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)

Pend Oreille Railroad units 8310 and 8325 arrive in Sandpoint to interchange with the BNSF.

BNSF 998 and pool unit CSX 3459 brings a coal train across the impressive Lake Pend Oreille and into Sandpoint. Construction continues to progress on the second main line bridge.

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.

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.

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.

On a crisp, breezy October 6, 2018, an eastbound BNSF grain train crosses the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille at Sandpoint, Idaho.

The blue hour is settling in over Sandpoint, Idaho, on the eve of February 3, 2022, as an eastbound BNSF grain empty crosses the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille. In the foreground on the frozen... (more)

Pend Oreille Valley’s train to Sandpoint has arrived and is approaching the interchange yard with BNSF on October 1, 2021. That’s the former Great Northern depot in the background.

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 BNSF Z train after crossing the bridge over Lake Pend Oreille. In the background you can see one of the large cranes used in building a second bridge next the original bridge.

An eastbound BNSF grain train squats at East Algoma, Idaho, for three westbounds, with the final one being the Sandpoint local. BNSF SD40-2 leads the local back home to Spokane on September 30, 20... (more)

On September 26, 2021, after picking up interchange from the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad at Sandpoint, Idaho, BNSF’s Sandpoint local departs at West Boyer. This Sunday version of the local is p... (more)

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A tired former Santa Fe warbonnet leads a westbound BNSF vehicle train at East Algoma, Idaho, on September 30, 2021. The rear of the train is still crossing the long bridge o... (more)