NPR 5535 and its reflection in the rail look extra good on a clear and sunny early March afternoon.

CPKC local train numbered J88 crosses the Red Lake River in its very tranquil form on a November afternoon. The local previously delivered gondolas up in Lake Bronson on the CPKC Noyes Subdivisio... (more)

ILSX 1389, ex Kennecott high hood just north of Thief River Falls, MN.

KCS 4799 at Thief River Falls, MN.

CP 6304 at Thief River Falls, MN.

The Empress - CP 2816 - gets to call it a day and spend the night in Thief River Falls. Tomorrow is a relatively short run up to Winnipeg along the route of the Soo Line's Winnipeger which last r... (more)

CPKC J88 departs Thief River Falls with a single ECO unit bound for Glenwood with intermediate switching points en route.

CP 7056 leads train 240 across the Red Lake River in Thief River Falls with extra grain traffic, CPKC 346, along for the ride down the Detroit Lakes Subdivision mainline.

Celebrating 25 years of railroading, NPR 2283 wears a basic blue and yellow paint scheme to honor Northern Plains Railroad. NPR has worked former Soo Line Wheat Lines in North Dakota and Minnesot... (more)

Northern Plains ex CN SD60F's at Thief River Falls.

Thief River Falls was once an important division point for Soo Line and rated this subtantial depot. The main tracks are just to the right of the building and remain one of two key lines connectin... (more)

The Thief River Falls Chamber of Commerce building was previously the Soo Line Railroad station, and an important operating office location for the railroad. One of SOO's more substantial stations... (more)

The Minnesota Northern Warroad Local plows through a big drift the day after fresh snowfall on its way to St. Hilaire for some routine switching at the southern end of the Warroad Subdivision.

It's golden hour as the Minnesota Northern Warroad Local creeps down towards Saint Hilaire from Dakota Junction to finish the day switching the agriculture industries in town.

It's white out conditions closing schools, businesses, and causing no travel advisories, but the railroad still rolls on through the winter storms. This CP train prepares to leave with a loaded g... (more)