Originally a Southern Pacific unit, this engine was then lettered for the Northern Plains Railroad (NPR lettering on the side) and then was used by Laurentian Aggregates (the L.A. logo behind the ... (more)

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NPR 5558, 5556, & 5555 lay over on their own trackage at Dakota Junction for the night before taking their train with CP/SOO grain hoppers and open gravel hoppers from the Strata Corporation from ... (more)

NPR 2297 returns back to Lansford on the very remote Kramer line. Kramer is now the end of track, with the section between there and Bisbee abandoned and overgrown with weeds.

The NPR's Kenmare Turn coasts down the big hill into the Souris Valley as a CP freight ascends the other side, with the tail end still visible. Also note the bright yellow rapeseed fields.

One of NPR's usual consists of geeps in predecessor colors arrives at Ardoch with a short string of hoppers to do some work.

Two and a half months after being acquired, the Northern Plains Railroad's newest units are finally caught in action as loaded hoppers are pulled off of the Alvarado siding. NPR 5557 and 5556 are ... (more)

Northern Plains Railroad's trio of 'new' 6-axle power sits silently by the engine shop on a lazy Sunday afternoon. NPR 5557, 5556, and 5555 arrived from the Canadian Pacific in late June, adding ... (more)

A mixed bag of NPR geeps await their next assignment at the railroad's western end. Note CP SD40-2 with class lights.

Pulling grain loads east from Nekoma for the CP Rail connection at Thief River Falls, MN.

NPR 2283 and 3510 run west as they enter Forest River with two grain hoppers in tow. This is the first time I've caught the Northern Plains running in almost a year and a half...

Assigned to the grain elevator in Oslo, NPR 2287, an ex-Kansas Southwestern unit, rests on a lazy Sunday...

Variety of NPR power and color sits quietly next to the engine shop in Fordville. NPR 3511 is an ex-GMSR, ex-NS, and ex-N&W GP35...