John Maluga of Yorkton was headend brakeman on this freight. It was the first diesel-driven freight that passed through Yorkton on Feb. 17, 1954. A Wynyard crew was operating this train. It had left Winnipeg at 12 midnight, arriving here at 3:10 p.m. Friday Feb. 17th. The train continued to Edmonton. It carried merchandise for Saskatoon and Edmonton and was refueled at Sutherland, at the time, a town next to Saskatoon, in 1956 part of the city. (Yorkton This Week & Enterprise Jan. 15, 1994 clipping.).
