1919 Train Wreck in N. Idaho - Found it!

[TSandM]

Is your current instructor Steve's brother?

 

[airsix]

Rick,
It's awesome to know that someone based in Eastern WA gets to do some UW exploration and discovery... close to home!

-Ben M. (surrounded by sand and sagebrush)

 

[do it easy]

Thanks!

It wasn't all roses, though. My instructor gave me a new name after today's dive: Captain Silt.

Nice work on the train- and you got your captain's license too!

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

Just one other dive with Joe and his buddy from AA Dive. Didn't find it 'cause the dive was called at 80' and we never found the line. Went back today with another buddy and some additional info from Joe and found it!

Man.. That's really exciting! Congratulations!

 

[jim T.]

Very cool Rick! Congratulations! I just met a California couple lin their 30's, this past weekend at Keystone who told me about this train. Did they dive with you by any chance? They were visiting parents in Sand Point. (Sorry I didn't remember their names.) Your tag line made me ask...

I'm an ex Model Railroader and train buff, so this will go on my list for potential future dives!

 

[Rick Inman]

Thanks, all (even you, Easy eyebrow).

Very cool Rick! Congratulations! I just met a California couple lin their 30's, this past weekend at Keystone who told me about this train. Did they dive with you by any chance? They were visiting parents in Sand Point. (Sorry I didn't remember their names.) Your tag line made me ask...

I'm an ex Model Railroader and train buff, so this will go on my list for potential future dives!

Nope, didn't see 'em.

 

[laivindil]

Cool story. You should write a book or at least a chapter or two for a compilation of dive stories.

 

[ProfessorAronnax]

Rick, that is soooo cool! Congratulations!

 

[catdiveinstructor]

Hi I'm a Naui dive instructor I'm moving up to Sandpoint in October and would like some information on the diving up there. Can anyone tell me about the diving? What are the depths of the water, the temperature, the sites, and most importantly the best dive clubs and/or shops. I like to do some diving when I get up there and would like to see some sites. Please tell me you have some wrecks up there... looking forward to hearing back from you.

 

[MaryGarrisonID]

This is something I may like to try once I get certified.. went diving in the Bahamas last month and it was awesome!!! I will bring my boyfriend who has been a scuba intructror up from So.Calif so we can do this dive together. Tony has been diving for 35 years but has never done a train wreck dive!! Am new to this diving stuff but now have an addiction!! and I love it!! Bu Moko

The wreck actually happend in 1909. Not 1919. Seven cars loaded with gravel went into the lake. Four were recovered and three are still in deep water.

From the Northern Idaho News September 2, 1904.