Canadian Train Bridges and Trestles
Saskatchewan
View my Alberta section of this page for the most up to date pictures of
The CPR’s Bonnybrook Bridge collapse, southeast of downtown Calgary Alberta.
There are some extremely detailed Close up of the damage.
This pictures were provided by Massey F. Jones
| I decided to write this page on railway bridges after a visitor Arthur Grieve, Winnipeg, Manitoba offered to give me a number of railway bridge pictures that he had collected. I again hope that my visitors will be sending me their pictures to be included on this page. |
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 | CP Railway Bridge at Nipawin SK CPR rail bridge spanning the Saskatchewan near Nipawin SK. This bridge is on an abandoned CPR branch line which ran to Prince Albert. The bridge here is a dual deck bridge. The rail line is no longer used but the car part is still in use. It is a single lane bridge with stop light at either end. I just got an update on this bridge from Marvin Torwalt. “The bridge has been used for several years now by a privately owned shortline, Torch River Rail. They producer cars from Choiceland, and points in between, to Nipawin on a pretty regular basis. If you Google something like you will see some grain cars derailed at the approach to the bridge although the bridge doesn’t show in the photos. This happened last winter, January, I believe.” This link will show you what Marvin was referring to. http://www.nipawinjournal.com/2014/04/16/car-derailment- outside-nipawin |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Arthur Grieve, Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
 | CP Railway Bridge at Nipawin SK showing the approaches to the road bridge |
| This picture was submitter by Marvin Torwalt | |
 | CNR Train Bridge at Kamsack SK CNR bridge spanning the Assiniboine River just west of Kamsack SK. At this location it is a very small river |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Arthur Grieve, Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
 | Ron submitted this picture in hopes that someone could identify it. It was a postcard that was postcard but it was represented as being in Winnipeg Clark Gray, North Vancouver idenifird the bridge as the CNR bridge over the Saskatchewan River at The Pas, Manitoba constructed between 1910-13. The centre span swung open enabling riverboats to navigate the river back in the early days. |
| This picture was submitted by Rob McInnes |
 | Abandoned CNR wooden trestle at Laing Farm Gallivan Sk Can Jul 16 2005 |
| This picture was submitted by Gord MacKinnon, Saskatchewan Canada | |
 | Abandoned CNR trestle at Meskanaw Sk Oct 1st 2007 |
| This picture was submitted by Gord MacKinnon, Saskatchewan Canada | |
 | CNR Meskanaw Trestle |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Dale Redekopp, St. Albert, AB | |
 | CNR Meskanaw Trestle It was built by the CNR in 1929 and is the longest trestle bridge in Sask. It is on private property, the tracks have been removed, and it went out of service in 1979 |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Dale Redekopp, St. Albert, AB | |
 | CNR Meskanaw Trestle |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Dale Redekopp, St. Albert, AB | |
 | The bridge is or was located at the West side of Moose Jaw Sask. It spans the main CP line. All I know is that the approaches to the bridge were removed prior to 1976. The date of construction is unknown |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB | |
 | 16th Avenue Bridge in Moose Jaw SK being dismantled. There has been some discussion as to when this took place. Stuart Anderson just advised me that this bridge was torn down in 1990 |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Stuart Anderson | |
 | 16th Avenue Bridge in Moose Jaw SK being dismantled. |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Stuart Anderson | |
 | The former CN trestle at Mile 87.1 Avonlea Sub; just south of Moose Jaw SK. After the line was abandoned by CN, the trackage was purchased by farmers, which then formed the Southern Rails Cooperative Ltd. (SRC) and it served grain elevators from Avonlea to Parry as almost the first railway shortline in Canada. in time, the SRC now expanded along the Avonlea Subdivision into Moose Jaw and connects with the CN, serving stations at Truax, Avonlea, Briarcrest and Tilney along the way (view the timetable). In former days, the line was mainly traveled by light diesel locomotives, such as the GMD-1 and the GP-9. To run along the rails today, the SRC uses a Brandt Road Rail Vehicle that was built on a Kenworth highway tractor chassis and can operate on both road and rail. |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones | |
 | The Avonlea Subdivision, as listed in the CN Saskatchewan Division Employees’ Operating Timetable 31, taking effect Sunday, April 24th, 1977 A 1986 edition, the Subdivision sees the Avonlea Sub terminating at Parry. Some channels and other details in columns make it best publishing this one instead |
| Submitted by Massey F. Jones | |
 | The Southern Rails Cooperative runs between Parry and Moose Jaw. This is an enlarged detail of a map from http://www.sasktrails.ca/maps/SaskRailNetwork Sept2008.pdf |
| Submitted by Massey F. Jones | |
 | A view of the trestle from Google Earth, along the Saskatchewan Highway #2 northbound lane into Moose Jaw The coordinates are at the bottom right of the picture. Roughly 50º20’31″N and 105º31’47″W. |
| Submitted by Massey F. Jones |