The Red River of the North is once again close to swallowing up the former Soo Line bridge at Oslo as a grain train rolls eastward behind the Northern Plains Railroad's quartet of SD40-2s. The tra... (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)

Three Northern Plains locomotives head through Thief River Falls to pick up a string of hoppers filled with sand and gravel from the Strata Corporation in Trail, MN sitting only several yards in f... (more)