West Coast Railway Association in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada | Museum

The West Coast Railway Association is a non-profit society incorporated in 1961 under the Societies Act of British Columbia, and is a registered charity. Its goal is the Preservation of British Columbia's Railway Heritage. It is one of the larger non profit societies in the province, having over 1,500 active members who restore, preserve and maintain vintage railcars as well as administer and volunteer in the Association's activities. Its operations have grown to also support a paid staff of 14.
In carrying out its mandate, the Association has assembled the second largest collection of heritage railway rolling stock in Canada, now numbering over 85 pieces, as well as a significant collection of other railway artifacts. These are the nucleus that the group uses in telling the story of what the railway meant to the formation of Canada, the settling of the West, and the development of B.C. Also portrayed is the vital transportation role that the railways perform today.