This old M&St.L Rwy branch line is getting some new life breathed into it with owners Minnesota Prairie Line. A string of TCWR ballast cars are led by a leased ILSX unit.

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.

ILSX 1381 takes a slight curve southbound at mile post 14 on the Minnesota Northern Warroad Subdivision toward Saint Hilaire, MN. Minnesota Northern switches the local grain industries in St. Hil... (more)

With a newly applied MNN logo under her cab window, ILSX 1381 works in the Crookston yard along with recently acquired MNN 1356. She has previously spent time with the Northern Plains Railroad in ... (more)

After doing some switch work at Dakota Junction, ILSX 1381 takes six cars southbound towards Saint Hilaire traveling at 10 mph: five hoppers to CHS Northwest Grain and a lone boxcar for the St. Hi... (more)

ILSX 1381 & MNN 1383 sit on the Milepost 22.1 bridge a couple days before the new year with a single covered hopper before running down to St. Hilaire to fetch more. Temperatures were consistentl... (more)

Towing 4 cars from the Canadian Pacific in Thief River Falls, this Minnesota Northern Railroad (MNN) train passes by snow-covered fields on the outskirts of Crookston. This train is just a few hun... (more)

Working at the elevator at the end of the line, this unit worked for a time on the North Shore Scenic Railroad hauling passengers...