Under threatening sky's, an eastbound BNSF Mixed Manifest crosses the causeway on an arm of Lake Pend Oreille near Sandpoint ID

An eastbound coal train finally has the light out of East Algoma after waiting for a fleet of westbounds to cross the Lake Pend Oreille trestle. The head end is a little over half way across the s... (more)

A trio of GEs haul grain loads off the Hi-Line across the 4,769 ft trestle over the pristine waters of Lake Pend Oreille. This train is hot on the heels of a Z-train while two eastbounds are waiti... (more)

Almost lost in the falling snow is an approaching westbound BNSF coal train crossing the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille at Sandpoint, Idaho, on January 28, 2020. BNSF is busy working on the ap... (more)

Light snow dusts the scene as a westbound BNSF freight enters double track at East Algoma after crossing the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille across from Sandpoint, Idaho, on January 28, 2020.

Moments before sunset on October 10, 2019, an eastbound BNSF grain empty crosses the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille at Sandpoint, Idaho.

An eastbound BNSF Z train crosses the long single-track bridge over Lake Pend Oreille between Algoma and Sandpoint, Idaho, on the sunny afternoon of October 6, 2018. The train is on the busy “fu... (more)

On September 5, 2003, a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe manifest crosses the bridge over Lake Pend Oreille between Sandpoint and Algoma, Idaho. Leading the train is former Santa Fe GE B40-8... (more)

BNSF 7451 leads a fleet of westbounds off the Hi-Line onto the Funnel on a beautiful summer morning. Sandpoint is currently a major bottleneck for BNSF with the MRL junction and the single track o... (more)

Smoky August days. We did what we could with the horrible skies on our August trip. Here 6630 brings up the rear of a grain train, a closer look reveals a group of kids who have been playing in t... (more)

On a gloomy March day a BNSF train gildes west across the famous bridge over Lake Pend Oreille with two Boeing 737 fuselages in tow.

A late summer trip sort of limited our success on our list trip to the Pacific NW. But did create great sunrise and sunsets. Here a Westbound train crosses the famous bridge over Lake Pend Oreil... (more)

Smoky skies create beautiful sunrise light as a eastbound train crosses the single track bridge across Lake Pend Oreille near Sandpoint, ID.

An eastbound BNSF Z train crosses the long single-track bridge over Lake Pend Oreille between Algoma and Sandpoint, Idaho, on the sunny afternoon of October 6, 2018. After a couple of false starts... (more)

For years I have always wanted to visit the famous, well documented bridge over Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint Idaho. In 2018 we made two trips. In August fires from the smoke created some fantas... (more)