Coal loads pass over Red Lake River.

The Northtown to Noyes manifest strolls up to the Highway 2 crossing behind the previously seen consist as the conductor prepares to copy a warrant on the Noyes line.

A manifest freight heading to Noyes, MN, is slowing on approach to the junction on the north side of Crookston, where it will head northward to the Canadian border for its final stop.

In a scene straight out of the early 90s, a pair of cascade green SD60Ms switches cars at the former Burlington Northern yard in Crookston, which is now the interchange point between BNSF and the ... (more)

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)

Former UPY 1195 and a battered elevator unit are inside Minnesota Northern's shop in Crookston. Photo taken with permission. Date not disclosed for privacy reasons.

Old, meet new. Former UP 2906 is now part of Minnesota Northern's fleet of power and is preparing the Warroad Local as old timers MNN 1383, ILSX 1381, and MNN 1380 look on.

The two newcomers to the Minnesota Northern switching fleet roll back toward the yard along the south leg of the wye with a set of cars just collected off of the Ada Subdivision. ILSX 924 was prev... (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)

This unit grain train loaded two days earlier at the nearby Wilds elevator was supposed to be gone by the morning of the previous day, but for some reason the BNSF had not yet gotten it out of Min... (more)

Eastbound Cass Lake Local breezes into Crookston ahead of coal loads with 8 cars. After some quick work, it will leave town with none. Two of the cars will be dropped on the siding next to me, a... (more)

I like the look on the face of this plow ... reminds me of a few people I know.

This week's version of the Warroad Local gets underway and heads out of the MNN's yard toward BNSF's Grand Forks Subdivision.

ILSX 1399 has departed MNN rails and is now heading east on the BNSF main track toward Erskine, MN, where it will turn north on CPR's main to run to Thief River Falls and reach the Warroad Subdivi... (more)

The Warroad Local has departed the Crookston Yard and is now rounding the curve to head out to the BNSF main for the run to Erskine, MN.