Saskatchewan Railway Museum

The Saskatchewan Railway Museum is operated by the Saskatchewan Railway Historical Society. The museum is located on 7 acres just west of Saskatoon. The museum has a rail connection to CN Rail.

Locomotives

The museum has a Canadian Pacific S-3 locomotive originally build by the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1957. The S-3 has been restored to original colours and is now on display.

The museum operates a smaller General Electric 23 ton diesel electric locomotive built in 1941. This unit was originally used by the US Army and US Air Force before being purchase by SaskPower for use on the A. L. Cole site. This is augmented with a Canadian Pacific Trackmobile built by Whiting Corporation in 1957.

Street Cars

Saskatoon street cars operated from New Year’s day 1913 until 1951. The museum has three street cars. Car 40 built by the Presenton Car Company in 1911 was originally used in Calgary before being obtained by Saskatoon in 1919. Car 51 built by National Steel Car in 1927 operated in Saskatoon until the end of street car service. Both of these cars have been restored to original colours.

Car 203 was built by the Cincinnati Car Company in 1918 and was in service with the City of Cleveland and the city of London, Ontario before being purchased by Saskatoon. Restoration on this car has not started.

Passenger and freight service cars

The Canadian Pacific Kirkella is on display. The Kirkella was built by the Pullman Company in 1913 as a first class sleeper car; it was in regular survive until 1956 when it was converted to use on a work train as a carman’s sleeper. The car was used when filming the "Summer of the Monkeys" movie.

The museum has Canadian Pacific and Canadian National box cars, flat beds and a hopper car on display. A Cominco tanker car is also on display.

Special cars

The museum has two snow ploughs on display. The Canadian Pacific car was manufactured in 1913, while the Canadian National car was manufactured in 1927.

The museum has speeder cars, wash cars and boarding cars used by work crews on display. Owned by SaskPower also on display is a 300 horsepower diesel emergency generator car built by Canadian Car and Foundry in 1928.

Buildings

The building are former railway stations and service buildings moved to the site from other parts of Saskatchewan.

Canadian Northern Railway

Six Person Bunkhouse circa 1919 from Maymont; now used as a gift shop.
Brisbin Station circa 1918 Originally used in Debden before being moved to Brisbin
Borden Tool Shed.