"Highball Blaser" was the word on the radio as UP 4014 thundered up the valley hot on the heels of a grain train some 20 minutes prior.
An ex-CNW AC4400CW shoves on the rear of this westbound grain train on Union Pacific's Oregon Short Line.
A westbound passes through Lava Hot Springs, a resort of sorts with slides, diving boards, soaking pools and tubing down the Portneuf River that flows through town.
In the very last rays of sunshine on the afternoon of January 20, 2013, a westbound Union Pacific freight curves through Lava Hot Springs, Idaho.
UP 844, of the Union Pacific's Heritage Fleet, heads up the old Portland Rose consist about 30 miles east of Pocatello, Idaho. She is headed to Oregon for a month of PR work.
Eastbound steam excursion just before Lava Hot Springs, Idaho.