The local Farmers Cooperative elevator switcher gets called to load five hoppers brought in fresh off of the Minnesota Northern Warroad Local. This SW7 let its voice be heard as it blared its one... (more)

The Minnesota Northern Warroad Local arrives into Thief River Falls with ILSX 1340 on the back end of the train with the job of holding the EOT device. This week's switching job will be extra bus... (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)

It may not appear like a typical Minnesota Northern Railroad train, but ILSX 1340 and HLLX 6964 are in charge of taking this MNN Warroad Local back to Crookston, and exercising MNN's trackage righ... (more)

Spray paint....cardboard....anything to make sure that this locomotive is "sold and do not remove parts." The former BNSF 6964 is now owned by one of the many branches of the Helm Financial Leasi... (more)

CP 9609 comes through downtown Thief River Falls over the Red Lake River in the process of making up an east-bound grain train with hoppers possibly off from the Northern Plains Railroad.

Two former CP, one former UP/SP, one former BN, and one in legit paint...just a typical line-up of Northern Plains Railway locomotives! The TRF turn runs light towards the CPR yard to retrieve it... (more)

The sunflower processing facility owned by CHS Northwest Grain in Hazel, MN now has two pieces of switch power: the original #1 now repainted in CHS white and blue and ILSX 924. Does it look lik... (more)

In and amongst mostly cloudy weather, Christmas Eve morning 2011 has some pleasant sunshine shining on one of the trio of ex-KCS locomotives sitting on the old Great Northern wye that led to the G... (more)

Having just delivered a cut of cars in the yard, a pair on CN locomotives run light past the turntable and General Mills elevator in the northern sections of the Northtown yard.

Independent Locomotive Service (Holt & Bethel, MN) has worked on many locomotives, including this SW1 working at the Crookston Farmer's Co-Op Elevator just south of town. In an ever increasing vo... (more)

The westbound Amtrak Empire Builder idles during its 45 minute station stop at the St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota Midway station. A P40DC #821 is sandwiched between the predictable set of P42's.

ES44AC CP 8798 leads one of regularly scheduled manifests westbound over the Camden bridge in north Minneapolis.

A set of SD40-2's take a train from the Hoffman Ave. yard onto the UP Mankato subdivision towards the Western Ave. yard under the bluffs in downtown St. Paul.

Two Canadian National locomotives run light through the Canadian Pacific Pig's Eye Yard.