Minnesota Northern 1380 sits south of Dakota Junction adjacent to Evan's Steel & Scrap, a customer along the Warroad subdivision that receives gondolas for shipping out scrap metal. The wheat fie... (more)

The Minnesota Northern Warroad Local with a third locomotive, ILSX 1328, and a string of boxcars heads out of Thief River Falls over the Red Lake River bound for Crookston via Erskine.

Northern Plains Railroad's Thief River Falls Turn pulls through the 8th street grade crossing past the series of grain elevators lining the right-of-way switching its cut of empty gravel hoppers a... (more)

A 3xx-series Canadian Pacific grain train led by two CSX locomotives traverses over the new Greenwood Street underpass bridge, a project behind schedule by a month due to a long winter season. In... (more)

The Trail Turn arrives back into Thief River Falls where it originated and crosses over the Red Lake River in the city' downtown. This as needed train exchanges empty open hoppers for loaded grav... (more)

A Canadian Pacific manifest departs eastbound from "TR Falls" at 1800 after refueling. The area finally looks like summer after a long winter and prolonged spring. Here the train crosses the Red... (more)

Two new locomotives pass through a pocket of evening sunlight by two original buildings standing adjacent to the former Soo Line. On the left is the Gamble-Robinson building, which was a wholesal... (more)

Canadian Pacific train #290 travels over the most scenic area in Thief River Falls, which includes anywhere along the Red Lake River. I would imagine that it's a nice day for the engineer to have... (more)

The grain bins belonging to Thief River Falls' Farmers Co-Op Grain & Seed make this passing Canadian Pacific manifest look incredibly small. The train will soon come to a stop and get refueled by... (more)

Independent Locomotive Service #1340 wobbles its way south from Dakota Junction through the west side of Thief River Falls over the jointed rail of the southern Warroad subdivision. The locomotiv... (more)

The resident snow plows in Thief River Falls saw action the previous night clearing crossing and sections of track where wind has blown the massive amount of snow received in the area, evident eve... (more)

Thief River Falls will always be Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie territory no matter what rebuilding and repainting programs Canadian Pacific has planned. These two SOO Line GP38-2's idl... (more)

A CP Beaver and an EMD product hauling one of CP's daily manifests heads starts the journey down the Detroit Lakes subdivision past the classic Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie depot in d... (more)

Some interesting power additions to the Northern Plains roster includes a few former Union Pacific SD40-2 tunnel motors owned by Motive Rail Incorporated. Northern Plains' Thief River Falls turn ... (more)

CP 490 exits the Noyes subdivision passing CP 298 with former Vancouver 2010 Olympic sponsor locomotive #8876 on point waiting to enter onto the Noyes subdivision.