Upcoming events: Sundays, 12:30 to 2:30 pm
May 18: our Food Bank Day, all rides by donation, all proceeds to the PR Food Bank
June 15: Fathers’ Day …. you guessed it – Dads ride free!!
Railroad Work Parties 2025

We plan to meet occasionally, through the spring/summer, either Tuesday evenings at 6:30 pm for the metal-work projects at Dan’s, or outdoors at the park on suitable weather days.
See recent work party details here
Continue reading “Railroad Work Parties 2025”Mini-shed for the wheelchair car

The wheelchair car is a nuisance in the shed. It is hard to walk past, and leaves no floor space for working at the workbench. We had considered storing the wheelchair car outside on a track with a fold-back cover over it, but now more of us like it in a mini-shed.
Paving stones for the station

We completed one of our four Infrastructure projects on April 9, 2025. We had begun last September, did more in January, and more in March
Eventually when the ties rot, we’ll do the whole thing as a poured surface, but this will do us fine for now.
Continue reading “Paving stones for the station”Gutters for the Station

The gutters were installed on March 18 by Joe Huetzelmann & Company.
PV Rail … Looking back at 2024

A romp through our year
Santa Train – Fri-Sat Dec 6 and 7
It was rainy Friday, but perfect weather Saturday. A bit of a lineup Saturday

PV Rail Locomotive #2

In November 2024 we upgraded our four-foot “bench loco” to look more like a locomotive, with decoration reminiscent of children’s toy trains.
Pumpkin Patch

A photo story of our 2024 gardening experiment! (We’re switching to a no-watering garden this year, except for our new rain barrel
Ghost Train 2024
Sealhead Raffle 2024

Raffle: Ralph Merkosky of Powell River won our raffled Sealhead carved by Debra Bevaart at Tug Ghum Gallery in Lund. Net proceeds of approximately $2000 will be directed 50-50 to the Forestry Museum and the PVRailroad insurance expense. Photo is with Nancy Merkosky.
PV Rail at Fall Fair 2024

We had a good time at the Fall Fair on Sat/Sun Sep 14/15, 2024, from noon to 5 pm.
1400 to 1500 riders!
We’ve enjoyed having the Pipe Band ride the train for several years. (65 seconds)
Donated or Garage sale-priced items needed
Things we need, ideally donated or at Garage Sale prices
- Garden tools: – wheelbarrow, watering can
- Shop tools: small screwdrivers with all tip styles, small wrenches,
- Garden Scale Project: track, rail cars, models
- Climax Project: 36″ x 9″ steel pipe for the Boiler
Model Building
Railroad Wood Ties
Plastic ties became too expensive, so, we are back to wood ties for now. Bob cut and donated some 2x2s, and Dan cut up leftover log ends from the Anderson sled project into 2x2s. Then we re-sawed into ties. Dan and Scott cut 120 more a few days later. About 300 now stored in the old shed rafters. More to go – Dan needs his ATV Trailor back, and 2x2s for another few hundred are stored there.
Ghost Train 2023, Oct 28 and 29

Up McLeod Road from Paradise Valley Road

Admission by Donation for Railroad equipment upgrades.

From previous years:

Clansman Pipe Band – Fall Fair Sept 23
2023 Season Opening May 7
We’re glad the spring weather is here, and the Paradise Valley Railroad looks forward to resuming regular Sunday operations beginning May 7 from 12:30 to 2:30 pm beside the Farmers Market at 4365 McLeod Road.
Come for a ride on the train or on hand cars! Prices are the same as last year, $2 per ride, except May 14 when Mothers ride free!
Anyone considering joining the volunteer railroad crew is invited to an information session to be held at the train station at 2:15 pm Sunday, May 7.

Fall Fair, Sep 24-25, 2022

We introduced a new car at the Fall Fair; an easy-access car for folks having trouble mounting the ride-astride cars. Thanks to Kiwanis Powell River for sponsoring our fabrication of this car.

Our Raffle winner for 2022 drawn was Suzanne Goulet of Montreal. The $2,000 funds generated paid for our insurance bill!
Tickets were $5 each, or 5 for $20, and could be purchased at Tug Ghum Gallery in Lund or at the Railroad on Sundays.
What fun to have the Pipe Band on board!
Some other photos of the railroad during the Fall Fair 2022.
We updated our website that shows all our current rolling stock.
We are lucky to have our chief engineer Dan Parsons bring his various steam trains to the PVR. For Fall Fair 2022 he brought his 1/8 scale Shay steam train “ALBERNI PACIFIC #8”, seen in this 8-minute video.
Opening Day April 24- a good start to the season!






Events
Christmas drive-by the lights Dec 11-12, 2020