The Minnesota Northern Warroad Local plows through a big drift the day after fresh snowfall on its way to St. Hilaire for some routine switching at the southern end of the Warroad Subdivision.

The Warroad Local cruises back to Crookston via Erskine after making the connection off of the Canadian Pacific Detroit Lakes Subdivision and onto the BNSF Grand Forks Subdivision. The MNN crew c... (more)

It's golden hour as the Minnesota Northern Warroad Local creeps down towards Saint Hilaire from Dakota Junction to finish the day switching the agriculture industries in town.

It's early spring in Northwestern Minnesota - apparent through the lack of color. The Minnesota Northern is prepared for the trip to Roseau with a string of BGSX hoppers bound for the Strata Corp... (more)

The weekly Minnesota Northern Warroad Local takes a cut of cars and wobbles down the southern end of the Warroad Subdivision towards St. Hilaire seen here passing through the only location with an... (more)

Power for the Warroad Local holds down the rails north of Thief River Falls at Dakota Junction with a single hopper. Plenty of fresh snow fell the previous day an night, leaving the winter landsc... (more)

The power comprising the Minnesota Northern Warroad Local lays over during the weekend in western Thief River Falls on the wye tracks. This part of the Minnesota Northern is as close to a yard as... (more)

The weekly Minnesota Northern Warroad Local waits in the ready position along Minnesota Highway 32 in order to head for the Crookston yard. Within the consist is MNN 1383, MNN 1356, ILSX 929, and... (more)

Minnesota Northern 1380 sits south of Dakota Junction adjacent to Evan's Steel & Scrap, a customer along the Warroad subdivision that receives gondolas for shipping out scrap metal. The wheat fie... (more)

Minnesota Northern's weekly train on the Warroad subdivision exercises its trackage rights on the Canadian Pacific Detroit Lakes subdivision. Here the train passes over the Red Lake River in down... (more)

After meeting a northbound Canadian Pacific manifest, the Minnesota Northern Warroad Local takes the switch at ESS Plummer onto the Detroit Lakes sub. mainline in order to continue towards Erskine... (more)

Minnesota Northern GP9 #1383 leads two ILSX SD40-2s numbered 1339 & 1340 with the weekly Warroad Local north of Thief River Falls at Dakota Junction.

Three Minnesota Northern/ILSX locomotives assemble grain hoppers at the Greenbush CHS Salol Elevator in a scene that can only be seen once per week. The second unit is ILSX 1335, a former CP Rail... (more)

The new Minnesota Northern schedule allows for the power to lay over in either Thief River Falls or Roseau. In total, four locomotives are calling the former GN/BN wye their new resting place, an... (more)

After laying over on the TRF wye over the new year's weekend, MNN 1380 & 1356 are back on duty heading north (1380 is leading) to Dakota Junction to meet the rest of the Warroad Local that just ar... (more)