Canadian Pacific's Portal Sub

[@austintheman.97]

That’s a nice Vantage Point @6:56.

[@rbfishcs123]

I used to run on this sub division as a conductor with the CP back in 2011 - seeing this scenes once again I immediately get flashbacks to the bitter cold, 3-4 feet of snow drifts, and freezing my hands off while switching out cars at any one of the many industries along the main.

[@bnsf7562]

Thanks for looking. From what I heard, they significantly upgraded this line since I visited. CTC, power switches and the like.

[@rbfishcs123]

@@bnsf7562 They have indeed. When I ran on there it was all manual switches in track warrant control territory, switch heaters that only worked half the time, and extremely slow trackage for a class 1 main line between Harvey & Minot.

[@bnsf7562]

Seems like it was a good investment given the merger happening now.

[@rosales2392]

Nice scenery love this video good work bro 👍

[@bnsf7562]

Thank you!

[@rdsieben]

CPR just bought out Kansas City Southern. Now they have a network from Panama to Canada

[@darrenhillman8396]

Great video and informative narration. As a railwayman from the UK I am fascinated by Canadian and American railway operations. So different to things here in the UK! I like the way you put the train in the landscape rather than just focussing on the locomotive, as so many others do. Liked and subbed.

[@bnsf7562]

Thank you for the kind words, Darren. I've made it my mission to not only capture the train in my photography, but showcase the landscape as well.

[@WestOkieRailroadVideos]

North Dakota has some beautiful scenery. Very wide-open. Lots of good catches, man!

[@mdbontrager]

Nice to see good quality rail fan video here in northern North Dakota. Very familiar spots for me too. Thanks for posting.

[@ChamplainValleyRailSnapshots]

Very cool. I live out on the D&H sub and we see a number of CEFX units, but rarely SD40-2's except on work trains.

[@patricecarriere]

Very nice video! The Canadian and U.S. Flags on CP 9774 (at 2:53) were looking really quite worn out!

[@SodorValleyProductions]

295? I've never heard of that train before. This was filmed only two months after I left the CP Portal Sub and moved back to MA. Also at 13:20 in this video, the siding the grain train was waiting at should be Baden. Donnybrook is a customer off the main that receives tankers, and is much too small to fit that train.

[@scoobycarr5558]

I recently overheard that Canadian Pacific's Portal sub is Dark Territory or unsignaled. Is this true?

[@scoobycarr5558]

Correction at 7:10 - CP is Dark Territory or TWC - track warrant control

[@Uncle_Thurl]

It is now CTC from the Canadian border all the way to CP University at Shoreham

[@daveskinner5131]

I was between Foxholm and Minot taking the long way back from the air base, and it's brand-new CTC. Much busier than back in the 1960s.

[@brandonkoole655]

That doesn't make sense, can you explain what track warrant control means?

[@upsd402]

Great video, love the narration. Again, great video.

[@EdmontonRails]

great camera work!

[@missourivalleyrails]

Nice video! Do you know the location of the video at 4:57. Thanks!

[@bnsf7562]

This was the 54th Street Crossing off of US 52 on the west side of town.

[@missourivalleyrails]

@@bnsf7562 Thanks!

[@missourivalleyrails]

How did you find out some of that info? What other info could you give me on Local 875?

[@austintheman.97]

How many Trains a day, does the CP Portal Sub get?

[@bnsf7562]

To be honest, I do not know. I do know that the majority of the line (if not the entirety of it) is dark territory, controlled by track warrants. I also don't know if any new traffic was added/taken away since this video was made in 2015. If I had to guess, I'd say less than 10 a day.

[@austintheman.97]

@@bnsf7562 I think that makes sense. Even though I have never Railfanned, on the CP Portal Sub myself before.

[@joshplays1961]

That's cool I railfan the Burlington Hamilton sub and Toronto to Oakville sub

[@r1bourg]

I count 120 cars

[@GeneralRELee]

I live right next to the CP/SOO line coming from Portal in ND

[@chichi41]

Nice video . Narration volume a little weak!