Winter on the Pocatello Sub [UP's Main Line from Idaho to Wyoming]

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  • Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
  • Trains and snow! Visit this seldom-seen portion of Union Pacific's Oregon Short Line route through Idaho and Wyoming. We will begin in Pocatello and head east to Granger, where the Oregon Short Line route joins UP's busy Omaha to Ogden main line west of Green River. Besides Pocatello, we will visit McCammon, Lava Hot Springs, Pebble, Bancroft, Soda Springs, Montpelier, Harer, Fossil, and Granger.
    This program was shot in January, 2024.
    0:00 Intro Map
    1:05 Pocatello
    3:46 McCammon
    8:53 Lava Hot Springs
    10:41 Blaser
    14:17 Pebble
    19:17 Bancroft
    22:14 Talmage
    24:24 Soda Springs
    26:49 Montpelier
    34:01 Harer
    36:31 Fossil
    39:59 Granger
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  • @johnh4863
    @johnh4863 3 місяці тому +32

    7idea productions and Distant Signal are by far the two best RR channels on UA-cam. The history lessons are great.
    "Whiskey Mike"

    • @7ideaproductions
      @7ideaproductions  3 місяці тому +3

      Thank you!

    • @hughmartell7987
      @hughmartell7987 3 місяці тому +3

      Absoblumenlutely and definitely our favourite UA-cam channel.
      My wife also loves your program, yet has little interest in railroads.
      We both had a good laugh on hearing a happy train crew to allow some bags of coal to ''fall off'' the train when passing by Whiskey Mike's place in winter. 😆

  • @aquaspire7671
    @aquaspire7671 3 місяці тому +23

    Great to see a program filmed this year! Thank you Aaron! ❤

  • @neilybobmojo_railfanning
    @neilybobmojo_railfanning 3 місяці тому +16

    I used to live in Pocatello right across the street from the hump yard and crew change point when I was a teen. I would fall asleep to the sound of idling diesels every night.

  • @cortsims459
    @cortsims459 3 місяці тому +6

    I grew up in Pocatello not far from the switch hill. One day a group us got the idea of visiting the hill. On our run through the yards we were detained by the railroad guard. Instead of kicking us out he took us to the hill and we got to see the cars from the inspectors chair under the tracks on the hill. One of the highlights of my childhood. Great video. Thank you!

  • @HarryPalmer-P.I.
    @HarryPalmer-P.I. 3 місяці тому +17

    Superb photography and narration. Come back when it's warmer.

  • @jeffmurphree2937
    @jeffmurphree2937 3 місяці тому +8

    I agree. The photography is excellent. Not just trains rolling by. Very well done! More please!

  • @kaidenlambert3035
    @kaidenlambert3035 3 місяці тому +8

    I live here in Idaho. 1.5 hours from Pocatello. Railfaned it when I was down there

  • @geomodelrailroader
    @geomodelrailroader 3 місяці тому +12

    Winter on the OSL this week. 1:05 We begin where all trains on the OSL are built Pocatello Yard itself

  • @toddmccowen8206
    @toddmccowen8206 3 місяці тому +5

    love riding trains in the snow .

  • @forrestihler504
    @forrestihler504 3 місяці тому +18

    Would love to see a video of the UP Montana Sub between Pocatello and Silverbow. Such an overlooked interesting sub.

    • @7ideaproductions
      @7ideaproductions  3 місяці тому +7

      I have seen it. Would be fun to get back and film.

    • @brettkannenberg4484
      @brettkannenberg4484 3 місяці тому +1

      @@7ideaproductions reach out when you do. I can get you some information on it

    • @daveskinner5131
      @daveskinner5131 3 місяці тому +2

      Traffic is quite a bit more sparse on the Montana Sub than the OSL. I don't know how many times I've been utterly skunked between Idaho Falls and Butte, although the few images I got are good ones.

  • @oaktadopbok665
    @oaktadopbok665 3 місяці тому +10

    OH MAN I love winter railroading! Thanks 7idea!

  • @adriaanboogaard8571
    @adriaanboogaard8571 3 місяці тому +6

    I remember staying in Pocatello for a couple of days in the late 1990's with friends at there house on the hills around town. It was a log home and very quiet but you could still hear the cars bang at the hump. At that distance, it didn't bother me and I fell asleep to it soon. Jordan was a welder for U.P.R.R. I should have had him take me for a tour but we had a horse trip planned and never got around to it.

  • @snowlauncher79
    @snowlauncher79 3 місяці тому +5

    Having lived in Pocatello my whole life, I miss the around the clock bustling rail yard operations that used to occur here. Railroad employees were a large and diverse part of our population. Most were re-located or laid off permanently with the down sizing that took place over the course of several decades. I feel like city officials in our town did very little to compromise with operation expansion proposals that were made by UPRR throughout the late 20th century. As a partial result, Union Pacific expanded in other locations and our huge rail yard seems like just a whistle stop nowadays.

  • @jamesclapp6940
    @jamesclapp6940 3 місяці тому +6

    Thank you for this view NOW I know where I want to go for my next railroad adventure!

  • @sojourning7
    @sojourning7 3 місяці тому +10

    What a great channel ...thank you!

  • @LarryHochhalter
    @LarryHochhalter 3 місяці тому +3

    I lived to the west of the hump bowl tracks while going to Jr high and high school during late 1950s and early 1960. My father was a yard engineer and a couple times was able to take on the hump engine shoving trains over the hump.

  • @jtkachlmeier
    @jtkachlmeier 3 місяці тому +2

    I love the small history lesson. Thank you!

  • @carlosromanmoreno1144
    @carlosromanmoreno1144 3 місяці тому +8

    Amazing videos and catches, love those landscapes. 7 idea the best. Greetings from Chile.

  • @iiigraghu
    @iiigraghu 3 місяці тому +6

    Excellent Presentation combined with extraordinary efforts. Hearty Greetings from Hyderabad, India 🇮🇳

  • @TM-bk3ok
    @TM-bk3ok 3 місяці тому +5

    Thank you so much for some OSL footage. It’s once again great to see home territory. Reminds me that I need to go spend some time trackside.

  • @hartmutlorentzen9659
    @hartmutlorentzen9659 3 місяці тому +5

    Superb video, thanks for sharing, from Germany

  • @whiskeymike5154
    @whiskeymike5154 3 місяці тому +3

    Gorgeous! So beautiful, so easy to imagine the quiet and cold. That Mike guy had a good thing going.

  • @steverudder3321
    @steverudder3321 3 місяці тому +1

    ALWAYS Spectacular videos!
    It's amazing how you can pronounce the names of all those towns with their unusual spellings! Besides patience, it must take a lot of hot coffee ☕️ to keep your camera and sound crew comfortable!
    Thanks always, for these interesting and beautiful videos! 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @kellypage7187
    @kellypage7187 3 місяці тому +4

    Awesome catches along the Pocatello sub

  • @rrelectric5159
    @rrelectric5159 3 місяці тому +3

    Nice video about an out of the way line. Great to see some of the old stations still standing. Kudos for getting out there in winter conditions to shoot this.

  • @kolejnakolej.1437
    @kolejnakolej.1437 3 місяці тому +2

    Excellent train captures.

  • @matthewsturm9170
    @matthewsturm9170 2 місяці тому +1

    I can’t believe you caught this many good trains out there. I run I-86 and Hwy 30 regularly and since PSR I feel lucky to catch 2 trains all day. Great video!

  • @n.v.1258
    @n.v.1258 3 місяці тому +1

    I grew up in Rexburg, ID. I know Pocatello well, but I didn't know the train history. One thing I don't miss is the weather. So 🥶 cold .

  • @davidholder3207
    @davidholder3207 3 місяці тому +3

    You captured the scenery wonderfully. The sound was perfect. How your team gets these pictures amazes me ibn the conditions they work in.

  • @RailfanJunction
    @RailfanJunction 3 місяці тому +2

    Great stuff! With how dead the OSL feels nowadays it's nice to see traffic on it even in winter!

  • @AnontheGOAT
    @AnontheGOAT 3 місяці тому +3

    Dang 1 day and 20k views. That’s a sign that Idaho and trains make for the best videos!

  • @MrMopar413
    @MrMopar413 3 місяці тому +5

    Great video 👍👍👍👍

  • @cjbeyer8340
    @cjbeyer8340 3 місяці тому +2

    Love excellent videos of the UP’! What a challenge with the winter weather! LOVE THE UNION PACIFIC thanks for sharing!

  • @coffee-co8gk
    @coffee-co8gk 3 місяці тому +3

    Love this video! Stunning scenery well shot and love the fact the line is signaled too

  • @emwungarand
    @emwungarand 3 місяці тому +1

    30:11 love seeing the old AC6000 units out and about.

  • @traceybholbrook
    @traceybholbrook 3 місяці тому +4

    Thanks for your efforts. I grew up in the Bancroft area and eventually moved to Pocatello, now the last 30 years. I drove a PTI van for about 6 months 2 years ago during cancer treatments. I hauled crews from Green River to Nampa, Ogden to Silverbow and many locations in between. My country.

  • @bigrr64
    @bigrr64 3 місяці тому +4

    I just love these train videos😊

  • @Morbydmyk
    @Morbydmyk 25 днів тому +1

    Thank you for doing the history lesson on the display locos in Ross Park. I live about 5 houses away from that location and haven't been able to get any information on them. Way cool!

  • @glennfoster2423
    @glennfoster2423 3 місяці тому +7

    Videos are great to look at during snow storms and right after. But it is not so great to have to work under the cold and msnowy conditions when prroblems arise.

  • @arthurschipper8906
    @arthurschipper8906 3 місяці тому +1

    On occasion i haul fertilizer out of Pocatello or Soda Springs. So i kinda railfan from the cab of my truck. Thanks for the history lesson and the excellent footage.

  • @kenwilson3304
    @kenwilson3304 2 місяці тому +1

    That long curve shot at pebble is the one I'm planning to use when the 4014 comes through this summer.

  • @jamesburnside3023
    @jamesburnside3023 3 місяці тому +3

    Awesome video great history and info

  • @3985uprr
    @3985uprr 3 місяці тому +4

    Keep those Union Pacific videos coming!!!!!!

  • @michaelthayer643
    @michaelthayer643 3 місяці тому +3

    Excellent!

  • @maestromecanico597
    @maestromecanico597 3 місяці тому +1

    No heritage/special paint locomotives. No foreign power. And you managed to catch two SD70Ms together NOT in the 4000 number series. Excellent work!

  • @travisgoff99
    @travisgoff99 3 місяці тому

    My grandpa was a conductor for the UP Rawlins, Wyoming to Pocatello, Idaho in the 70's and 80's

  • @ardiusfidelis6568
    @ardiusfidelis6568 3 місяці тому +2

    Excellent content and narration.

  • @TigerDominic-uh1dv
    @TigerDominic-uh1dv 3 місяці тому +4

    Preserve the Bus Station and Train Station 😊

  • @princessofthecape2078
    @princessofthecape2078 3 місяці тому +15

    That's some rough country. I wouldn't mind visiting... but I think I'd miss the sea.
    29:55 is a great shot.

    • @andreweppink4498
      @andreweppink4498 3 місяці тому +2

      Sure is.

    • @TYRANTS-EXPOSED
      @TYRANTS-EXPOSED 3 місяці тому +1

      Come give us a visit, especially in the fall, you will not be disappointed. October is the best month.

    • @Tpackage-my8dx
      @Tpackage-my8dx 3 місяці тому +1

      I agree

  • @ApproachDiverging013
    @ApproachDiverging013 17 днів тому

    Nice footage from the frozen tundra! As always, great video content and hope to see y'all this summer catching UP 4014 out on Donner Pass!

  • @Firechief100
    @Firechief100 3 місяці тому +8

    Loved this one. Very close to my home in Preston, Idaho.
    Do you plan on doing one from Pocatello to Ogden?

    • @7ideaproductions
      @7ideaproductions  3 місяці тому

      Thank you! I'm not sure how many trains head down the Ogden Sub. I saw one while filming this program.

    • @Shaun4921
      @Shaun4921 3 місяці тому +1

      @@7ideaproductionsI live in Logan. I think there are 2 each way per day. It’s cool because they go through a tunnel (small) after they go through Cache Junction. The line is next to the river also so it’s pretty cool

    • @7ideaproductions
      @7ideaproductions  3 місяці тому +1

      @@Shaun4921That's good to know! I may have to take a look next time I am down that way.

    • @Firechief100
      @Firechief100 3 місяці тому

      @@7ideaproductions not very many.

  • @Toledo1940
    @Toledo1940 2 місяці тому +1

    The 2-8-2 steam locomotive in the park is/was a coal-burner, as shown by its ash pan under the firebox.

  • @EntertainmentWorldz
    @EntertainmentWorldz 3 місяці тому +2

    SUPERE video 😍😍❤❤

  • @n.v.1258
    @n.v.1258 3 місяці тому

    That's some serious hazmat😮

  • @Tpackage-my8dx
    @Tpackage-my8dx 3 місяці тому +2

    What’s your biggest challenge of filming in the winter time? Beautiful filming by the way, the sky is so blue.

  • @hhhgame3161
    @hhhgame3161 3 місяці тому +3

    Dying to see the Seattle sub and Brooklyn Subs get uploaded. Those are my territory(with the Portland sub as well)

  • @dra32411
    @dra32411 3 місяці тому +3

    Great Film. You should do a trip from Harrisburg, Pa all the way up to Horseshoe curve, Altoona PA.

  • @JohnNyren65
    @JohnNyren65 3 місяці тому +3

    Awesome videos!

  • @georgemitchell9222
    @georgemitchell9222 3 місяці тому +3

    I would like to see you do an Arizona video even threw Yuma AZ.

  • @kerry_glock
    @kerry_glock 3 місяці тому

    I Love Unit Trains! Shipping Coal, Potash, Covered Hoppers, Coal, Gravel, Tank Cars, Hazardous Materials, Beef, TOFC, Well Cars, so much!!! Big Lash Ups of Motive Power and a long string of cars. Too bad some of the mergers took away some of my favorite Train Lines. Occasionally a former popular car will find its way into the pack. But, where is its destination? Not to the scrap heap, maybe to a club for members to make it a museum piece?
    So glad I’ve been buying KATO Track, I’ll be laying claim to at least a 12’ by 20’piece of the basement for my N Scale Operation. The Electric Company came in and ruined some of my plans. The basement concrete block wall in the Northwest portion of my future empire was exactly where the Panel Boxes for the Main and 2 Sub-Feeds had to go. Yep, took a big portion of what I had hoped for a 25 foot run. Down to only 12’ due to the Utility Room.😂
    That gave me pause for over 30 years!
    When WW3 starts what will we face?

  • @seanrogers8774
    @seanrogers8774 3 місяці тому +3

    Wow, surprise new video...always well done! Is this the first video you made straight to youtube? Will there be an extended version available on your website?

    • @7ideaproductions
      @7ideaproductions  3 місяці тому +1

      Yes there will be a longer version available later this year. It will be available both on UA-cam and disc.

  • @kelvintorrence5994
    @kelvintorrence5994 3 місяці тому +2

    that 6901 was 1 bad mother ,id loved to see it run yeatrs ago

  • @Patric5590
    @Patric5590 3 місяці тому +6

    When the dvd/Blu-ray movie comes out?

  • @TigerDominic-uh1dv
    @TigerDominic-uh1dv 3 місяці тому +1

    Never Make It to the Erea Beautiful Scenery 😊

  • @Gokiburi777
    @Gokiburi777 3 місяці тому +1

    As usual, Idaho has no idea of maintaining roads in the winter. Great video!

    • @traceybholbrook
      @traceybholbrook 3 місяці тому

      Rails follow I-15 south of Pocatello to McCammon. US 30 shadows the line to Lava Hot Springs and then leaves it to go west over Fish Creek pass, across Gem Valley into Soda Springs. It's a well maintained State road. Old US 30 follows the OSL until it it reconnects between Talmage and Alexander before Soda. It's all county roads and not so highly traveled. I think from the filming we saw one hay truck go by.

  • @Greatdome99
    @Greatdome99 3 місяці тому

    Technically this is not the "Overland Route" at all, which goes to Ogden and on the SP to Sacramento. It's the Oregon Short Line or the Northwestern District.

  • @reginaldoantoniodasilva8481
    @reginaldoantoniodasilva8481 3 місяці тому +1

    top.

  • @wranglerboi
    @wranglerboi 3 місяці тому +2

    What's the average time lapse between trains on this route. The video makes it appear they are riding each other's tails!

  • @Tom.Gregory
    @Tom.Gregory 3 місяці тому +1

    I drove thru here in 2108 in a rental truck…

  • @charlesmartin3277
    @charlesmartin3277 Місяць тому +1

    I live sand point to montna

  • @cats0182
    @cats0182 3 місяці тому +4

    The condition of those artifacts at Pocatello is a shame. The cab of the steamer is filling with snow, the diesel looks worn out and the caboose looks even worse. I guess the people of Pocatello just don't care.

    • @kelvintorrence5994
      @kelvintorrence5994 3 місяці тому +3

      I thought the window in the 6901 was broken out

    • @DoubleRainbows667
      @DoubleRainbows667 Місяць тому

      ​@@kelvintorrence5994 went to visit it, and yeah, it is broken sadly

  • @StonewallTitlow
    @StonewallTitlow 3 місяці тому +2

    This is awesome.