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)

Snow is beginning to fly and obscures Sandpoint, Idaho, on the afternoon of February 4, 2021, as a westbound BNSF stack train off the Hi Line crosses the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille and is ... (more)

A Westbound unit grain train is seen crossing the 4800-foot bridge over Lake Pend Oreille from Sandpoint into Sagle, Idaho.

A Westbound unit grain train is seen crossing the 4800-foot bridge over Lake Pend Oreille from Sandpoint into Sagle, Idaho.

An Eastbound intermodal train is seen about to cross the 4800-foot bridge across Lake Pend Oreille.

An Eastbound (track turns Northwest) intermodal train is seen crossing the 4800-foot bridge over Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho in the late afternoon light.

A Westbound freight is seen about to cross the 4800-foot bridge over Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho. The crane is in place building a parallel bridge to double-track the line and reduce con... (more)

An Eastbound tank train is seen just after crossing Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho. The widened right of way and the crane in the background are part of the ongoing project to double-track ... (more)

An Eastbound tank train is seen crossing Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho.

After switching and interchanging cars with the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad in Sandpoint, Idaho, BNSF’s Sandpoint local heads back west toward Spokane at East Algoma on February 4, 2021. The lo... (more)

BNSF’s Sandpoint local is passed by the DPUs of a westbound BNSF grain train at East Algoma, Idaho, on February 4, 2021. After meeting two westbound trains, the local will depart and cross the l... (more)

After meeting two westbound trains, BNSF’s Sandpoint local departs East Algoma, Idaho, and heads for the single-track bridge over Lake Pend Oreille into Sandpoint. Powering the eastbound local i... (more)

Defunneling the Funnel
BNSF’s second long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille at Sandpoint, Idaho, is well underway. Steel cylinders that will support the bridge are being welded together as... (more)

The Pend Oreille Valley Railroad turn operating to the BNSF interchange at Sandpoint is approaching the Syringa Heights Road grade crossing between Dover and Sandpoint, Idaho, on the morning of Fe... (more)

It’s January 28, 2020, and light snow dusts the scene as a westbound BNSF coal train enters double track at East Algoma after crossing the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille across from Sandpoin... (more)