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.

A couple of eastern visitors stare down the resident local CP power in Canadian Pacific's Thief River Falls yard.

Minnesota Northern's weekly train on the Warroad subdivision exercises its trackage rights on the Canadian Pacific Detroit Lakes subdivision. Here the train passes over the Red Lake River in down... (more)

Independent Locomotive Service rolled out a new locomotive from the Holt shops, a former BNSF SD40-2, renumbered ILSX 1330. Its first order of business was to sort out the St. Hilaire portion of ... (more)

Northern Plains Railroad's Thief River Falls turn eases south in the Canadian Pacific yard switching Strata Corporation hoppers in front of the Farmer's Co-Op Grain & Seed elevator. The elevator ... (more)

The Canadian Pacific track evaluation train spends an afternoon as well as the upcoming night in Thief River Falls before heading northbound on the Noyes subdivision the morning of June 14th.

Minnesota Northern GP9 #1383 leads two ILSX SD40-2s numbered 1339 & 1340 with the weekly Warroad Local north of Thief River Falls at Dakota Junction.

The Detroit Lakes subdivision wayfreight gets underway through Thief River Falls crossing Nora St. with a single ballast hopper and two grain hoppers.

Ready and waiting...the Trail Turn bound for the Strata Corporation pit in Trail, Minnesota requires a crew and the Detroit Lakes Sub clear of train #291, both of which occurred within 15 minutes ... (more)

A well-timed gap in the dark cloud-cover provides some nice light on two grounded trains in Canadian Pacific's Thief River Falls yard. With the Canadian Pacific's employee strike north of the bor... (more)