BNSF’s Sandpoint local hurries through Algoma on its way to Sandpoint, Idaho, on February 2, 2023. The train is powered by a pair of EMD GP50s, Nos. 3126 and 3121, spliced by EMD GP40M No. 3011.

Normally arriving at Sandpoint, Idaho, at 2:20 a.m., Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder scurries through Algoma approaching Sandpoint a bit off the advertised at 10:10 a.m. on February 2, 2023. A... (more)

Two car Northern Pacific train number 264 is seen on the curved trestle at Dorsey Idaho in 1931. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

STMA SW1200 501 builds the "Plummer Turn" at St. Maries, ID.

STMA GP9r 103 shoves on the rear of the Plummer Turn a few minutes after departing the yard at St. Maries.

St. Maries River Railroad's "Plummer Turn" arrives at the interchange with Union Pacific at Plummer, ID. STMA SW1200 501 leads the 19 car train into town.

St. Maries River Railroad's "Plummer Turn" heads for the UP interchange at Plummer, ID seen here crossing the Benewah Lake Trestle. STMA SW1200 501 leads the train, while STMA GP9r 103 (... (more)

STMA SW1200 501 brings a cut of cars into downtown St. Maries, ID.

BNSF SD70ACe 9202 brings up the rear of a Chicago-Seattle Z train at Silver on BNSF's Spokane Sub.

What a cool little railroad the Saint Maries River Railroad is. Using GP9's of Milwaukee heritage, hauling raw lumber. (Tom Ellis photo)

St. Maries River Railroad’s turn to Plummer heads back home to St. Maries as it departs Plummer Junction, Idaho, on September 27, 2021. A piece of track equipment occupies a spur off the wye on ... (more)

UP MHKNP-10 rolls eastbound through Shoshone, ID on main #1 with NS 1069, the Virginian heritage unit, trailing 4th out, dead in tow missing her numberboards and red flagged for repair once the tr... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad EMD SW1200 No. 501 has just delivered three empty centerbeam cars to Stimson Lumber in Milltown, Idaho, and is now returning to St. Maries yard on September 27, 2021. It ... (more)

A westbound BNSF manifest freight makes its way across the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille linking Sandpoint with Algoma, Idaho, on a perfect October 6, 2018. More recently, the new bridge in f... (more)

The two Turns are swapping cars in Plummer.