The Northern Plains Thief River Falls Turn travels west through Radium as it nears Warren along the former Soo Line's Wheat Line. After Warren the train will head straight west into the Red River... (more)
MRI 2829 leads a four pack of former UP tunnel motors and a Santa Fe inspired GP 35 west from Thief River Falls into the low winter sun bound for North Dakota.
NPR 3502 and a four pack of former UP tunnel motors wait for CP 299 to clear the Thief River Falls yard before entering and retrieving empty grain hoppers for the elevators along the Wheat Line in... (more)
Northern Plains Railroad's Thief River Falls Turn angles northwest departing the Thief River Falls yard bound for Warren and points west in very cold and blustery conditions.
On an otherwise very cloudy day, the TRF Turn finds a gap in the clouds to catch some sun on its trip out of Thief River Falls to points west: Viking, Radium, Warren, Alvarado, Oslo, and so furthe... (more)
The crew of this Northern Plains Thief River Falls Turn is actively tying down this 2:1 locomotive to car ratio train north of Thief River Falls. The train dropped off loaded grain hoppers in the... (more)
The Northern Plains Thief River Falls Turn pulls onto its own rails through the switch at Dakota Junction after depositing a string of loaded grain from North Dakota and picking up more empties fo... (more)
What railroad is this with three pairs of patched locomotives? The Northern Plains Thief River Falls Turn starts out of the yard for the switch at Dakota Junction where it will take for its... (more)
Northern Plains Railroad's Thief River Falls Turn pulls through the 8th street grade crossing past the series of grain elevators lining the right-of-way switching its cut of empty gravel hoppers a... (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)
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 Northern Plains' Thief River Falls Turn travels through the community of Viking, Minnesota, which was an important station along the Soo Line's Wheat Line. The city's former depot is now a pa... (more)
After slowing through the city of Warren, the four SD40-2 consist of Northern Plains locomotives throttles back up en route back to Fordville, North Dakota.
The Northern Plains TRF Turn comes around the bend about to hit the diamond with the BNSF Noyes subdivision through the small community of Warren, the county seat of Marshall County, Minnesota. O... (more)
Two former CP, one former UP/SP, one former BN, and one in legit paint...just a typical line-up of Northern Plains Railway locomotives! The TRF turn runs light towards the CPR yard to retrieve it... (more)