Surrounded: St. Maries River Railroad SW1200 No. 502 is literally surrounded by the life blood of its employer and owner. Logs and lumber have been the key to the roads existence since it started ... (more)

The Clarkia Turn is moving through the sharp horseshoe curve at Mashburn on it's way home to St. Maries. The siding is often used to store log flats and prevented me from taking this shot on my ea... (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.

Having departed St. Maries much earlier than usual due to a lack of switching work around town, STMA's Clarkia Logger exits the St. Maries River canyon at Mashburn with three dozen empties bound f... (more)

A quiet morning at Potlatch: With nothing to do while the St. Maries River Railroad crew shuffles around empty log cars nearby, STMA 997 basks in the sun on the Potlatch mill lead. This old warri... (more)

Passing a sign that states both it’s predecessor road and it’s livelihood, the morning switcher heads to the Stimpson Mill to pick up the morning loads.

A log reload yard is a busy and dangerous site so the crew of the Clarkia Logger moves cautiously as they roll through the yard. Unfortunately this scene will not be repeated as the reload and all... (more)

The Plummer Turn soars over Pedee Trestle in a typical Northwest rainfall. This huge 15 span trestle crosses Pedee Creak and Idaho Route 5 which is just visible.

The crew will pull their train past the switch and then do a short reverse to grab the caboose. The rails and switch stand are all Milwaukee Road, as are the Geeps and log cars. A decade ago, they... (more)

After an air-test, the Clarkia Logger is ready to go and pulling up the slight incline to get out of the yard. After this little bump, the train will back onto the track on the right and connect w... (more)

These Ex-Milw Geeps are moving about 90 flats up the St. Maries River to Clarkia Reload.

With 5 miles to go and the sun exiting the valley, the St. Maries bound logger brings about 35 loads for the large mill located there. Normally there are 80 plus cars separating the engine and cab... (more)

After dropping off empties at Clarkia Reload, the crew moves to the opposite side of the yard to grab this long string of log cars. These loads are destined for the large Potlatch mill at St. Mari... (more)

Drama had been building for a few minutes as I could hear the sound of laboring Geeps echoing through the remote canyon that the STMA's ex-Milwaukee Bovill Branch twists through between Lotus and ... (more)

Returning from Plummer to St. Maries with empties, engineer Keith enjoys the beautiful weather as STMA 103 soars high over Chatcolet Lake. In the distance is the old bridge carrying a former UP l... (more)