Mileage between Fargo and Minot on the KO subdivision

[Ispolkom]

Next week I finally get to ride the Surrey Cutoff, thanks to BNSF's directional running. Does anyone know what the mileage is on that route?

 

[Anderson]

Very boring, or so I am told.

 

[CHamilton]

I don't know the mileage, but it's significantly shorter and faster than the regular route through Grand Forks. You may be able to make up some time, depending on how many freights are running: and there may be a lot of those. The KO sub is a very busy place these days. (This was actually taken at Havre on May 7, but you get the idea.)

 

[PRR 60]

Next week I finally get to ride the Surrey Cutoff, thanks to BNSF's directional running. Does anyone know what the mileage is on that route?

It's 233 miles from Fargo to Minot via the cut-off. The normal route mileage is 278 miles.