Saskatoon Municipal Railway

The Saskatoon Municipal Railway was the provider of public transit in Saskatoon, SK. Streetcar service started on January 1, 1913, and all operations were transferred to Saskatoon Transit System in 1950.

Preservation

A number of SMR vehicles have either been preserved or repurposed as chicken coops, storage sheds, or cabins.

Greyed out units have been torn down, scrapped, parted out, or are beyond repair (and are being used as a pattern for a future replica). See notes for further details.

Highlighted units have either been restored or are currently under restoration.

Streetcars

16 units survived after abandonment of the system. Only 14 of those exist today.^[1]

Year	Fleet Number	Current Owner	Notes
1912	12	Saskatoon WDM	Used to run for the Western Railway Museum until 1999. Retains original traction equiptment; theoretically still operable. Curently undergoing cosmetic restoration.
1895 1920	35	ERRS
1911	40	Saskatchewan Railway Museum	Ex. Calgary Municipal Railway 37. Partially cosmetically restored. Exterior repainted and roof repaired. Interior cosmetic restoration on hold indefinitely. Currently stored under a tarp year-round, no longer on display.
1927	50	Private Owner	On farm near Aberdeen
1927	51	Saskatchewan Railway Museum	Static display, open to the public. Fully cosmetically restored.
1927	52	Private Owner	Used as cabin, demolished 1989
1927	53	Private Owner	On farm near Saskatoon
1928	54	ERRS
1928	55	Thode Construction (Hudson Bay, SK)	Used as storage shed
1929	59	Private Owner	Used as farm shed Partially burnt, still standing as of January, 2018
1929	61	Moose Jaw WDM	Fully cosmetically restored, on static display.
1929	62	ERRS
1907	200	ERRS	Stored by the Saskatoon WDM after retirement, later donated to the ERRS Currently undergoing full restoration to operating condition
1918	202	ERRS
1918	203	Saskatchewan Railway Museum	Formerly used as chicken coop. Restoration not planned.
1918	204	Private Owner	On farm near Kenaston, demolished

Trolleybuses

Unit 157 was owned by a farmer near Saskatoon in the 1990s. Its current status is unknown.

Gas/Diesel Bus Roster

Fleet number(s)	Year	Manufacturer	Model
110-115	1946	CC&F	C-36
116-121	1947	CC&F	C-36
122-123	1949	CC&F	C-36

Electric Trolley Bus Roster

Trolley Bus service began on November 22, 1948 and continued under Saskatoon Transit until May 10, 1974.

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Electronic System	Notes
150-157		1948	CC&F	T-44	GE	To Saskatoon Transit 150-157
158-159		1949	CC&F	T-44	GE	To Saskatoon Transit 158-159

Streetcar Roster

Streetcars were operated until November 1951.

Some information is taken from 'Saskatoon's Electric Transit' By Easten Wayman, current locations of cars from Saskatchewan Railway Museum.

Fleet Number(s)	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Motor	Notes
1-12	1912	St Louis Car Company	Birney Safety Car	Westinghouse	First streetcars to operate in early Saskatoon. 4 destroyed in an accident on March 3, 1922. 12 is currently being restored at the Saskatoon WDM. Used to run at a museum in Califonia.
13-20
21-26	1913	Preston Car & Coach	Big Preston	General Electric 80 A	Soon after they were purchased, a study found the cars too heavy to cross the traffic bridge. To Calgary Municipal Railway 19-21, 24, 28, 33 in 1919, traded for 37-42.
32-35	1895 Rebuilt 1920	AC&F? Saskatoon	Open-air car Closed car	GE	These cars were referred to as 'Carolina cars' because they were purchased used from Charlotte, North Carolina in 1920. Rebuilt as closed cars upon purchase Retired by 1935 33 converted to work car 35 is currently awaiting restoration by the ERRS. 35 once used as a cabin.
36	1892	Wylie	STDE Closed		Purchased used from Ottawa Electric Railway in 1917. Kept its original Ottawa number, 36.
40-46	1911	Preston Car and Coach Company	Prairie Preston	GE	40 is currently at the Saskatchewan Railway Museum. Ex. Calgary Municipal Railway 37-42, traded for 21-26 in 1919.
50-53	1927	National Steel Car			Purchased new. 50 on farm near Aberdeen. 51 is currently at the Saskatchewan Railway Museum. 52 used as cottage at Grey Lake, demolished 1989. 53 on farm near Saskatoon.
54-57	1928	Ottawa Car Company			54 is currently awaiting restoration by the ERRS 55 used as storage shed by Thode Construction in Hudson Bay. 57 did the last streetcar run on November 10, 1951.
58-62	1929	Ottawa Car Company			Purchased new. 59 on farm near Colonsay, partially burnt. 61 is currently at the Moose Jaw WDM 62 is currently awaiting restoration by the ERRS
200	1907	Ottawa Car Company	Track sweeper		Acquired used in 1913. Currently being restored by the ERRS
201-205	1918	Cincinnati Car Company	Large Peter Witt		Ex-London Street Railway 201-205, purchased 1941. Née-Rochester, New York. When these cars arrived, they ran in their yellow London liveries. 202 is currently awaiting restoration by the ERRS 203 is currently at the Saskatchewan Railway Museum. 204 on farm near Kenaston, bulldozed.

References

↑ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TGuL-xwhggUEHksXI_s6OmTCjNq1Xg3Snh70ARfYyHU/edit?usp=drivesdk Streetcar Committee, Saskatchewan Railroad Historical Association. Assembled by P. J. Kennedy, January 19, 2018, accessed October 17, 2019.

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