After taking the wye at Plummer Junction, STMA #101 is now in the lead taking 20 empties back to St Maries as they enter the Couer d’Alene Mountains.

Benewah Crossing | With 18 loaded cars in tow, the St. Maries River Railroad's Plummer Turn makes its way across Benewah Lake near Ramsdell, ID on the cool and rainy morning of Monday, Sept... (more)

Early Autumn Outlook | Making its way to Plummer on the cool and rainy morning of Monday, September 15, 2025, the St. Maries River Railroad's Plummer Turn rolls around the hills a few miles... (more)

Monday Morning at St. Maries | On the cool and rainy morning of Monday, September 15, 2025, the Plummer Turn on the St. Maries River Railroad makes its way out of St. Maries, ID as it heads... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad has finished the UP interchange and departs Plummer for the return run to St. Maries.

St. Maries River Railroad #101 (former Milwaukee Road #292) leads the eastbound return trip at Hawley's Landing with beautiful Chatcolet Lake in the background as the train crosses Milwaukee Road ... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad, STMA 101 & 103 crossing the Lake Benewah Bridge near Ramsdell, ID with a train of 15 carloads of finished lumber and plywood on August 2, 2019. The carloads were 10 cars... (more)

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)

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)

On September 27, 2021, St. Maries River Railroad GP9 Nos. 101 and 103 lean into a curve approaching Shepherd Road grade crossing near St. Maries, Idaho, still super-elevated from the days when it ... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad’s turn to Plummer heads back home as it departs Plummer Junction, Idaho, on September 27, 2021. The track on the right is part of the wye, that was also part of a loop ... (more)

Soaring over the Idaho forest
The eastbound St. Maries River Railroad turn from Plummer soars over the impressive bridge over Bill Morris Road (I’ve seen it labeled as Bridge EE50) eas... (more)

Returning from interchanging cars to Union Pacific at Plummer, Idaho, is the eastbound St. Maries River Railroad turn approaching St. Maries on September 27, 2021. The train is powered by a pair o... (more)

St Maries RR on the way home from Plummer, crossing Lake Benewah on the former Milwaukee Road line, with former Milwaukee Road locomotives.

The calm of the Idaho pine forests are momentaily distrubed by the St. Maries River Railroad's Plummer turn. The train is lead by a pair of the railroads GP9s as they trundle across the massive Pe... (more)