Passing Sandpoint depot
On the eve of September 30, 2021, a westbound BNSF coal train off the Montana Rail Link, passes the depot at Sandpoint, Idaho. BNSF is double tracking through here to the MRL connection at Sandpoint Junction (in the background) in conjunction with the second bridge being built at the Lake Pend Oreille crossing. It appears that the right-of-way will have to widened here, perhaps using a retaining wall to provide enough clearance between the depot and the buildings and parking lots on the right. Regardless, this scene will change a bit in the next few years.
Passing Sandpoint depot
On the eve of September 30, 2021, a westbound BNSF coal train off the Montana Rail Link, passes the depot at Sandpoint, Idaho. BNSF is double tracking through here to the MRL connection at Sandpoint Junction (in the background) in conjunction with the second bridge being built at the Lake Pend Oreille crossing. It appears that the right-of-way will have to widened here, perhaps using a retaining wall to provide enough clearance between the depot and the buildings and parking lots on the right. Regardless, this scene will change a bit in the next few years.