Although some crops are being harvested in northwestern Minnesota...mostly wheat...the soybeans need a little more time, but are looking promising, especially next to Minnesota Northern's weekly t... (more)

With loaded BGSX gravel hoppers and grain hoppers in tow, the TRF turn waits for a crew to take it west toward Fordville on the Devils Lake subdivision. The locomotives include NPR 5556, 5561, 555... (more)

Tied down over the weekend, ILSX 1381 sits flexing the year 1913 manufactured (and older) rails north of Thief River Falls, MN at the CP-MNN-NPR intersection at Dakota Junction.

With three fellas in the cab, CP train 491 heads north about a couple miles out of the CP yard with STLH 5593 behind the leading unit.

An unusual sight in northwestern Minnesota, 6083 makes an appearance leading a weed-spraying train northbound between Glenwood and Winnipeg.

Minnesota Northern's ILSX 1343 waits for its crew on its rails at Dakota Junction with a cut of grain hoppers and boxcars bound for the businesses at the end of line at St. Hilaire, MN (MNN Warroa... (more)

Parked on a small siding behind Northern Pride Inc., a turkey processing facility, is one of Loram's L-Series light rail grinders - LRG 24. This particular set of grinding machinery is equiped wit... (more)

SOO 4419 & 4444 maneuver BGSX - Strata Corporation hoppers (Bradshaw Gravel Supply Inc.) fresh off the Northern Plains Railroad bound for re-filling in Trail or Tilden Jct., MN at their respective... (more)

On a very nice summer day it is very nice to see 3 CP SD40-2's all with the packman-style livery.

Expecting a cut of boxcars headed for St. Hilaire behind this locomotive, 1343 sits alone at Dakota Junction. This locomotive has been a recent regular on the MNN Warroad Subdivision. Photo from... (more)

The evening sun on a pretty spectacular summer day in northwestern Minnesota brings out some brilliant color in not only the sky and vegetation, but in Minnesota Northern's GP10 #1380 seen here li... (more)

Viewed from the northeast side of the bridge, a shiny pair of GEVOs rolls northward across the Red Lake River and into the "TR Falls" yard.

A lone AC44 leaser fronts a southbound freight across the Red Lake River as it heads out of the yard.

CP 8846 and its train in tow sit under dramatic partly cloudy skies. Trains on the Noyes/Detroit Lakes Subdivisions have increased due to flooding in North Dakota.

During a day of sporadic rain storms, a rainbow popped up east of Thief River Falls providing a nice backdrop for the resident switching power for the Farmers Co-Op Grain & Seed elevator, now comp... (more)