revelstoke railway museum

calinp784

Interesting exhibits detailing the history of rail in Canada. Great set up and very friendly people.They have an engineer ready to answer your questions and the train simulator is entertaining.

MarcosTraveler

You can look into a huge engine inside the museum, there are also other engines, model trains etc. Also, outdoor exhibition is worth visiting (so a sunny day is good for a visit).Worth visiting for anyone even remotely interested in transportation and technology!

middleagedhoneymoone

Loved being able to talk to an original steam train engineer on board the engine on display. Lots of rolling stock outside including snow plows. Very interesting displays with good information to read as you go around. Allow 1-2 hours here.

puddinpop250

Enjoyed walking through the old trains and talking with the conductor to learn how they operated years ago. Outside are more trains that you can walk through as well as a park area. The gift shop was nice and the staff were quite friendly.

Old60timer

We knew very little about the hardships of working on the railway here and this museum was brilliant at showing so much of the heritage plus the actual trains, carriages etc made me become a bit of a Canadian train annorak.

Darren_in_BC

This is a great railway museum, it has some rolling stock, but the center attraction is the large steam train located inside. In fact, the entire musuem is kind of built around this engine. Often, there is an ex-engineer sitting in the cab of the train, willing to answer your questions about the train or running the rails on the CPR.The price of admisssion is very reasonable.There are plenty of pictures of life on the CPR in the late 1800's early 1900's, as well as historical articfacts from the same time periods.Of course there are some train cars as well to walk through.The musuem itself is two stories, with lots of interesting things about the railway.

bendwriter

This is a very nice, clean, well laid out museum. There are some beautiful engines and rolling stock to be seen. Of particular interest was the Pullman car you could walk through, and really get a feel for what it would have been like to dine and sleep on one of these great old cars. The highlight was the huge steam locomotive, where you could enter the cab and visit with one of the engineers who had actually driven this engine. We were lucky enough to encounter two of them, and heard some great stories about what it was like to start and run one of these engines - very interesting!While not a huge museum, it's definitely a recommended stop if you're in the area.

libbyloujibjibs

Very well done museum. Great coverage of the trials of building a railway across the mountains. Loved the scale models depicting the railway over the gorge. Amazingly detailed.The large locomotive was one highlight and was made even better by having a former driver there to answer questions. The rolling stock was great to wander around - always amazed at the size of these cars.Favourite part for my train fanatic was the simulator. Cost $2 and there are 5 different scenarios so take toonies. We unfortunately only had enough for 2 tries.

627darrylg

A great place for a railway nut. Some very good exhibits with plenty of history lessons thrown in. Loved the old "Mikado" engine and the gentleman there to answer questions.

marylout514

My husband and I found this a very interest museum even though we are not train buffs. It displayed so many old carriages and engines outside, it was fasinating to see the size of them close up. There was a carriage and engine inside with a retired driver there to answer all your questions and to tell some interesting stories. The movies inside were very interesting and well worth watching.

554willemp

If you are a steam enthusiast this is a must see you get to see railroad history and climb aboard the locos and see the controls inside the cab. You also see the workings of the steam cylinder to the driver wheels and how the calving works to the piston for push pull action. There are many more exhibits as well time well spent

Melodycthomas

This was a nice museum with old cars to look at and even climb into . There was a retired engineer sitting in a diesel engine who provided a wealth of information. The displays were very informative and someone had created a model of the valley with a train set.

amandag673

Thought this would be a great little place to take my 5 year old. While he did enjoy it there wasn't really enough to do for any of my kids. It was $19 for us to get in (1 adult, 3 kids) and we were done in 45mins. They have a model railroad but there wasn't any trains running on it and we were only allowed to see half of it - the rest was roped off. You did get a chance to see how big the trains were/are and that was fun but not really worth it.

AnnVG

We were only passing through and found out about this museum on the spot, so by the time we got there, it was less than an hour before closing time, but we could get in at half price for the remaining time. Did everything in a jiffy, and probably could have seen more if we had known before, but still got a good look at some of the pieces. For railroad enthusiasts, the last engineer of the steam engine was even on site to answer questions.

DJEclipse

Went with my wife and 21 month old daughter who loves trains. It was awesome. Full of history. I really enjoyed the large steam engine inside.