Minnesota
Northern Railroad
This line runs in northern Minnesota with leased
ILS power (they also co-own the line). The units wear ILS
maroon and gold with MNN lettering. More details soon!
GP5 1360 leads two
more GP units at Thief River Falls, MN. 1-24-04
Lewis Abledinger
photo
This very rare Belt Railway of Chicago cow-calf set #910-911
works now for the Minnesota Northern. Seen Oct 04 by Christopher Muller in
Crookston
MNN 1383-1381-1389 towing a grain train. Seen Oct 04 by
Christopher Muller in Erksine
Fresh paint on caboose 019 - a rare sight for
any caboose to be in fresh paint these days. Seen Oct 04 by Christopher Muller
in Crookston
How to fight snow - scare it off! The shop crews had some
fun with MNN plow 50994. Seen Oct 04 by Christopher Muller in
Crookston
MNN GP9 302 working on their other road on the other side of
the state. It was seen in Hinckley on the St
Croix Valley on Oct 18 2000 by Bob Hart
MNN - ILSX SW1 904
was seen in Hinckley on the St Croix Valley
on Oct 18 2000 by Bob Hart . Today it works for Peavey-Malt One in Northeast Mpls
MNN 908 - a BRC
SW1200 seen in Hinckley on the St Croix
Valley on Oct 18 2000 by Bob Hart
MNN 901 seen here in Feb. 2006 - it has the
state hockey champs from along the line painted
on the cab with a Gopher playing hockey... Louis
Becker photo.
Two GP35s #1386-7 in full ILS
colors lead a MNN train -Craig Nelson photo
Close up of ILSX
GP35 #1386 - currently lettered Independent Locomotive Leasing... Craig Nelson
photo
And of GP35 #1387- Craig Nelson photo
A road train
lead by GP9 #1380, GP9 #1383, GP38 #1386-7. Craig Nelson photo
GP9 1383 - click
here for photos before it got it's new look...Craig
Nelson photo
And talk about service! They'll fill you up on the road out
in northern Minnesota...Craig Nelson photo
Stored NW2 1019 at Strata near Tilden
Junction - Brian Barthel
photo [2005]. Today it works on the Dakota
Northern in eastern North Dakota
Rail America
days...
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Before it was sold to ILS and other investors MNN
was owned by Rail America. MNN 1471 still toils on - today for Michigan's Huron
and Eastern. Seen here with a HESR GP38 it is currently [Fall 04] teamed up
with a former Central Michigan U23B. Meanwhile 1483 is still in MN - today it
serves for OTVR
David Cenci photo 
And 1483 - now working on
OTVR. Agency Press Photography Fargo
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