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Mt. Cheam Lions Club Model Railroad and Hobby Show
Heritage Park, 44140 Luckakuck Way, Chilliwack, B.C.
Saturday, October 25, 2008: 9 AM to 5 PM
Sunday, October 26, 2008: 10 AM to 4 PM
Admission: TBA
Under 6 free when accompanied by an Adult.
Operating Layouts ~ Commercial Displays & Sales
Food Services
For more information: James Hill, Show Chairman,
Phone - 604-824-1757
Fax - 604-795-5046
E-Mail
Hotel Information:
Travelodge Chilliwack: 604-792-2325 ask for Manager, Margaret. Mention train
show special.
or Best Western Rainbow Country Inn: 604-795-3828.
Trains 2008 ~ 26th Annual Model Train Show ~ Burnaby, B.C.
Cameron Recreation Centre
9523 Cameron Street
Burnaby, B.C.
Meet: Friday to Monday
November 7 to 10, 2008
Public Show Saturday November 8, 2008 10 AM to 4 PM,
Sunday November 9, 2008, 10:00 AM to 4 PM.
Meet Schedule:
Full details at Trains 2008 Website
Dewdney-Alouette Railway
Society's Model Railway
and Maple Ridge Museum ~ Maple Ridge, B.C.
Location: Maple Ridge Museum at
the Brick Yard
22520 116th Ave, Maple Ridge (Haney), B.C.
Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children and seniors.
Maple Ridge is located about 40km east of Vancouver, on Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway). Museum direction signs are on Hwy 7 and the Haney Bypass.
The Museum is open to the general public for drop-in tours from 1 pm to 4 pm on Wednesdays and Sundays. In July and August the Museum is open Wednesday to Sunday from 1 to 4 pm. The Dewdney -Alouette Railway Society, located on the lower level has an HO scale 1930's CPR diorama on view when the museum is open.
On the last Sunday of every month, members of the Dewdney-Alouette Railway Society are present to "talk trains" and operate the Diorama. Model Railroaders are welcome on the Tuesday and Thursday evenings before the last Sunday of the month. The model railway club is building an HO scale layout with over 200 feet of mainline, and developing a historical artifact display, including CP Rail caboose #437115.
Model Railway Club Info: Dick
Sutcliffe at 604-467-4301 or E-Mail: ras1@uniserve.com
Museum Information: 604-463-5311
E-Mail: mrmuseum@telus.net
Website: Maple
Ridge Museum
Burnaby Central Railway at Confederation Park ~ Burnaby, B.C.
Scale live steam railroading on the Burnaby Central Railway at Confederation Park will operate every Saturday, Sunday and Public Holiday, from Easter to Canadian Thanksgiving, weather permitting. Public operating hours: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm.Website: British Columbia Society of Model Engineers Web Page
Port
Moody Station Museum
Port Moody, Port Moody Heritage
Society
2734 Murray Street, Port Moody, B.C.
Phone: 604-939-1648 Fax: 604-939-1647
Summer Hours: 10 am to 5 pm. Off season hours: 12 to 4 pm.
The western terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway when Port Moody welcomed
Canada's first transcontinental train on July 4, 1886. Step back in time by
visiting the Museum, originally built by the CPR in 1905. Exhibits cover Port
Moody and area history back to prehistoric times. The museum's telegraph office
features an operational telegraph system, which is available for guests to try.
Web site has history and map to help locate the Station.
(revised: March, 2002)
Website: Port Moody Station Museum Email: pmmuseum@vcn.bc.ca
Fort Langley CN Station Museum
c/o Box 889
Fort Langley, BC V1N 2S3
Telephone: 604-888-8135, 604-888-1759
A 1913 Canadian Northern Railway station housing a museum. Also
a CN caboose with an HO scale layout
as well as a CN passenger car with tourist information.
Wesite: Fort Langley CN Station Museum
West Coast Railway Heritage Park ~ Squamish, B.C.
P.O. Box 2387Home of the CP steam locomotive 2860, the 'Royal Hudson'.
The West Coast Railway Heritage Park displays a collection of over 60 locomotives and rolling stock and innumerable artifacts on a 12 acre site in a setting of unmatched beauty. Included in the collection is a fullly restored 1890 CPR Business car, the only preserved Pacific Great Eastern steam locomotive and an beautifully restored CPR F unit. In the Park you will also see the Pacific Great Eastern car shop of 1914, the Brightbill house restored to its 1930's appearance when it was the home of a railway Conductor, and, the magnificent Squamish station designed in 1915 but not built until 1999! You will ride on a Miniature Railway which takes you to the various exhibits around the Park. Enjoy a snack from the "Beanery" and be sure to browse the extensive of gifts in the Station Gift store will probably meet volunteers at work restoring cars and locomotives, creating displays or conducting tours or operating the Miniature Railway. Over 100,000 people from all over the world have visited the Park since it opened just 7 short years ago. It truly is an attraction for the whole family with reasonable admission.
Former CP steam locomotive 2860 the 'Royal Hudson' is now preserved and on display at the Heritage Park.
Website: West Coast Railway Heritage Park Homepage Email: park@wcra.org
Steveston Interurban Restoration Society
General Delivery; 3811 Moncton StreetA Trolley museum with a Saint
Louis Car Company 1913 interurban car is on display .
Website: Steveston
Interurban Restoration Society Homepage Email: sirs@telus.net
Transit Museum Society
c/o Oakridge Transit CentreVancouver's Downtown Historic Railway operates two fully restored BC Electric Interurban Railcars along the south shore of False Creek from Ontario street & First Avenue (2 bocks south of Science World/Main Street Station, where there is free parking) to Granville Island station. Service is every 30 minutes from 12:00 to 17:00 on Sat., Sun., And holidays, Victoria Day to Thanksgiving Day.
Website: Transit Museum Society
Coquihalla Canyon Recreational Area ~ Hope, B.C.
c/o Hope and District Chamber
of Commerce and
the Hope Visitor InfoCentre at
919 Water Avenue in Hope, B.C.
Location: Three miles east of Hope accessible on Othello Road from the
Coquihalla Highway
or from the town of Hope. See link below for map.
You can walk through the picturesque Othello-Quintette Tunnels in the Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park. The tunnels which line the Coquihalla River, were designed by Andrew McCullough and were built between 1911 and 1918. They were created in order to complete the Kettle Valley Railway and one of the most expensive pieces of railway ever built. There are four tunnels in all, which are carved from the solid granite of the 300 ft. Coquihalla Gorge. These tunnels are one of Hope's most popular attractions due to the beautiful setting and natural backdrop.
Web Information: Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park or Photos
Historic Great Northern Railway in British
Columbia's Fraser Valley
Website:
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Here
Live
Railroad Communication (click on Vancouver, B.C.)
Website:
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Here
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