A Northern Plains Railroad SD40-2 has somehow found its way south to the elevator track in Hoffman where it sits on a sunny but cold January day.

Nosed into a snow bank, this GP35 provides back-up power for a GP9 that does most of the switching here.

What railroad is this with three pairs of patched locomotives? The Northern Plains Thief River Falls Turn starts out of the yard for the switch at Dakota Junction where it will take for its... (more)

Northern Plains Railroad switches the Elevator in Devils Lake on a extremely humid, 90 degree day

This old GP9 (ex-UP 224) leased from the Northern Plains Railroad to Laurentian Aggregates moves hoppers of rock as a CN land barge rolls southbound down the CN Rainy Sub.

This old GP9 (ex-UP 224) leased from the Northern Plains Railroad to Laurentian Aggregates has a dream job in it's twilight years. This locomotive works Monday thru Friday and travels about 300 y... (more)

Former Leaders of Their Respective Fields An old but nicely restored green Oliver model 77 has a face off with another green machine, a former BN SD40-2 now in possession by the No... (more)

Two of the three units that work the Calumet (former Murphy) oil refinery in Superior slumber in the new yard at dusk.

Northern Plains Railroad's Thief River Falls turn eases south in the Canadian Pacific yard switching Strata Corporation hoppers in front of the Farmer's Co-Op Grain & Seed elevator. The elevator ... (more)

NPR 3510 former Great Smokey Mountain 210 and before that high nose NW 210 sits in Lansford North Dakota's Northern Plains shop track.

The Northern Plains' Thief River Falls Turn travels through the community of Viking, Minnesota, which was an important station along the Soo Line's Wheat Line. The city's former depot is now a pa... (more)

After slowing through the city of Warren, the four SD40-2 consist of Northern Plains locomotives throttles back up en route back to Fordville, North Dakota.

The Northern Plains TRF Turn comes around the bend about to hit the diamond with the BNSF Noyes subdivision through the small community of Warren, the county seat of Marshall County, Minnesota. O... (more)

No hiding this units heritage. What a lashup to find in 2012 three GP9's on a old former Soo branch at Lansford North Dakota. They have a lengthy train bound for the interchange at Kenmare includi... (more)

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)