DavidW Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 And another few pamphlets from the 1957-1963 era: St._Marys_Bus-1960_Jul_03.pdf Jefferson_Bus-1959_Aug_04.pdf Ness_Bus-1960_Jul_03.pdf North_Kildonan_Bus-1957_Jul_02.pdf Osborne_Trolley_Bus-1960_Jul_03.pdf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T6H-5307N Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 hour ago, LilZebra said: Does there exist a Winnipeg bus route simulator route like Train Simulator? I bought TS 2021 as a Christmas present for myself this year. It'd be nice to drive these routes as they were back in the day. Apologies in advance for the off-topic... I have been lurking here for a while and I can answer this question. The best bus simulator available is OMSI 2, but it is 95% European content. If you are looking for an excellent driving simulation and are willing to try foreign cities/buses/routes then I highly recommend it. Just be warned that the learning curve is very steep and it is far from the most polished piece of software out there. The possibility is there if anyone ever wanted to make a Winnipeg specific mod for it, however I imagine that would take many hundreds of hours of work. @DavidW -- many thanks for posting those scans. My parents lived in Winnipeg around that time and needless to say they enjoyed the trip down memory lane too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 2 hours ago, LilZebra said: Sure is. A sanatorium was a medical institution where people got treated for TB. After TB was overcome, it got converted into today's St. Amant Centre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanatorium I'm surprised at two things about this route: 1) It doesn't list St. Mary's Rd. or whatever major thoroughfare that is on the map. 2) It is a very short route. This Sanatorium route has an interesting history. The bus-operated extension of the St. Mary's streetcar route was started by the Winnipeg Electric Company (WECo) in 1924. In 1932 the line was contracted by WECo to an area farmer to operate. Harry Henteleff (note Henteleff Park off St. Mary's Road north of Warde Avenue) initially called his service "St. Vital Bus Lines" but he began to expand to other routes and renamed it "Beaver Bus Lines". Henteleff gave the Sanatorium route back to WECo in 1949, a year after he took over the Winnipeg to Selkirk service from WECo. Henteleff sold Beaver Bus Lines to John Fehr in 1972. The Fehr family owns it today . Beaver Bus Lines gave up the Winnipeg--Selkirk route, its last scheduled public bus service, in 2016. Here is a [badly cropped] image of Beaver's Sanatorium schedule date 03 January 1949: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 A few more 1957-1963 era route pamphlets... Archibald_Dawson_Rd_Bus-1960_Dec_19.pdf East_Kildonan_Trolley_Bus-1960_Jul_03.pdf North_Main_Bus-1960_May_16.pdf Transcona_Bus-1963_Sep_01.pdf William_McPhillips-1959_Aug_30.pdf 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Happy New year everyone! Here's another few route pamphlets from the 1957-1963 collection... Aulneau_Bus-1960_May_02.pdf Cathedral_Bus-1960-Apr.pdf Coniston_Bus-1960_Apr_10.pdf Logan_Gas_Bus-1960_Jan_02.pdf Salter_Bus-1960_Jul_03.pdf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilZebra Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Salter trolleybus route, nice straight lines. Salter bus route of today goes every which way once it gets out there. Looking forward to Transit Master Plan straightening out the routes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 A few more route pamphlets from 1957-1963 era. Ellice_Bus-1960_Jul_03.pdf Marion_Windsor_Park_Bus-1960_Jul_03.pdf Notre_Dame_Logan_Trolley_Buses-1960_Jul_03.pdf St._Annes_Bus-1960_Jul_03.pdf St._Norbert_Bus-1962_Feb_19.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 Another few route pamphlets from 1957-1963. Crescent_Bus-1960_Jul_03.pdf McGregor_Trolley_Bus-1960_Jul_03.pdf Ness_Bus-1963_Sep_01.pdf Portage_Express_Bus-1962_Jul_01.pdf Whytewold_Road_Bus-1958_Nov_23.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusRider Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 2 hours ago, DavidW said: Another few route pamphlets from 1957-1963. Crescent_Bus-1960_Jul_03.pdf 901.59 kB · 3 downloads McGregor_Trolley_Bus-1960_Jul_03.pdf 432.74 kB · 3 downloads Ness_Bus-1963_Sep_01.pdf 393.16 kB · 2 downloads Portage_Express_Bus-1962_Jul_01.pdf 965.08 kB · 3 downloads Whytewold_Road_Bus-1958_Nov_23.pdf 335.16 kB · 3 downloads Interesting that you can still see the remnants of the loop on Olive for the Portage bus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilZebra Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 The St. Norbert bus became the Express Kings Park and Express St. Norbert on Feb. 17, 1974. No, that doesn't sound right according to this ad. Express Kings Park initially and then some time later in the 70s Express St. Norbert. Note the feeder St. Norbert route that replaced the route operating to downtown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Still working my way through posting the scanned 1957-1963 route pamphlet collection. Archibald_Dawson_Rd_Bus-1960_Jul_03.pdf East_Kildonan_Bus-1962_Apr_15.pdf Portage_West_St._Charles_Bus-1957_Jul_02.pdf Valour_William_Bus-1960_Apr_10.pdf Watt_Bus-1960_Jul_03.pdf This makes 40 pamphlets posted out of the collection of 63. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Five more Winnipeg route pamphlets from the 1957-1963 era. Manitoba_Bus-1959_Nov_08.pdf Portage_Polo_Park-1962_Apr_15.pdf Selkirk_Trolley_Bus-1960_Jul_03.pdf William_McPhillips_Bus-1962_Apr_18+1963_Sep_02.pdf Wolseley_Bus-1960_Apr_10.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 The Wednesday posting of old Winnipeg route pamphlets from the 1957-1963 era. Logan_Motor_Bus-1960_Oct_19.pdf Ness_Bus-1962_Apr_15.pdf Sargent_Trolley_Bus-1960_Apr_10.pdf Talbot_Bus-1960_Apr_10.pdf Woodhaven_Bus-1957_Jul_02.pdf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Walton Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 2 hours ago, DavidW said: The Wednesday posting of old Winnipeg route pamphlets from the 1957-1963 eraSargent_Trolley_Bus-1960_Apr_10.pdf 418.53 kB · 1 download By April 1960 Sargent-East Kildonan was down to about a month of trolleybus operation remaining; the last trolley runs were May 15 that year. That allowed the retirement of the prewar and wartime Macks and the one-off MCI 1532. Ironically, Sargent was Winnipeg's - and Western Canada's - first trolleybus route on November 21, 1938. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 Another few route pamphlets from the 1957-1963 period. Many thanks again to Doug Shields for donating the collection. Academy_Bus-1962_Apr_15.pdf Jefferson_Bus-1960_Dec_19.pdf Mountain_Bus-1960_May_16.pdf Portage_West_Woodhaven_Bus-1959_Aug_30.pdf Valour_William_Bus-1963_Nov_10.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted January 9, 2021 Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 Another five Winnipeg route pamphlets from the 1957-1963 era. Aulneau_Bus-1960_Nov_13.pdf Cathedral_Bus-1960_Nov_13.pdf Coniston_Bus-1960_Nov_13.pdf Ness_Bus-1963_Nov_10.pdf North_Kildonan_Bus-1961_Apr_09.pdf I'll post the last three tomorrow. I hope everyone's enjoyed this wander through yesteryear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted January 9, 2021 Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 And here's the last three Winnipeg route timetables in this 1957-1963 collection... Portage_Express_Bus-1962_Apr_15.pdf Talbot_Bus-1963_Nov_10.pdf Whytewold_Road_Bus-1961_Apr_09.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirAndrew710 Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 Did the Woodhaven and Whytewold Road buses interline? I see that one’s arrival time at Whytewold & Portage would be the other’s departure time at the same location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 The MTHA received a request for images of Winnipeg Transit's logo over the years. Here's how I replied: earlier Winnipeg Electric Company logo (1924 - ?) later Winnipeg Electric Company logo (? - 1953) Greater Winnipeg Transit Commission (1953 - 1961) Metro Transit logo (1961 - 1971) earlier City of Winnipeg Transit System logo (1972 - 1977?) later Winnipeg Transit logo (1977 - present) Did I miss any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilZebra Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 The current logo dates back to '77. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viafreak Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 1 hour ago, DavidW said: Did I miss any? The RT logo. Funny enough the eastbound stop at Graham/Donald still has the old RT routes listed on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Williams Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 12 minutes ago, Viafreak said: The RT logo. Funny enough the eastbound stop at Graham/Donald still has the old RT routes listed on it. I don't know about the eastbound stop, but I know the westbound stop does. Like come on WT, it's been 9 months since the 64, 160, 161, 163, 180 and 181 were abandoned, the 47, 65 and 66 were rerouted, and the BLUE was added! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Walton Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 On 1/11/2021 at 8:58 PM, DavidW said: That logo was adapted from a similar one that Metro Transit used on schedules, in advertising, etc. that read simply "Metro Transit" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viafreak Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 On 1/11/2021 at 9:37 PM, Isaac Williams said: I don't know about the eastbound stop, but I know the westbound stop does. Like come on WT, it's been 9 months since the 64, 160, 161, 163, 180 and 181 were abandoned, the 47, 65 and 66 were rerouted, and the BLUE was added! Sorry, I meant the westbound stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Williams Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 If anyone is interested, here's an archive of schedule data from Winter 2010. It has almost everything you could ask for. Note that the run numbers aren't entirely accurate (but the runs themselves, along with everything else, should be accurate). More schedules to come in the future, hopefully (though sadly, none older than this). https://www.wtlivewpg.com/Pages/Timetables/2010-11-21/Home.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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