2011 Highlights

Last Spike Dinner & Silent Auction Fundraiser: Friday August 12th

Come enjoy an evening of great food and entertainment. The dinner will be catered by Riverside Landing. Entertainment for the evening will be provided by Abe Zacharias, a country / western artist who has been performing for over 35 years.

Silent Auction Opens at 5:00pm

Dinner is at 6:00pm

The dinner will be held in Rotary Park, located behind the Railway Museum. For more information, and to purchase tickets, please call the Railway Museum at 250-837-6060.

Arrow Lakes Lumber Co. Logging Railway Trestle Tour: Saturday August 13th                   Join two of the Railway Museum’s railfans on a guided bus excursion to the Arrow Lakes to see this fascinating relic of a trestle bridge originally built in 1906 and used to assist logging operations for white pine in the area.

The bus will leave the Railway Museum at 8:00am and will return at approximately 3:00pm (arrival time will depend on the Galena Bay Ferry).

Price is $25.00 and includes a boxed lunch.

Pre-registration is required and space is limited. Please call 250-837-6060 for more information and to register.

Magic Lantern Show: Saturday August 13th

There will be a special showing of a Magic Lantern Show at the Nickelodeon Museum hosted by the Bygone Era Entertainment Society. The skill of operating this early audio-visual equipment is just as entertaining as the slides themselves!

Show begins at 7pm at the Nickelodeon Museum.

Click the link below to watch a YouTube Video produced by Jim Barr of Festival Seekers that highlights Railway Days!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2gr6D485_E