Saskatchewan Railway Museum facts for kids

The Saskatchewan Railway Museum is a fun place to visit near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It's a railway museum that shows off old trains and railway buildings. The museum is run by a group called the Saskatchewan Railroad Historical Association (SRHA). It first opened its doors in 1990. You can find it west of Saskatoon, where the Pike Lake Highway (Hwy 60) crosses the Canadian National Railway tracks.

Cool Trains and Engines

The museum has many interesting trains and engines for you to explore!

Locomotives: The Powerhouses

Locomotives are the engines that pull trains. The museum has a few cool ones:

• A Canadian Pacific S-3 locomotive: This engine was built in 1957 by the Montreal Locomotive Works. It was carefully fixed up and painted to look just like it did when it was new. You can see it on display!
• A smaller General Electric 23-ton diesel electric locomotive: This engine was built in 1941. It was first used by the US Army and US Air Force. Later, it helped at a power plant in Saskatoon.
• A Canadian Pacific trackmobile: This special machine was built in 1957. It's used to move train cars around.

Streetcars: City Travelers

Streetcars, also called trams, were like buses that ran on tracks in cities. The Saskatoon Municipal Railway used streetcars from 1913 until 1951. The museum has three of these old streetcars:

• Car 40: This streetcar was built in 1911. It first ran in Calgary before coming to Saskatoon in 1919. It has been restored to its original colors.
• Car 51: Built in 1927, this streetcar worked in Saskatoon until streetcar service ended. It also looks just like it did when it was new.
• Car 203: This streetcar was built in 1918. It traveled in Cleveland, Ohio, and London, Ontario, before coming to Saskatoon. It is waiting to be restored.

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  Saskatoon Municipal Railway streetcar No. 40 at Saskatchewan Railway Museum

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  Saskatoon Municipal Railway streetcar No. 51 at Saskatchewan Railway Museum

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  The inside of Saskatoon Municipal Railway streetcar No. 203

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  Saskatoon Municipal Railway streetcar No. 203

Passenger and Freight Cars

The museum also displays different types of train cars:

• The Canadian Pacific Kirkella: This car was built in 1913 as a fancy first-class sleeping car. It was later used as a sleeping car for workers on trains. This car was even used in the movie Summer of the Monkeys!
• Other cars: You can see Canadian Pacific and Canadian National boxcars, flat beds, and a hopper car. There's also a Cominco tank car on display.

Special Railway Cars

Some trains have very special jobs:

• Snowplows: The museum has two old railway snowplows. One was made in 1913, and the other in 1927. These huge machines pushed snow off the tracks.
• Work crew cars: You can see speeders, wash cars, and boarding cars that were used by railway workers.
• A diesel emergency generator car: This car, built in 1928, holds a powerful 300-horsepower diesel generator. It was used by SaskPower for emergency electricity.

Historic Railway Buildings

Many of the buildings at the museum are old railway stations and service buildings. They were moved to the museum from different places in Saskatchewan.

Canadian Northern Railway Buildings

• Six Person Bunkhouse: This building from around 1919 came from Maymont. Today, it's the museum's gift shop!
• Brisbin Station: Built around 1918, this station was first used in Debden.
• Borden Tool Shed

Canadian Pacific Railway Buildings

• Register Building: Built in 1915, this building came from Cory.
• New Humboldt Tool Shed
• Old Humboldt Tool Shed
• Outlook Tool Shed: Built in 1915.

Canadian National Railway Buildings

• Nutana Engineman's Bunkhouse: This building is now the main museum center.

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Buildings

• Oban Interlocking Tower: This tower helped control train movements.
• Unity Express Shed: Built in 1919.
• Agro Station: Built in 1913.

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  The Sask Railway museum's Canadian Pacific S-3