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Benewah, ID

June 2007

July 2007 -- Part One

July 2007 -- Part Two

We successfully follow Stan’s directions to the site where the Benewah Trestle “comes ashore” and enters the Benewah Tunnel, #40:
 
We walked through the tunnel keeping our ears open for the sounds of any approaching St. Maries RR trains...
 
... and found the old spur leading down to the old log dump.
 
We wondered if these old pilings might have been associated with that old log dump.
Leaving the east end of the Benewah Trestle we came upon this pleasant vista of that bridge from the south edge of the lake
Again, following Stan’s instructions we stopped at the overlook he describes just in time to catch this St. Maries RR train returning from Plummer with a train of empties
 
We even managed to find a pull-out so I could take a photo of Highway Underpass EE46.5!  Because of my old and slow digital camera I just missed catching a large fully loaded log truck pass under this and had to settle for this SUV (Ford Expedition?):