With just moments of light left on MRL's 4th Subdivision, a loaded coal train bound for Robert's Bank British Columbia swings under the E. Hope Cantilever signal bridge. The vintage BNSF H1 paint ... (more)
St. Maries #103 (former Milwaukee Road #322) looks right at home leading the Plummer turn along the banks of the St. Joe River outside of Plummer, ID.
The Pend Orielle (pronounced "pon-der-ay") 3x a week turn heads back to Priest River to tie up for the day. Here the crew is crossing the Priest River where it joins the Pend Orielle ri... (more)
The Pend Orielle (pronounced "pon-der-ay") 3x a week turn heads towards the BNSF interchange in Sandpoint, ID. It was great to still see (and hear) a pair of Roots blown 567 motors runni... (more)
An eastbound mixed freight has just come off the MRL at Sandpoint, ID. The head end has nearly crossed the entire 4800' length of the original span and the continued progress is visible on the sec... (more)
On the afternoon of October 6, 2018, an eastbound BNSF manifest freight rolls across the long bridge linking Algoma with Sandpoint, Idaho, on the railroad’s Pend Oreille Subdivision.
St. Maries River Railroad’s eastbound freight crosses the long Benewah Lake trestle just west of Ramsdell, Idaho, on September 27, 2021. STMA EMD GP9 Nos. 101 and 103 bring 10 empty cars interch... (more)
A long way from home, but still kickin! The mountains in the background give it away that we are a long way from passenger train duty in Michigan, but this ex-GTW torpedo is still in regular use a... (more)
Following the St. Joe River on the morning of September 27, 2021, St. Maries River Railroad’s turn to Plummer trundles westward between St. Maries and Ramsdell, Idaho.
A westbound BNSF grain train crosses a bridge over Sand Creek near the marina and Sandpoint City Beach Park at Sandpoint, Idaho, on the afternoon of October 6, 2018.
St. Maries River Railroad EMD SW1200 No. 501 switches the PotlatchDeltic lumber mill at St. Maries, Idaho, on September 27, 2021. The locomotive has just emerged from the covered plywood loading d... (more)
The eastbound POVA road freight is seen skirting the Pend Oreille River between Laclede and Dover.
The Pend Oreille River Railroad is seen making its tri-weekly run on this Friday full of foliage to the BNSF interchange at Sandpoint.
The St. Maries River Railroad is seen arriving Plummer as another suckerhole illuminates the former pair of Milwaukee Road GP9s.
An eastbound BNSF coal empty makes its way across the long bridge linking Algoma with Sandpoint, Idaho, on the pretty afternoon of October 6, 2018.