The first diesel unit ever delivered to Soo Line rolls southward into Thief River Falls, filling in for the MNN 1356 after the latter went down with issues.
Minnesota Northern's newest locomotive in MNN paint sit on Dakota Junction having just completed the St. Hilaire portion of the Warroad Local while the other half, MNN 1383 & 1380 work the norther... (more)
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)
It's 1939, and Soo Line's brand new diesel unit is heading over a bridge with a boxcar... no, wait a minute. That is a BNSF car, and this is in 2011. After Minnesota Northern's usual power went do... (more)
One half of the weekly Minnesota Northern Warroad Local idles to avoid freezing in the typical negative temperatures of winter in northwestern Minnesota. This half of the local will travel 9 mile... (more)
ILSX 1381 takes a slight curve southbound at mile post 14 on the Minnesota Northern Warroad Subdivision toward Saint Hilaire, MN. Minnesota Northern switches the local grain industries in St. Hil... (more)
After doing some switch work at Dakota Junction, ILSX 1381 takes six cars southbound towards Saint Hilaire traveling at 10 mph: five hoppers to CHS Northwest Grain and a lone boxcar for the St. Hi... (more)
ILSX 1381 & MNN 1383 sit on the Milepost 22.1 bridge a couple days before the new year with a single covered hopper before running down to St. Hilaire to fetch more. Temperatures were consistentl... (more)
MNN 1383 and ILSX 1395 are bathed in early morning sunlight as they rest south of the diamond in TRF with cars retrieved from Saint Hilaire, MN, the previous day. Today they will combine the train... (more)