Canadian Pacific’s Western Manitoba Mains DVD

This program shows the trains and operations on both of Canadian Pacific’s main lines in western Manitoba – the transcontinental main line west of Brandon and west of Minnedosa on their North Line that diverges from the main at Portage La Prairie, just west of Winnipeg.  Pushed by the improvements in productivity made by rival Canadian National, Canadian Pacific has fought back by adding hundreds of new alternating current diesels, new higher capacity cars, and longer trains with distributed power thundering across the Canadian prairie.  And this program showcases the changes since Hunter Harrison arrived as president in 2012 after an investment firm supporting him gained control over the board of directors.  CP recently achieved its lowest operating ratio ever.  All of this is showcased on Canadian Pacific’s main lines across the Manitoba prairie.  CP’s main line west of the crew change point of Brandon handles all of their transcontinental traffic between eastern and western Canada.  CP’s North Line that diverges from the main line at Portage La Prairie, west of Winnipeg, has been recently upgraded and handles the bourgeoning crude oil traffic from Alberta in addition to potash, wheat and other agricultural goods from Saskatchewan and Alberta.  This video shows over twenty four hours of action on both of CP’s main lines in western Manitoba in October of 2015.   This program is 72 minutes in length and can be watched with or without narration.