With only a weekly freight train to the Winnipegosis grain elevator, the Fork River–Winnipegosis section was ordered abandoned, effective March 14, 1983. Contractors removed the track in summer 1985. The Cowan subdivision included North of Dauphin (Mile 0), Sifton (Mile 13.2), Sifton Junction (Mile 15.0), Garland (Mile 38.7), and Minitonas (Mile 87.3). A torrential downpour in July 1993 washed out the line between Garland and Minitonas, and the damage was never repaired. In 1996, CN announced plans to discontinue or sell its Cowan subdivision and the remainder of Winnipegosis subdivision. The former was abandoned in 2000, and the latter in 1997. These rails have since been lifted.
