railroad #11 steps over the Juniata River with the Sproul Special

CP 7023 leads CPKC 577 past Red Wing's depot

CP 9832 leads 647 through Maple Springs

On May 3rd. The CPKC Final Spike Tour made a public stop in St Paul Minnesota with CPR 2816 as the star of the show. The locomotive brought quite a crowd to Union Station to see the Empress

A NS train rolls down the Sandusky District on a sunny mid spring day.