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)

A pair of veteran SOO diesels sing the trademark EMD song as they begin their journey down the Detroit Lakes Sub. The train was 13,000 tons, so this days work wasn't going to be easy. In its man... (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)

Fresh From the Paint Booth! NPR 5558 shows off its new royal blue and yellow paint scheme. This locomotive hasn't even touched its home rails which lie two miles to the north at Dakota Juntion, ... (more)

In 2010 it would hard to find a better Soo Line scene as a short weighfreight departs Thief River Falls, passing the beautifully preserved Soo depot, with a pair of F-unit killers. Even the middle... (more)

A northbound grain train with CP 5935 out in front sits next to one of the four daily scheduled trains at the north end of the Thief River Falls yard.

The last week in May features SOO 2064 & 4424 as yard power.

A Milwaukee Road Box Car's Final Fate...box car #952 will experience the cutting torch and wind up exactly like the cubed steel sitting next to it as scrap. The Canadian Pacific Railroad sets out... (more)

CP 778: An Old Friend and one of the remaining former SOO 700 series SD40-2's has called the yard in Thief River Falls home since 2008.

CP 8852 and its train sits in the yard in the presence of the moon which blends into the sky and clouds.

SOO 4451 & CP 4407 idle by the 8th Street Crossing with a long line of grain hoppers between movements during a busy week along the Noyes/Detroit Lakes subdivisions.

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)

CP 8845 is angled to the northwest in the direction of the Canadian border crossing at Noyes, MN with a line of grain hoppers.

CP 8822 & CP 8881 return to the yard in Thief River Falls passing the Farmer's Co-op Grain & Seed elevators after doing some work south of town.