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Viewing Album:  St. Maries River Railroad Early Fall
 
By:Maddie Farnsworth
Dates:10/5/2012 - 10/5/2012
Album Info:A few shots of the STMA interchanging with the UP and taking its train of empties east.
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Firsy view
Title:  Firsy view
Description:  Ex MILW GP9s running on home rails.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 3:48:23 PM
Location:  Plummer, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  STMA 101(GP9)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
STMA red white & blue
Title:  STMA red white & blue
Description:  101 & 103 pull their train of loads up the final bit of grade commin into Plummer.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 3:51:24 PM
Location:  Plummer, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  STMA 101(GP9) STMA 103(GP9)
Views:  325   Comments: 1
UP Plummer Turn
Title:  UP Plummer Turn
Description:  The UP Plummer turn has arrived to interchange with the STMA.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 3:52:13 PM
Location:  Plummer, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1238(GP39-2) UP 1235(GP39-2)
Views:  502   Comments: 0
Power exchange
Title:  Power exchange
Description:  As the STMA geeps pull down to the wye switch, the UP takes three empty cars for spotting at the lumber mill in Plummer.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 3:53:27 PM
Location:  Plummer, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  STMA 103(GP9) UP 1235(GP39-2)
Views:  391   Comments: 1
On the old passenger main
Title:  On the old passenger main
Description:  The STMA has started traversing the east leg of the wye. The track in the foreground is the old MILW freight main, the wye is the start of the MILW Spokane passenger main, Plummer is where the two met.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 3:55:48 PM
Location:  Plummer, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  STMA 101(GP9) STMA 103(GP9)
Views:  241   Comments: 2
Empites in tow
Title:  Empites in tow
Description:  Having hooked onto its train of empties, the STMA pulls its cars slowly back around the wye.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 3:57:07 PM
Location:  Plummer, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  STMA 103(GP9) STMA 101(GP9)
Views:  276   Comments: 1
NS boxcar in Idaho
Title:  NS boxcar in Idaho
Description:  Not all that strange, but aparently customers back east use Idaho lumber.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 3:58:30 PM
Location:  Plummer, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  STMA 103(GP9) STMA 101(GP9)
Views:  275   Comments: 0
Pedee Trestle
Title:  Pedee Trestle
Description:  An eastbound STMA train crosses Pedee Trestle on the former Milwaukee Road main line, now the St Maries River Railroad. At nearly 200 feet high, this is the tallest railroad trestle still in use in the state of Idaho. There were two taller bridges, both on the MILW west of here, but they are now only used by bike riders.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 4:01:11 PM
Location:  Pedee, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  STMA 103(GP9) STMA 101(GP9)
Views:  499   Comments: 5
Pedee Trestle Close up
Title:  Pedee Trestle Close up
Description:  an eastbound STMA train crosses Pedee Trestle on the former Milwaukee Road main line, now the St Maries River Railroad. At nearly 200 feet high, this is the tallest railroad trestle still in use in the state of Idaho. There were two taller bridges, both on the MILW west of here, but they are now only used by bike riders.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 4:01:53 PM
Location:  Pedee, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  STMA 103(GP9) STMA 101(GP9)
Views:  369   Comments: 0
Lake Benewah Trestle
Title:  Lake Benewah Trestle
Description:  Eastbound St Maries River Railroad train crossing the Lake Benewah trestle, 8 miles west of St Maries Idaho. The bridge and line is a renaming segment of the Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension mainline, one of only two that survive. The GP9s? Also ex Milwaukee.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 4:03:58 PM
Location:  Benewah, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  STMA 103(GP9) STMA 101(GP9)
Views:  497   Comments: 4
Lake Benewah Trestle
Title:  Lake Benewah Trestle
Description:  Eastbound St Maries River Railroad train crossing the Lake Benewah trestle, 8 miles west of St Maries Idaho. The bridge and line is a renaming segment of the Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension mainline, one of only two that survive. The GP9s? Also ex Milwaukee.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 4:04:24 PM
Location:  Benewah, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  STMA 103(GP9) STMA 101(GP9)
Views:  352   Comments: 2
And Here we Have Idaho
Title:  And Here we Have Idaho
Description:  Eastbound St Maries River Railroad train crossing the Lake Benewah trestle, 8 miles west of St Maries Idaho. The bridge and line is a renaming segment of the Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension mainline, one of only two that survive. The GP9s? Also ex Milwaukee.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 4:04:58 PM
Location:  Benewah, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  STMA 103(GP9) STMA 101(GP9)
Views:  477   Comments: 4
Whole train
Title:  Whole train
Description:  The entire train is stretched out over Benewah Trestle.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 4:19:27 PM
Location:  Benewah, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  216   Comments: 2
St Joe River Reflections
Title:  St Joe River Reflections
Description:  Just west of St Maries, the tracks follow the Shadowy St Joe River.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 4:06:18 PM
Location:  Saint Maries, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  STMA 103(GP9) STMA 101(GP9)
Views:  318   Comments: 2
Shepherd Rd
Title:  Shepherd Rd
Description:  About 2.5 miles west of town.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 4:08:40 PM
Location:  Saint Maries, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  STMA 103(GP9) STMA 101(GP9)
Views:  247   Comments: 1
St Maries yard
Title:  St Maries yard
Description:  the rest of the train has been left for the switchers to handle.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 4:09:25 PM
Location:  Saint Maries, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  STMA 103(GP9) STMA 101(GP9)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
Almost done for the day
Title:  Almost done for the day
Description:  Having dropped off its cars, the crew just has to put the motors back in the shead and then they will be done for the day.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 4:10:17 PM
Location:  Saint Maries, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  STMA 101(GP9) STMA 103(GP9)
Views:  367   Comments: 1
STMA shops & sheads
Title:  STMA shops & sheads
Description:  The GPs slowly back inside.
Photo Date:  10/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 4:11:04 PM
Location:  Saint Maries, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  STMA 101(GP9) STMA 502(SW1200)
Views:  548   Comments: 0

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