It's early spring in Northwestern Minnesota - apparent through the lack of color. The Minnesota Northern is prepared for the trip to Roseau with a string of BGSX hoppers bound for the Strata Corp... (more)

Northern Plains Railroad's Thief River Falls Turn angles northwest departing the Thief River Falls yard bound for Warren and points west in very cold and blustery conditions.

3 EMD SD40T-2's now owned by NPR at CP's Thief River Falls yard.

A northbound CP freight arrives at Thief River Falls, MN.

Canadian Pacific train H54, otherwise known as the Trail Turn, returns back to Thief River Falls after successfully exchanging empties for loaded gravel hoppers at the Strata Corporation pit in Tr... (more)

CP 2206 & SOO 4413 bring the Trail Turn job back to the Thief River Falls yard over the Red Lake River bridge after successfully dropping off 25 empty, picking up 35 loads in Trail, and gathering ... (more)

A faded Soo Line GP38 leads the Trail Turn (CP H54) as it departs Thief River Falls just after 1030 in the morning with 25 empty open hoppers for refilling at the Strata Corporation pit in Trail, ... (more)

On an otherwise very cloudy day, the TRF Turn finds a gap in the clouds to catch some sun on its trip out of Thief River Falls to points west: Viking, Radium, Warren, Alvarado, Oslo, and so furthe... (more)

The crew of this Northern Plains Thief River Falls Turn is actively tying down this 2:1 locomotive to car ratio train north of Thief River Falls. The train dropped off loaded grain hoppers in the... (more)

Power for the Warroad Local holds down the rails north of Thief River Falls at Dakota Junction with a single hopper. Plenty of fresh snow fell the previous day an night, leaving the winter landsc... (more)

Noses Lots of foreign power lays over the Thief River Falls yard, which is owned by Canadian Pacific, formerly the Soo Line, but you would not know it in this moment. The pair of CS... (more)

The Northern Plains Thief River Falls Turn pulls onto its own rails through the switch at Dakota Junction after depositing a string of loaded grain from North Dakota and picking up more empties fo... (more)

The power comprising the Minnesota Northern Warroad Local lays over during the weekend in western Thief River Falls on the wye tracks. This part of the Minnesota Northern is as close to a yard as... (more)

SOO 6033 leads CP 6248 and UP 7485 over the last few miles of the Noyes subdivision that spans Minnesota's northwest corner connecting Noyes-Lancaster-Lake Bronson-Karlstad-Newfolden-Thief River F... (more)

A pair of SD40-2's start out eastbound from the Thief River Falls yard led by Iowa, Chicago & Eastern 6401 with one car in tow past the classic SOO Line Depot in downtown Thief River Falls. The t... (more)