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 Ri... (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)

Former Milwaukee Road GP9's moving cars on basically the only surviving part of the Milwaukee Roads Pacific Coast extension...Such a cool railroad... will need to make time to come back here again... (more)

The St. Maries River Railroad's Branch Train heads south up the railroad's namesake river between St. Maries and Lotus with a long train of log flats heading to Clarkia for loading.

On it's way to the Clarkia Reload with a long train of empty log flats, the southbound Branch Train, powered by a pair of GP9's, crosses the wooden trestle over Highway 3 in the little town of San... (more)

Three days a week, the UP LIT42 local and STMA's Plummer Turn meet at Plummer to swap cars. Here, the STMA has tied on to the cars left by the UP, while the UP crew prepares to head back to Spoka... (more)

On a glorious summer day, the St. Maries River Railroad's Plummer Turn rolls westward near the top of Benewah Lake, bound for the UP interchange at Plummer with 15 cars in tow.

My first attempt at a high dynamic range (HDR) image! On a damp, fall afternoon, the crew of the St. Maries waits for the rest of its crew (aka me) to board to begin their trip west along t... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad GP9s 101 and 103 roll downstream along the line's namesake with only a few miles remaining before they rejoin the old Milwaukee Road mainline at St. Maries.