Three equally faded SD40-2's pull into the CPR Thief River Falls Yard with Herzog empties. It is refreshing to see EMD power on the Glenwood-Winnipeg line considering most of the trains that roll... (more)

ILSX 1373 is the power that works the Farmers Co-Op Grain & Seed elevator in Thief River Falls.

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)

ILSX 1354, ex-IAIS 495, sits on the diamond over the weekend in its new paint scheme, painted by Northern Plains Railroad Services in Fordville, ND. This locomotive spent the winter at the new In... (more)

ILSX 1373, the switcher assigned to the Thief River Falls Farmer's Co-op Elevator, sits in the evening sun.

A look through the trees at the Soo Line trestle over the Red Lake River yields CEFX 104 and CP 5905 leading a short grain train westward over the structure, within the east limits of CPR's Thief ... (more)

MNN 1383 and ILSX 1395 are bathed in early morning sunlight as they rest south of the diamond in TRF with cars retrieved from Saint Hilaire, MN, the previous day. Today they will combine the train... (more)

CP 5995 & 9022 "Red Barn" idle in the northern Minnesota cold temperatures before heading northward towards Winnipeg.

CP steam locomotive 2816 pulls excursion train into the restored Soo Line depot in Thief River Falls to load passengers for its run to Minneapolis.

Residents of Thief River Falls, Minn., come out to view CP steam locomotive 2816 pulling excursion train into the depot to load passengers for its run to Minneapolis.

CP 2816 and a vintage 1940s era cab pose at the Soo Line depot in Thief River Falls, now the City Hall. The engine was en route from Calgary to Minneapolis.

After spending the night in Thief River Falls, the Empress steams south toward its destination in Minneapolis.

Still in black and orange paint from the 1985 merger, a former Milwaukee Road bandit teams up with a freshly painted switcher to give a good example of how times have changed.

Sitting outside the shops - GP10 1003 and SD9 1374...