The fate of Ex-CN 7278 looks quite uncertain as it rests on weed infested rails in the small hamlet of Lansford ND. The Soo Line and ex-Great Northern cross at grade just beyond the line of locos... (more)

Fresh from the shops with new paint and lettering, ready for leasing.

Two workers give NPR 1761 a good workout running it back and forth along this section of track prior to it being moved off site, having been replaced by another GP9, MRL 115 which will now take ov... (more)

A quad set of ex-UPRR tunnel motors on a grain train east of Fordville ND.

The Northern Plains Thief River Falls Turn travels west through Radium as it nears Warren along the former Soo Line's Wheat Line. After Warren the train will head straight west into the Red River... (more)

NPR 3502 and a four pack of former UP tunnel motors wait for CP 299 to clear the Thief River Falls yard before entering and retrieving empty grain hoppers for the elevators along the Wheat Line in... (more)

Northern Plain's Kramer turn prepares to couple to a cut of loaded hoppers that will eventually be interchange to CP at Kenmare, ND. Power today is a pair of classic GPs with illustrious historie... (more)

Northern Plains #2281 sits outside of the line's shops at Lansford awaiting a call to duty.

A pair of Northern Plains GPs sit quiet at the end of track at Kramer, ND. In short order, a crew will arrive and pick up the loaded hoppers in the background at the elevator to take west to the ... (more)

Appearing not long for this world, Northern Plains Railroad 1400, a former BN GP10 that started life as a Great Northern GP7, sits at the line's shops at Lansford, ND.

A old GP9 waits quietly for the call of duty as a 240 ton United Taconite production haul truck rolls by behind it. This GP9 is used by Laurentian Aggregates to move hoppers around the pit for lo... (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)

Waiting out the long, cold winter. Used to move hoppers of rock in the warmer months, this GP9 ( ex-UP 224 ) sits quietly on the property of Laurentian Aggregates with some of the other equipment ... (more)

A Northern Plains Railroad SD40-2 has somehow found its way south to the elevator track in Hoffman where it sits on a sunny but cold January day.