Suburban Winnipeg Buses by William A. Luke

(above) Cross - Country Bus Lines Ltd. number 30, a Prevost product, waits at the Winnipeg bus depot to depart southwest 15 km to Fort Whyte, circa 1947. Copyright William A. Luke. Used by permission.

(above) An Eastern Bus Lines Ltd. coach waits at the Winnipeg bus depot to depart northeast for Bird's Hill, circa 1947. Copyright William A. Luke. Used by permission.

(above) Riverbend Bus Line 1, an MCI coach, waits at the Winnipeg bus depot to depart south for a 28 km run to St. Adolphe, circa 1947. Copyright William A. Luke. Used by permission.

(above) Selkirk Streamliner (Winnipeg Electric Co.) 601, a 1946 Canadian Car IC-41, later Beaver Bus Lines 18. The destination sign reads "Selkirk via Lockport", north on Main Street. Copyright William A. Luke. Used by permission.

(above) Winnipeg Electric Company's 621, an MCI Courier 100A (1947), is photographed on the apron of the Winnipeg bus depot signed for a short turn trip to Riverside, part way up the route to Selkirk, circa 1947. The coach became BBL 22 when the Selkirk operation and its fleet were sold in 1948. Copyright William A. Luke. Used by permission.

(above) Beaver Bus Lines Ltd. 9 or 10, a 1947 Fitzjohn model 510. The spire of St. Mary's can be seen over the bus. Copyright William A. Luke. Used by permission.

(above) Beaver Bus Lines 24, a 1947 33-passenger Western Flyer Standard awaits dispatch to Selkirk. Of all the suburban services depicted on this page, only the BBL Selkirk service existed in 2007. Copyright William A. Luke. Used by permission.

(above) Beaver Bus Lines 7, a 1946 Kalamazoo Pony Cruiser awaits dispatch to Stonewall. Beaver assumed the Stonewall service from the Winnipeg Electric Company (Winnipeg city system) at the request of Stonewall residents. Copyright William A. Luke. Used by permission.

(above) Eagle Bus Lines Ltd. 18, a 1954 Western Flyer T-32 seating 33, departs the Winnipeg Bus Depot for Ste. Anne 50 km southeast of Winnipeg circa 1961. Copyright William A. Luke. Used by permission.

(above) A Gar Wood Industries bus belonging to Sonnichsen Transportation departs Winnipeg bus depot for Headingley, 20 km away in Winnipeg's western suburbs. The bus is still lettered for its previous owner, Western Motor Coach Line. Notice the crowds still on the bus depot platform awaiting their own trips home after work. Circa 1961. Copyright William A. Luke. Used by permission.

(above) Beaver Bus Lines Ltd. 19, a 1946 Canadian Car IC-41, heads south on Carlton Street circa 1961. It will shortly turn north via Main Street, all the way to Selkirk. This coach was previously WECo 603. Copyright William A. Luke. Used by permission.

(above) Thiessen Bus Lines Ltd. 10, a Western Flyer T-32, heels left onto Carlton Street in the first moments of its journey north to Stonewall. Notice that the volume of departing bus traffic warrants a police officer directing traffic. Copyright William A. Luke. Used by permission.

(above) Thiessen Bus Lines 20, a home-town Western Flyer T-36-2L (1956), departs for Stony Mountain just north of the city. The "deck-and-a-half" design was Western Flyer's response to General Motor's Scenicruiser for Greyhound. Only four were built, all for Manitoba bus lines. It became Grey Goose Bus Lines 20 after A.J. Thiessen merged the two operations. After a number of subsequent owners #20 was acquired and restored by New Flyer and now resides in the collection of the Manitoba Transit Heritage Association. Copyright William A. Luke. Used by permission.

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