Two GMs and a Kenworth
The lifeblood of St. Maries, Idaho, is turning timber into lumber and plywood—and the machines that haul it are seen at the 10th Street grade crossing in town. ... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad EMD SW1200 No. 501 is departing the St. Maries, Idaho, with three empty centerbeam flatcars destined for Stimson Lumber at Milltown. The mill is located directly on the o... (more)

Along the St. Joe
Passing the tranquil backwaters of the St. Joe River, fresh lumber loads on St. Maries River Railroad’s turn to Plummer roll westward between St. Maries and Ramsdell... (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)

Parts of some 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... (more)

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 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.

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)

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)

St. Maries yard
After switching the PotlatchDeltic mill on the west side of town, St. Maries River Railroad SW1200 No. 501 rolls slowly through the empty yard at St. Maries on the way b... (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 River Railroad EMD SW1200 No. 501 arrives at the yard at St. Maries, Idaho, with a single car from Stimson Lumber in Milltown on the morning of October 7, 2019. This is former Milwaukee... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad EMD SW1200 No. 501 rests in the yard by depot at St. Maries, Idaho, on October 7, 2019. The switcher was built in 1954 as Milwaukee Road No. 2060, later renumbered as MIL... (more)

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