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Time to get on board!
A donation of $50 makes you a "passenger on the platform" in the drive to return the B.C.E.R. Interurban train to the original Fraser Valley line.
You can donate on-line, by mail, or in person at any of the FVHRS events.
Don't travel alone, sign up for two, three or more passengers and be ready to see B.C.E.R car 1225 back on the tracks.
Click on Motorman Frank Horne's picture to go to the One Passenger at a time page!.
Welcome to FVHRS
Our mission: To restore and to operate heritage interurban cars on the original BC Electric Railway Route through Surrey and the Fraser Valley to link heritage tourism destinations.
Our initial operations are focused on the red section on the above map. The original rail line still exists from the rail bridge over the Fraser river at Brownsville to Chilliwack.
News
Railways runs through it: Cloverdale
Cloverdale and its Railway history are the subject of a special talk by Henry Ewert on Thursday, October 29 7:00pm at the Surrey Museum.
Part of the Fall Speakers series, Henry will talk about the days when Cloverdale was a hub of rail transportation.
Please pre-register for this event with the Surrey Museum use course number 4189553. Call 604-592-6956, or 24-hr PhoneReg at 604-501-5100. On-line WebReg available.
Pictured: Henry Ewert talking to Bob Ashton, Oct 17, 2009 at the Chilliwack Museum & Archive fall event opening: BCER: More than just a tram.
BCER: More than just a tram
The Chilliwack Museum & Archives presents their Fall exhbit - BCER: More than just a tram. This exhbit looks back at the railway and the impact that it had on all facets of life in the Fraser Valley.
This exhbit opens on Oct 17, 2009 and will run until October 2010. Visit on opening day for the grand event at Noon (12:00 to 2:00) which includes Henry Ewert speaking about the history of the BCER.
The Chilliwack Museum and Archives are at 45820 Spadina Ave, Chilliwack. For more information, please call 604 795 5210.
Image - Detail from CM&A Poster - click to view poster (PDF)
Spring/Summer 2009 Newsletter
The Special edition for the year on the return of BCER 1304, and other events has been added to the Newsletter page.
This edition includes interviews with Volunteers Wayne Abbott & Lloyd Knoblauch, along with more pictures of the Royal Hudson visit on it's excrusion for SRY from New Westminister to Cloverdale. Henry Ewert provides an article on How to become an interurban motorman. Our report on the 2009 Annual General Meeting and our visit to the annual Bradner Flower Show.
Guestbook
July 13, 2009 We've been asked many times to provide a guestbook, so visitors can record comments. So after some thought and planning, we're pleased to add this feature to the website.
Please see the Guestbook page to create a new entry in the guestbook, or to view the entries there.
Updated pictures of 1225 rehabilitation
The gang of volunteers keep working with now over 11,000 hours on 1225. We try to keep up with them in pictures. There are now so many that we've had to break up the collection into the various years.
Check out the revised and updated 1225 rehabilitation pages and see what has changed.
Calendar Contest
Our corporate member, SRY Raillink, is holding a calendar contest. You are invited to read the rules (here) and then enter your best images of recent SRY operations, trains, people or equipment. Images must be taken after Jan. 1, 2009.
Please read the rules for submissions and the correct form of submission. Entries are to SRY and may become the property of SRY if selected (Please read the rules.) Entries due by August 1, 2009. Cash prizes and publication with credits.
AGM 2009
The draft minutes of the Annual General Meeting on April 4th, 2009 are now posted on this website. These minutes are not yet approved, and will be accepted and approved at the next AGM in 2010.
Recent work on BCER 1225
Work on BCER 1225 continues in the car barn. the dedicated volunteers are very busy 3 days per week getting the car ready to run again. Having brought the car from its 50 year California vacation, there is a lot of wood that needs replacing to be able to function in the Wet Coast again. Some items have just not survived the 50 + years of use.
Restoration and rehabilitation from the floor up to the roof has been underway since the car arrived. The car has been raised up and the trucks removed for refurbishing and cleaning. The trucks are now at Carr's Machine shop and will be reconditioned and brought up to specifications. August 2008 sees the "A" end mostly complete and effort has moved to the "B" end. While the car is raised up on blocks, this is a good time to visit the car barn to see underneath the car. A rare opportunity to look up at the underside of an Interurban car without getting run-over.
Pictures of the restoration
See more pictures of BCER 1225 rehabilitation on Webshots
- taken by Vice Chair Bob Ashton.
Open House
Our next, and last Open House of 2009 is Monday, Oct 12. Visit Sullivan Station and see our full car barn, walk through BCER 1304 'Connaught' and inspect the work on BCER 1225.
Visit us at 152nd St. & 64th Ave. Surrey -- Noon to 4pm on our Open House dates. You can see the restoration work on BCER 1225, watch the Chilliwack Run movie, enjoy one (or more) of our wonderful hot dogs and chat with the volunteers who are working on 1225.
We are North of the Sullivan Community Hall on 152nd Street. Enter parking Northbound on 152nd.
We look forward to another year with old and new friends at the Sullivan Station. If you have any suggestions, or wish to arrange a group visit, please contact the executive.
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For comments about this website, or other inquiries about the society, please contact the webmaster: webmaster @ fvhrs.org
