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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