Ready for work at the Rupert engine servicing yard
The very last rays of sun glint off an EB Eastern Idaho freight train, working between Twin Falls and the UP interchange at Minidoka.
After picking up more reefers loaded with Idaho potatoes, Eastern Idaho #3508 accelerates south from Rexburg as a thunderstorm builds to the north. Nikon Coolpix 5700
Eastern Idaho Railroad, (WAMX) EIRR 3503, EIRR 3508 and ex-Conrail (still in blue) EIRR 2242 sit in their small home yard waiting for their next chance to work. The mix of used engines still look ... (more)
The farmers and the state formed their own means of transporting potatoes from the branch lines, they started up the Eastern Idaho Railroad. Formed in about 1993 and working in two different secti... (more)
EIRR 4260 was ex-CSXT 4260, nee-B&O 6955, is now WAMX 3007. Fuji Sensia 100, Minolta X370S, Rokkor 50mm f2
Former C&NW SD45 -
EIRR 3504 is a former Western Pacific GP35. Fuji Super HG 100, Minolta X7A, Rokkor 35-70mm f3.5.
Unit is ex-EIRR 2274, exx-EIRR 2174, exxx-CR 2174, exxxx-RDG 3606, nee RDG 5506, built 4/62. Fujichrome Sensia 100, Minolta X370S, Rokkor 50mm f2.