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, STMA 501 idles while the Engineer Derail gets his orders in the early morning of August 2, 2019. The SMTA 501 was built for the Milwaukee Road in December of 1954 as the... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad's "Plummer Turn" heads for the UP interchange at Plummer, ID seen here crossing the Benewah Lake Trestle.

St. Maries River Railroad’s turn to Plummer, with eleven loads from the mills at St. Maries, trundles across over Pedee Creek trestle at Pedee, Idaho, on September 30, 2016. During this time, on... (more)

STMA SW1200 501 builds the "Plummer Turn" at St. Maries, ID.

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 EMD SW1200 No. 501 has just delivered three empty centerbeam cars to Stimson Lumber in Milltown, Idaho, and is now returning to St. Maries yard on September 27, 2021. It ... (more)

The two Turns are swapping cars in Plummer.

St. Maries #103 (former Milwaukee Road #322) looks right at home leading the Plummer turn along the banks of the St. Joe River outside of Plummer, ID.

St. Maries #501 (former Milwaukee Road #2060) looks right at home leading the Plummer turn along the banks of the St. Joe River outside of Plummer, ID.

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)

Following the St. Joe River on the morning of September 27, 2021, St. Maries River Railroad’s turn to Plummer trundles westward between St. Maries and Ramsdell, Idaho.

St. Maries River Railroad EMD SW1200 No. 501 switches the PotlatchDeltic lumber mill at St. Maries, Idaho, on September 27, 2021. The locomotive has just emerged from the covered plywood loading d... (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)

Four-fifths of St. Maries River Railroad’s original roster sits outside in the sun at St. Maries, Idaho on September 27, 2021. STMA has three EMD GP9s, Nos. 101-103, with 102 presently out of se... (more)