The Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train #41 is leaving Bredenbury, Saskatchewan on June 1, 1960. The train had originated in Winnipeg and was on its way to its last destination, Edmonton. It appears that no crowd was there to witness this historic moment. When the train passed through Yorkton that day, the station was also almost deserted. The Editor of The Yorkton Enterprise, Sam Wynn had hoped to see a crowd waving a final farewell to the trainmen. The C.P.R. had provided passenger service for 40 years, full-sized dining rooms, sleeping cars and first class coaches. Bredenbury is 43 km east of Yorkton.
Source: John Maluga Fonds City of Yorkton Archives
Information and photos originally in possession of L.M. Scott, formerly the operator at the Bredenbury station and on duty when the last passenger train passed through.
This edition of History Corner originally ran in the Nov. 25, 2009 edition of Yorkton This Week.
