St. Maries River Railroad's turn from St. Maries to Plummer, ID shares the former Milwaukee Road Benewah Lake trestle with as osprey nest as it tiptoes across the former mainline bridge. Due to is... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad GP9 103, a former Milwaukee Road Geep, leaves St. Maries with a westbound train over the former Milwaukee mainline to Plummer, ID where it will interchange with the Union... (more)

STMA's Plummer Turn is on the return to the railroad's namesake town with 29 cars on the drawbars of the two former Milwaukee Road GP9's.

GONE: On the afternoon of Oct. 28, 2008, the log yard at Clarkia, Idaho was a busy place, as the empty St. Maries River Railroad train arrives to pick up another train of logs headed for th... (more)

At Plummer, the crew sorts cars for the local mill.

The Clarlia Logger brings it's loads of raw logs into St. Maries on former Milwaukee Road track. It will proceed through the yard to the Potlatch Mill and drop the loads. This was the last time I ... (more)

Not many log trains these days, this was one of the last and now it too is gone. A Clarkia turn on the St. Maries. The geeps, log cars, and the branch itself were all ex-MILW.

A pair of St. Maries River Railroad GP9s make their way across Benewah Lake on April 4, 2011. At Plummer, the local will interchange traffic with the Union Pacific local from Spokane before return... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad SW1200 No. 502 has just finished switching the Potlatch lumber mill at St. Maries, Idaho on April 4, 2011. In a few moments the crew will put the switcher away in the sho... (more)

The westbound St. Maries River Railroad Plummer Job rolls across the Peedee Trestle in Heyburn State Park on May 17, 2010. Like the railroad itself, the two GP9s are of Milwaukee Road heritage.

St. Maries River Railroad SW1200 No. 502 heads back towards the St. Maries yard after switching the Stimson Lumber Mill. The track the engine is on was once part of the Milwaukee Road Pacific Exte... (more)

Two St. Maries River Railroad GP9s head west with 26 cars for the Union Pacific interchange at Plummer, Idaho on March 31, 2010.

Thirty years after the Milwaukee Road pulled up shop on "Lines West," trains still polish old MILW iron in St. Maries, Idaho. Seen here on March 31, 2010, SW1200 No. 502 shoves a cut of cars east ... (more)

The Claria Logger passes the Fernwood Station on its return trip to St. Maries. This station is still owned by the railroad and is used by the track gang as a storage facility. Unfortunately, this... (more)

The St. Maries River Railroad's inbound Clarkia Logger crosses its namesake at Alder Creek, Idaho. Behind the two ex-Milwaukee Road GP9s are 50 loads of logs from the Potlatch reload in Clarkia an... (more)