With loaded BGSX gravel hoppers and grain hoppers in tow, the TRF turn waits for a crew to take it west toward Fordville on the Devils Lake subdivision. The locomotives include NPR 5556, 5561, 555... (more)
After exchanging CP and BGSX hoppers in the Thief River Falls yard, the 5558 leads the TRF turn west towards Viking, MN were 5558 & 5561 will be set out on the siding.
After fetching Strata Corporation hoppers at Nora St. from the Canadian Pacific, the NPR 5556 leads the turn across the bridge over the Red Lake River.
The Red River of the North is once again close to swallowing up the former Soo Line bridge at Oslo as a grain train rolls eastward behind the Northern Plains Railroad's quartet of SD40-2s. The tra... (more)
The Northern Plains SD40-2s can feel the cold bite of winter in northwestern Minnesota. Second in line 5556 and fourth 5558 are sending out a nice steady stream of plume, which from a distance ap... (more)
Three Northern Plains locomotives head through Thief River Falls to pick up a string of hoppers filled with sand and gravel from the Strata Corporation in Trail, MN sitting only several yards in f... (more)
Two and a half months after being acquired, the Northern Plains Railroad's newest units are finally caught in action as loaded hoppers are pulled off of the Alvarado siding. NPR 5557 and 5556 are ... (more)
