Union Pacific (UP) 523

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 523, 2-8-0, on freight train climbing Fairview Hill out of Boise, ID, westbound with 40 cars.
Date: unknown
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 4703 & 577

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 4703, 0-6-0, switch engine with slope-back tender, and 577, 2-8-0, pulling the evening local up Fairview Hill out of Boise, ID, 48 cars.
Date: July 21, 1948
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 819

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 819, 4-8-4, on section 1 of freight train No. 1-18, starting across the desert four miles south of Boise, ID, 15 cars, 40 mph.
Date: October 13, 1946
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 3121

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 3121, 4-6-2, on 2nd section of passenger train No. 18, three miles south of Boise, ID, 7 cars, 40 mph. (Notes: our "acre" is very close to this line about two miles toward town.)
Date: October 13, 1946
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 7025

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 7025, 4-8-2, on 3rd section of troop train No. 18, leaving Boise, ID, 13 cars.
Date: June 16, 1946
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 7031 on "Pacific Limited"

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 7031, 4-8-2, on westbound passenger train No. 25, "Pacific Limited", leaving Boise, ID, passenger depot.
Date: April 2, 1946
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 526

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 526, 2-8-0, oil burner, on noon local leaving Boise, ID, eastbound, 2 cars. Note: white flags. with 40 cars.
Date: March 16, 1946
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 255 & 593

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 255 and 593, both 2-8-0's, freight train No. 385, crossing the Payette River above Banks, Idaho, before starting the heaviest grade on the line (McCall Branch), 26 cars.
Date: September 19, 1941
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 834

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 834, 4-8-4, on passenger train No. 17, coming across the desert 5 miles south of Boise, ID. This land soon to be under irrigation. Boise River runs along the foot of the hills in the background.
Date: September 1941
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 4703 & 612

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 4703, 0-6-0, and 612, 2-8-0, about to start out of Boise, ID, with a 39-car train (logs). Loco 4703 helps 612 up the hill out of Boise and then cuts off on the run. (See 2008.008.2876 and 2877)
Date: June 14, 1941
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 4703 & 612

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 4703, 0-6-0, and 612, 2-8-0, on loaded freight (logs) climbing Fairview Hill out of Boise, ID, 39 cars, with 4703 about to cut off. (See 2008.008.2875 and 2877)
Date: June 14, 1941
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 4703 & 612

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 4703, 0-6-0, switch engine cutting off and heading for a siding while locomotive 612, 2-8-0, picks up speed with 39 car log train, Boise, ID. (See 2008.008.2875 and 2876)
Date: June 14, 1941
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 250

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 250, 2-8-0, on merchandise (freight) overnight special from Portland, OR, coming down into Boise, ID, with 6 cars. Before the war, this train was run to give Idaho merchants one-day service from Portland.
Date: May 20, 1941
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 4703

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 4703, 0-6-0, switcher coming into Barber, ID, with a train of empty log cars running on orders as "extra". This is the only line I've heard of on which an 0-6-0 is used as a road engine.
Date: May 18, 1941
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 4703

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 4703, 0-6-0, switcher engine ready to leave Barber, ID, with a train of logs. The hill in the background is known as Tablerock and overlooks Boise. Indians used this hill to watch for wagon trainscoming across the desert.
Date: May 18, 1941
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 4703

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 4703, 0-6-0, switcher engine returning to Boise, ID, with caboose after taking log cars up to Barber. The rails here are very light and were built in the 1880's.
Date: May 18, 1941
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 487

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 487, 2-8-0, on turntable at Boise, ID. This is the largest locomotive that can be turned in the Boise Yards.
Date: October 7, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 610

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 610, 2-8-0, on westbound local freight climbing Fairview Hill out of Boise, ID, 19 cars, 25 mph. Note: Capitol Bldg. and city center at left.
Date: July 27, 1940
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 622

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 610, 2-8-0, on westbound freight train No. 385 nearing Banks, ID, 11 cars. Note: A helper locomotive is added at Banks if it is heavy enough because that is the beginning of the steep grade.
Date: July 27, 1940
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 2518

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 2518, 2-8-2, Boise, ID. (Note: These are the heaviest engines that can be used on the Boise Branch. Even these can't be turned around and have to back out of town.)
Date: June 24, 1939
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Union Pacific (UP) 819

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 819, 4-8-4, on passenger train No. 18, exiting the south portal of a tunnel 8 miles east of Boise, ID. This tunnel is now "Daylighted".
Date: April 24, 1938
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Texas Pacific (T&P) 241

A photograph print showing Texas Pacific (T&P) 241, 2-8-0, on mixed freight train No. 455, the evening local, topping Fairview Hill out of Boise, ID. At extreme left is 7000 foot-high Shafer Mountain.
Date: June 8, 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History