St. Maries River Railroad EMD SW1200 No. 501 switches the PotlatchDeltic lumber mill at St. Maries, Idaho, on September 27, 2021. The locomotive is slowly backing into the covered plywood loading ... (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 former Milwaukee Road EMD SW1200, now St. Maries River railroad No. 501, takes three empty centerbeam flatcars to Stimson Lumber in Milltown, Idaho, on September 27, 2021.

BNSF’s Sandpoint local follows the shoreline of Lake Pend Oreille as it approaches the long bridge over the lake between Algoma and Sandpoint, Idaho, on September 30, 2021. Powered by BNSF EMD S... (more)

The far eastern end of the St. Maries River Railroad ends abruptly on a sweeping curve at Milltown, east of St. Maries, Idaho. This was once the main line of the Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Extensi... (more)

A Sunday edition of BNSF’s Sandpoint local is powered by a pair of EMD GP50s as is heads eastbound through Algoma, Idaho, and is crossing Sagle Road on the morning of September 26, 2021. The tir... (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)

Parts of Milwaukee Road woodchip cars, rebuilt from old rib-sided boxcars, still lives on today—donating their car sides long ago for an unique retaining wall built alongside the St. Maries Rive... (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

Once they crested the hill, the race is back on against the clock, as they cruise into Mountain Home with the throttle wide open still picking up lost speed from the assault on the hill.

After dropping a couple loaded centerbeams at one of the industries in Meridian, the Boise Local gets back underway as they pound the throttle eastwards.

BNSF’s Sandpoint local, led by EMD SD60M No. 1411, is passed by the DPUs of a westbound BNSF unit oil train at East Algoma, Idaho, on February 4, 2021. After also meeting a westbound grain train... (more)

Led by EMD SD70MACe No. 9749, a westbound BNSF manifest freight curves though the big cut on double track between Granite and Athol, Idaho, on February 4, 2021.