The rear motor on the Plummer Turn shoves the train out of the St Joe River Valley.

Sort of a typical view of an early post mega-merger power lineup and scene of the railroad crossing immense Lake Pend Oreille. A fairly new Heritage 1 Dash9 leads predecessor roads' power as well ... (more)

Three BNSF C44-9Ws bring a BNSF grain empty over the long bridge spanning an arm of Lake Pend Oreille between Algoma and Sandpoint, Idaho, on February 3, 2022. BNSF’s is constructing another new... (more)

Canadian Pacific 6644, a former SD9043MAC rebuilt into an SD70ACU and painted to commemorate the D-Day landings of June 6th, 1944, leads a southbound manifest into Bonners Ferry, ID across the Koo... (more)

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)

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)

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 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.

BNSF 738 leads a freight northward through Sandpoint at the marina on the shore of Lake Pend Oreille. Vintage ATSF Dash 9, BNSF 622, trails still wearing its 19 year old original Santa Fe colors w... (more)

A westbound St. Maries River Railroad freight crosses the lengthy Benewah Lake trestle just west of Ramsdell, Idaho, on September 27, 2021. STMA EMD GP9 Nos. 103 and 101 power the 17-car train hea... (more)

A BNSF Chicago to Portland Stack train makes its way over the "swing bridge" portion of original Lake Pend Orielle bridge, while construction of the second railroad bridge across the lake is in fu... (more)

Construction of the second railroad bridge across Lake Pend Orielle is in full swing as this loaded grainer makes its way across the first bridge and on to the west coast.

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Sandpoint, Idaho, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 5469
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 07, 2021

A Westbound unit grain train is seen crossing the 4800-foot bridge over Lake Pend Oreille from Sandpoint into Sagle, Idaho.

A Westbound freight is seen about to cross the 4800-foot bridge over Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho. The crane is in place building a parallel bridge to double-track the line and reduce con... (more)

An Eastbound tank train is seen crossing Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho.