Producer: Green Frog
Locations: Pocatello, Nampa, Boise…
Timeframe: 1996
Length: 58 minutes
Source: John M. Koch
Union Pacific Volume 4 features the Oregon Short Line. Sub. Route coverage is from Pocatello to Nampa. The last operating Centennial diesel locomotive is briefly included. UP is also testing DPU service on OSL at this time.
Green Frog Super Railroad 7 issued as a complete set.
Individual discs as separate volumes. These reviews are from the complete set.
Fullscreen aspect 4×3 ration. Very good picture for a 1996 video source. Live environmental audio.
Main Chapter Menu by locations or specific trains. Hidden chapter advance function. On/ off narrative. No map provided. Narration by Bob Carrera.
To the Trains… 👉
Snoot nose SD40-2 3299 has lead on a Westbound Intermodal at Fossil Siding in Wyoming.
At Bear River, Idaho on the old Oregon Short Line. This Con Agra Grain Train slows to 50 mph for the curve and low bridge.
Chicago and NorthWestern SD50 7004 is on point of a Piggyback move in Operation Lifesaver paint at Soda Springs.
CNW 8672 enters Pocatello, Idaho yard with a double-stack. This is a crew change point. The Nampa sub is next.
Symbol HKYR crossing with a Manifest at American Falls.
Centennial DD40AX 6936 in a surprise visit on the Oregon Short Line. This being the last operating Union Pacific DD40AX. Business car 103 trails across the Snake River Plain. Location is Minnedoka, Idaho.
A Chicago bound APL stacker led by 9384 passes a stopped on expired hours of service train.
Lead engine 9329 has DPU control equipment. The frog gets a cab ride onboard 9329 with a replacement crew Some travel across rural Potato country.
Reverse Hill requires helpers on this challenging grade. This train is hauling Soda Ash. These DPU units are 2643 and an SD40-2.
Union Pacific Super Railroad Volume 4
An interesting variety of trackside and scenic views pass the time quickly. The videographer has a variety of distant and trackside scenes. Chicago and NorthWestern locomotives are in good quantity.
A map would’ve been very helpful. Cruising through no-man’s-land with zero visual reference.
This is a decent volume on a seldom filmed Union Pacific route. Hardcore UP fans should want it.
Rating: 4 Stars
