Minnesota Northern's newest locomotive in MNN paint sit on Dakota Junction having just completed the St. Hilaire portion of the Warroad Local while the other half, MNN 1383 & 1380 work the norther... (more)

At the end of Minnesota Northern's Warroad subdivision, a lot of old railroad equipment can be found, with GP9 #1383 as no exception. The Burlington Northern style station sign has slowly weather... (more)

At the end of the line in the home of Polaris Industries, two Minnesota Northern locomotives are tied down as nearly every elevator along the Warroad subdivision is busy filling grain hoppers. Th... (more)

Although some crops are being harvested in northwestern Minnesota...mostly wheat...the soybeans need a little more time, but are looking promising, especially next to Minnesota Northern's weekly t... (more)

Tied down over the weekend, ILSX 1381 sits flexing the year 1913 manufactured (and older) rails north of Thief River Falls, MN at the CP-MNN-NPR intersection at Dakota Junction.

The usual suspects have backed their train through Barnesville Jct., and are in the process of tying it down as noted by the guy on the centerbeam and the other at the rear of the lead unit. The ... (more)

A pair of GP18's await their next call to duty. Since the OTVR got a couple new units, these two don't have the workload they used to, but they still earn their keep, and wear the Railamerica sche... (more)

The evening sun on a pretty spectacular summer day in northwestern Minnesota brings out some brilliant color in not only the sky and vegetation, but in Minnesota Northern's GP10 #1380 seen here li... (more)

Near the end of their run from BNSF's Dilworth Yard, to the Hoot Lake power plant in Fergus Falls, a pair of veteran GP18's traverse some residential neighborhood on the towns northwest end.

The sleepy community of Mentor is briefly awakened as a four car Warroad Local hustles eastward through town.

MNN 1383 and ILSX 1381 sandwich a four car Warroad Local as it heads eastward toward the Canadian Pacific at Erskine. This location was once a major junction, where the Northern Pacific line to Wi... (more)

The weekly Warroad local sits north of Thief River Falls on a pleasant summer evening.

Fresh from the Independent Locomotive Service shop in Holt, Minnesota Northern's cow-calf unit (formerly of the Belt Railway of Chicago #504) makes an appearance on the MNN Warroad Local. This pa... (more)

One half of the weekly Minnesota Northern Warroad Local idles to avoid freezing in the typical negative temperatures of winter in northwestern Minnesota. This half of the local will travel 9 mile... (more)

Minnesota Northern's weekly trip up the Warroad Subdivision heads back to Thief River Falls passing milepost 56 to meet back up with MNN 1356 at Dakota Junction.