Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
[Originally released on DVD in 2013] Tour BNSF's busy main line through the fertile Palouse region of eastern Washington between Pasco and Spokane. Highlights include the Pasco hump yard, Providence Hill and Marshall Canyon where Union Pacific's Washy line parallels the BNSF.
This program is available on DVD, and Blu-ray at 7ideaproductions.com.
7ideaproductions.com/products/east-to-spokane?_pos=1&_sid=9a42787c6&_ss=r
0:00 Intro
3:18 Map
4:20 Pasco
10:19 Pasco East
13:50 Eltopia
15:30 Mesa
18:58 Cactus
22:40 Connell
25:27 Hatton
30:47 Cunningham
35:18 Beatrice
40:42 Providence
52:35 Sand
56:45 Lind
1:00:10 Paha
1:01:30 Essig
1:03:02 Ritzville
1:06:13 Tokio
1:15:27 Keystone
1:17:08 Sprague Lake
1:18:54 Sprague
1:27:37 Lamphier
1:35:16 Fishtrap
1:40:25 Babb
1:42:50 Cheney
1:45:10 West End Marshall Canyon
1:48:12 Scribner Curve
1:54:49 Scribner
1:58:58 Marshall
2:06:40 Empire
2:10:26 Latah Creek Bridge
[Originally released on DVD in 2013] Tour BNSF's busy main line through the fertile Palouse region of eastern Washington between Pasco and Spokane. Highlights include the Pasco hump yard, Providence Hill and Marshall Canyon where Union Pacific's Washy line parallels the BNSF.
This program is available on DVD, and Blu-ray at 7ideaproductions.com.
7ideaproductions.com/products/east-to-spokane?_pos=1&_sid=9a42787c6&_ss=r
0:00 Intro
3:18 Map
4:20 Pasco
10:19 Pasco East
13:50 Eltopia
15:30 Mesa
18:58 Cactus
22:40 Connell
25:27 Hatton
30:47 Cunningham
35:18 Beatrice
40:42 Providence
52:35 Sand
56:45 Lind
1:00:10 Paha
1:01:30 Essig
1:03:02 Ritzville
1:06:13 Tokio
1:15:27 Keystone
1:17:08 Sprague Lake
1:18:54 Sprague
1:27:37 Lamphier
1:35:16 Fishtrap
1:40:25 Babb
1:42:50 Cheney
1:45:10 West End Marshall Canyon
1:48:12 Scribner Curve
1:54:49 Scribner
1:58:58 Marshall
2:06:40 Empire
2:10:26 Latah Creek Bridge
![Union Pacifics Idaho Main Line [Part 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O3jPGJNCtMI/mqdefault.jpg "Union Pacifics Idaho Main Line [Part 2]
This is the second program in our series covering the Union Pacific main line in Idaho. Our focus is the western half of the Nampa Subdivision between Nampa and Ticeska.
Beginning at Nampa Yard, we will see the Boise Valley Railroad interchanging cars with the UP and heading over the Boise Cutoff past the classic depot in Idaho’s capital city. We then follow UP’s Oregon Short Line eastward through the Snake River Plain.
Highlights include Orchard, Mountain Home, Glenns Ferry, King Hill, and the steep 2% grade of Reverse (Medbury) Hill. We conclude with trains reaching Ticeska after climbing the 1.7% grade away from the Snake River west of Bliss.
The Nampa Subdivision sees around twenty trains per day. Mixed manifests roam the line along with unit soda ash, grain, and intermodal. Most trains have distributed power with westbound heavy unit trains using two sets of DPU’s making for a fantastic show of horsepower!
This program was shot in May and July, 2022.
Available on DVD and Blu-ray at 7ideaproductions.com. https://www.7ideaproductions.com/products/union-pacifics-idaho-main-line-part-2?_pos=3&_sid=4cbd51f55&_ss=r
0:00 Intro
2:32 Map
4:38 Nampa
10:52 Boise
13:58 East Nampa
15:37 Kuna
17:49 Owyhee
21:33 Orchard
27:17 Cleft
28:51 Mountain Home
32:17 Reverse
46:45 Reverse Hill
1:07:26 Hammett
1:11:34 The Narrows
1:15:22 Glenns Ferry
1:32:54 King Hill
1:39:44 Ticeska")
![Return of the Big Boy [Full Length Program]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RE9w6TPH0lA/mqdefault.jpg "Return of the Big Boy [Full Length Program]
Originally released in 2019
In May of 2019, Union Pacific made history. Big Boy 4014, the largest steam locomotive on earth took to the main line under its own power for the first time in nearly 60 years!
The restoration was just in time for the 150th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory, Utah, commemorating the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869.
Paired with UP 844, the only steam locomotive to never be taken out of active service on a major railroad, the 4014 made its first excursion run between Cheyenne, Wyoming and Ogden, Utah in what was billed as “The Great Race to Ogden.”
7idea Productions takes you trackside for this historic event from Cheyenne to Ogden and return. Catch the 4014 climbing Sherman Hill, gliding across the Wyoming plains, and tackling the Wasatch grade.
In Ogden, Utah, Union Pacific’s Spike 150 Celebration had the feeling of a rock concert as thousands of people came out to see the Big Boy for the first time.
We’ll take you to Promontory for a reenactment of the driving of the golden spike that united a nation east to west. With the festivities over, Big Boy number 4014 and the 844 return home to Cheyenne.
This is your front row seat to the greatest railroading event in 60 years! This is Return of the Big Boy!
Available on DVD and Blu-ray at 7ideaproductions.com. https://www.7ideaproductions.com/products/return-of-the-big-boy?_pos=1&_sid=93da19378&_ss=r
0:00 Intro
3:06 Map
5:01 Getting Ready
10:13 Cheyenne
11:59 Perkins
12:59 West of Laramie
14:08 Fort Steele
14:58 Latham
16:52 Red Desert
18:01 Table Rock
19:05 Near Point of Rocks
21:53 Thayer
23:03 Green River
28:09 Granger
31:48 Carter
33:56 Leroy
34:38 Evanston, WY
42:18 Wahsatch, UT
43:17 Echo Canyon
45:10 Ogden
47:02 Promontory Golden Spike Reenactment
49:35 Morning at Ogden
50:05 Dry Hollow
51:12 Castle Rock
53:16 Evanston, WY
1:01:55 Elkhurst
1:03:24 Peru Hill
1:06:19 Kanda
1:07:45 Rock Springs
1:09:42 Salt Wells
1:10:49 Bitter Creek
1:11:47 Creston
1:12:33 Rawlins
1:13:34 How to Re-Rail a Big Boy
1:17:05 Sinclair
1:18:09 Rock River
1:19:39 Laramie
1:20:19 Tie Siding
1:22:07 Hermosa Tunnels
1:23:58 Back to Cheyenne")
