St. Maries River Railroad’s turn to Plummer Approaches Plummer, Idaho, on September 27, 2021. STMA EMD GP9 Nos. 103 and 101 have been working upgrade with the loads since crossing Benewah Lake.

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St. Maries River Railroad’s turn to Plummer interchanges its train to Union Pacific at Plummer, Idaho, on September 27, 2021. It’s pretty obvious where STMA’s forme... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad EMD GP9 Nos. 103 and 101, have just emerged from their weekend slumber in the enginehouse at St. Maries, Idaho, on the morning September 27, 2021. The crew will soon take... (more)

The sky is still leaden with morning clouds as St. Maries River Railroad’s Plummer turn rumbles over Pedee Creek trestle at Pedee, Idaho, on September 27, 2021. Some early autumn color helps bri... (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)

St. Maries River Railroad turn to Plummer, with eleven loads from the mills at St. Maries, trundles across a causeway along the backwaters of the St. Joe River west of St. Maries, Idaho, on the ea... (more)

A westbound St. Maries River Railroad freight, with eleven loads, tiptoes across Benewah Lake trestle west of St. Maries, Idaho, on the early autumn day of September 30, 2016. During this time, on... (more)

St. Maries Plummer Turn approaches St. Maries, Idaho along Lake Benewah.

While driving through the tiny town of Plummer, Idaho today, I noticed that the St. Maries River Railroad's Switcher was in town, but that Union Pacific's Plummer Turn had not arrived yet (the two... (more)

STMA #103 crawls across the rebuilt section of the Benewah Lake bridge with a 21 car Plummer Turn in tow.

An eastbound 4-car St. Maries River Railroad freight crosses Benewah Lake west of St. Maries, Idaho, with early autumn in the air on September 30, 2016. On this day, only GP9 103 was serviceable f... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad's GP9 103 leads a trainload of lumber west toward Plummer, ID and the UP interchange. The train is crossing Pedee Creek trestle on the former Milwaukee Road mainline.

Nearing the end of its run from St. Maries to Plummer, ID, the St. Maries River Railroad train descends the grade into Plummer Jct. along Plummer Creek to interchange with Union Pacific. UP's bran... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad GP9 103 leads its train west across the Pedee Creek trestle on its way to Plummer Junction and its UP connection. The UP local will be there to meet and exchange cars wit... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad GP9 103 rolls several lumber loads west from St. Maries, ID where Potlatch Corp. and Stimson Timber both depend on the railroad for its outbound lumber mill shipments. Th... (more)