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)

A pair of St. Maries Railroad GP9s trundle across the long wooden trestle crossing Benewah Lake near Parkline Idaho. The 12 loads of wood products are bound for interchange with the Union Pacific ... (more)

A Bald Eagle stands guard at it’s nest, as the twice a day intruder rumbles by and across Benewah Lake near St Maries Idaho.

Tucked away in a corner of the Idaho Panhandle is the St Maries ... (more)

A Bald Eagle has left it’s nest in the care of it’s mate, while it makes a inspection of the beast that daily interrupts the solitude of Benewah Lake.

Railroad: St. Maries River Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: St Maries, Idaho, USA
Locomotive #: STMA 101
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: July 16, 2018

Here in 2018, more than 100 years from the start of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad and nearly 40 years after it's demise, is the ghost of the Milwaukee Road. Tucked away in a corner o... (more)

While a nice storm cell approaches, the Plummer Turn waits for the UP to show up after they dropped their loads at the interchange.The track to the right was the mainline of the Milwaukee Road's P... (more)

While slowly crossing the massive bridge over Lake Benewah, which interrupts the thick pine forests along the route, you'll notice the conductor has come out and is talking with the fisherman belo... (more)