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

In addition to the Independent Locomotive Service's eclectic fleet of locomotives, ILSX 1343, a snoot-nose SD40-2 tunnel motor, just got added into the mix. This former Union Pacific locomotive a... (more)

The Noyes subdivision sees action with this southbound grain train through Newfolden, MN. This small community is 17 miles northwest of Thief River Falls, and home to 362 residents (2009 Census E... (more)

Some excellent evening light shines on a Twin Cities bound Canadian Pacific train at Minnesota City, putting an exclamation point to a summer-like day in October.

The 290 heads south, eight miles from the yard in Thief River Falls seen here at Hazel, MN, the site of a large CHS sunflower processing facility in cooperation with Northwest Grain. To see the S... (more)

CSX in Northwestern Minnesota? By chance I came across this CSX unit train at the CHS Northwest Grain elevator in Warren, MN ready to depart after discharging fertilizer. The train is seen here s... (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)

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)

Two BNSF geeps switch passenger coaches at the shop within the wye at Minneapolis Junction. 30 seconds after this photo was taken the cloud bank coming from the west would shroud Minneapolis' sun... (more)

A couple of CP and SOO geeps hold on the ramp along Warner Rd. in downtown St. Paul, making room allowing for a high traffic along Dayton's Bluffs.

BNSF 4581 comes down the pike at Union Junction where it will cross over to the MNNR Midway Yard and St. Anthony Junction via the connecting track over Energy Park Drive.

The Rochester local heads east to Rochester after sorting coil cars in the siding in Kasson, MN, seen here underneath the Greenway Co-Op Elevator.

Good Morning Rochester Local...DME 3834 "City of Wessington" sits by the DME bulletin office in Rochester, MN a day after switching McNelius in Dodge Center and sorting coil cars in Kasson.

The Empire Builder passes through the west end of Winona roughly an hour behind schedule, which is far enough behind to eliminate the brief break for passengers to get fresh air. Fall colors alon... (more)