qathet Regional District, Powell River, BC
At 4365 McLeod Road on Sundays from 12:30 until 2:30 pm with the Farmers Market.
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!!
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”
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.
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”
The gutters were installed on March 18 by Joe Huetzelmann & Company.
A romp through our year
It was rainy Friday, but perfect weather Saturday. A bit of a lineup Saturday
In November 2024 we upgraded our four-foot “bench loco” to look more like a locomotive, with decoration reminiscent of children’s toy trains.
A photo story of our 2024 gardening experiment! (We’re switching to a no-watering garden this year, except for our new rain barrel
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.
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)
Things we need, ideally donated or at Garage Sale prices
We have some exciting projects happening on the railroad and other forestry heritage locations.
We welcome new participants!
Possible volunteer? Info sessions each Sunday, 12:15 to 12:30 and 2:30 to 3 pm
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.
Up McLeod Road from Paradise Valley Road
Admission by Donation for Railroad equipment upgrades.
From previous years:
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.
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.
Christmas drive-by the lights Dec 11-12, 2020
