Sandpoint Junction News Today

Travel west for a look at the two personalities of Idaho railroads, from the arid southern region to the mountainous and forested northern panhandle.

Fifty years after Burlington Northern consolidated the traffic of two predecessor routes onto a single line featuring a nearly mile-long bridge near Sandpoint, Idaho, successor BNSF has opened its long-anticipated second bridge. The first train to officially cross the new structure was an empty coal train at 9:00 p.m. on Nov. 20, 2022.