Walter E. Bradley (1900-?)

Railway conductor.

Born in Birmingham, England in 1900. Started for the Winnipeg Electric Street Railway Company in 1918 as a conductor, three years later became a motorman, then a supervisor and then transferred to the office as office manager in the transportation division. Bradley wrote the history of the Winnipeg Electric Company when they transferred from street cars to buses. He has done free lance writing at various times. He has been president of the Winnipeg Electric Club, the Canadian League, Sir Sam Steele Branch and the Winnipeg and District Football League.

His articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:

A History of Transportation in Winnipeg
MHS Transactions, Series 3, 1958-59 Season

Winnipeg's Horse-Car Service
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 4, Number 3, April 1959

Profile revised: 30 June 2009

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