Nelson & Ft. Sheppard Railway
2073 Hepburn Drive Fruitvale, BC, Canada

All Aboard for the 2019 Jingle Express on December 7th! Many thanks to our sponsor's of this year's ride: ATCO Wood Products, McEwan & Co. Law, Hall Printing, West Kootenay Mechanical, Retriev Technologies, PowerTech Electric, RDKB - Area A, and the Village of Fruitvale. Tickets are available at the Village office on 11/23 at 10AM in exchange for a cash donation to the food bank.

All aboard the 5th annual Spring Spirit Express today. Despite the rain, we had lots of smiling faces, enjoying cookies and lemonade, listening to some 1950’s big band music, and enjoying a scenic train ride to Beaver Falls in our 1956 Long Island Railroad classic Coach car. A big thank you to our sponsor for continuing to make this event possible: ATCO Wood Products, West Kootenay Mechanical, RDKB - Area A, Powertech Electric, Retriev Technologies, McEwan & Co. Law, the Village of Fruitvale, & Hall Printing. Special thank you to the Girl Guides who helped us serve our passengers with a smile today!

All Aboard for the 5th Annual Spring Spirit Express in the Beaver Valley! Tickets will be available at the Village of Fruitvale Office at 11AM on Saturday, May 11th in exchange for a cash donation to support our local food bank. Rides will be every hour on the hour May 25th starting at 9AM. A huge thank you to our sponsors: ATCO Wood Products, Retrieve Technologies, Hall Printing, McEwan & Co. Law, Power Tech Electric, RDKB - Area A, the Village of Fruitvale, and West Kootenay Mechanical, whose support makes this event possible! A big thank you as well to the Beaver Valley Girl Guides who will be serving lemonade and cookies on board. What great companies and organizations we have in our Community that help make events like this happen!

All Aboard the Jingle Express today. It may be balmy and not quite snowy, but there is no shortage of Christmas Spirit on board! What a great way to kick off the Holiday Season! A big thanks to our sponsors: Powertech Electric, McEwan & Co. Law, RDKB,Area A,Hub International, the Village of Fruitvale, ATCO Wood Products, and Hall Printing for making this event possible and to the Girl Guides for their wonderful help serving cookies and hot chocolate!

We are excited to once again bring the Jingle Express Train Ride to the Beaver Valley. Be sure to get your tickets early and join us on December 1st for the Jingle Express! A huge thanks to our sponsors: ATCO Wood Products, RDKB Area A, Retriev Technologies, Powertech Electric, Hall Printing, McEwan & Co Law, and HUB International for making this event possible.

All aboard the 5th annual Spring Spirit Express today. Despite the rain, we had lots of smiling faces, enjoying cookies and lemonade, listening to some 1950’s big band music, and enjoying a scenic train ride to Beaver Falls in our 1956 Long Island Railroad classic Coach car. A big thank you to our sponsor for continuing to make this event possible: ATCO Wood Products, West Kootenay Mechanical, RDKB - Area A, Powertech Electric, Retriev Technologies, McEwan & Co. Law, the Village of Fruitvale, & Hall Printing. Special thank you to the Girl Guides who helped us serve our passengers with a smile today!

All Aboard for the 5th Annual Spring Spirit Express in the Beaver Valley! Tickets will be available at the Village of Fruitvale Office at 11AM on Saturday, May 11th in exchange for a cash donation to support our local food bank. Rides will be every hour on the hour May 25th starting at 9AM. A huge thank you to our sponsors: ATCO Wood Products, Retrieve Technologies, Hall Printing, McEwan & Co. Law, Power Tech Electric, RDKB - Area A, the Village of Fruitvale, and West Kootenay Mechanical, whose support makes this event possible! A big thank you as well to the Beaver Valley Girl Guides who will be serving lemonade and cookies on board. What great companies and organizations we have in our Community that help make events like this happen!

All Aboard! It’s not the Chattanooga Choo-choo, but it is the Spring Spirit Spirit Express running on a sunny and warm Saturday in Fruitvale, BC. The lemonade on board is cold, the cookies are sweet, the flowers smell great and Beaver Falls is roaring with the spring melt! A huge thank you to our sponsors (ATCO Wood Products, McEwan & Co. Law, HUB International, Retriev Technologies, RDKB-Area A, and Powertech Electric) for making this ride happen!

All Aboard the Jingle Express today. It may be balmy and not quite snowy, but there is no shortage of Christmas Spirit on board! What a great way to kick off the Holiday Season! A big thanks to our sponsors: Powertech Electric, McEwan & Co. Law, RDKB,Area A,Hub International, the Village of Fruitvale, ATCO Wood Products, and Hall Printing for making this event possible and to the Girl Guides for their wonderful help serving cookies and hot chocolate!

We are excited to once again bring the Jingle Express Train Ride to the Beaver Valley. Be sure to get your tickets early and join us on December 1st for the Jingle Express! A huge thanks to our sponsors: ATCO Wood Products, RDKB Area A, Retriev Technologies, Powertech Electric, Hall Printing, McEwan & Co Law, and HUB International for making this event possible.

All Aboard! It’s not the Chattanooga Choo-choo, but it is the Spring Spirit Spirit Express running on a sunny and warm Saturday in Fruitvale, BC. The lemonade on board is cold, the cookies are sweet, the flowers smell great and Beaver Falls is roaring with the spring melt! A huge thank you to our sponsors (ATCO Wood Products, McEwan & Co. Law, HUB International, Retriev Technologies, RDKB-Area A, and Powertech Electric) for making this ride happen!

If the warm weather of the Beaver Valley this month hasn't cured your spring fever yet, then our 3rd Annual Spring Spirit Express Train Ride will surely do the trick. Bring the family for a wonderful train ride to enjoy the sights and sounds of spring in the Beaver Valley. Tickets will go fast, so be sure to get your tickets early! A big thanks to our sponsors (RDKB - Area A, ATCO Wood Products Ltd., Beck Designs, Retriev Technologies, McEwan Law, Hall Printing, Power ...Tech Electric, Hub International) for once supporting the Fruitvale Community Train Rides so that we can continue to bring this annual event to our wonderful community! Tickets are Available at 10AM on May 19th at the Fruitvale Village Office in exchange for a donation to the Food Bank. Train rides are at 9AM, 10AM, 11AM, noon, 1PM, 2PM, and 3PM, departing from the pole yard in Fruitvale.

The Snowcomotive - Huge rave to Denis Moreau and his snow creation in Fruitvale. We're thrilled and honored that Denis chose our GP-9 (#4519) locomotive as the subject for his winter creation. We know there are a lot of rail fans around Fruitvale and the West Kootenays and we're always in awe at the different ways they express their excitement about trains. Way to go Denis!

Welcome aboard the 3rd annual Jingle Express in Fruitvale. A classic ride along the rails and through the winter wonderland of the Beaver Valley with Hot Chocolate, Christmas Cookies, and Bing Crosby Christmas Carols. Many thanks to our sponsors RDKB - Area A, ATCO Wood Products, McEwan & Co. Law, Power Tech Electric, Hall Printing, Beck Designs, Retriev Technology, HUB Insurance, the Village of Fruitvale and Columbia Power Corp for their generous support of this event! And a special thanks to the 1st Beaver Valley Scout Group for all their help and to Santa for making a surprise appearance!

We're excited to once again bring the Jingle Express to Fruitvale for another year! December 2, 2017 with rides at 9AM, 10AM, 11AM, Noon, 1PM, 2PM, & 3PM. Tickets available on November 18th at 9AM at the Village of Fruitvale Office in exchange for a donation to the Food Bank (Cash donation strongly preferred). Many many thank to our sponsors again this year: Columbia Power Corporation, McEwan Law Co., Beck Designs, Power Tech Electric, ATCO Wood Products Ltd., HUB International, Hall Printing, Retriev Technologies, the RDKB - Area A, and the Village of Fruitvale.

All Aboard the Spring Spirit Express today! A beautiful day for taking our passengers on a relaxing ride to Beaver Falls and back. The sun is shining, the lemonade is cold, the cookies are sweet, 1940's big band music is nostalgic and there are smiles on everyone's faces. We're proud to be part of such a great community! Thanks to everyone's support and thanks to all of our Spring Spirit Express Sponsors!

Our 3rd Annual Spring Spirit Express is all but sold out. There just a couple tickets left for the noon ride this Saturday, so hurry down to the Village of Fruitvale Office before the last tickets are gone. Many many thanks again to our sponsors this year: Columbia Power Corporation, McEwan Law Co., Beck Designs, Power Tech Electric, ATCO Wood Products Ltd., HUB International, Hall Printing, Retriev Technologies, the RDKB - Area A, and the Village of Fruitvale. If you are lucky enough to have tickets, the weather looks great for Saturday and the train ride through the Beaver Valley will surely fill you with the Spring Spirit!

We had a couple of furry train fans waiting for our locomotive on it's Monday morning run. Our maintenance crew snapped this picture of a mom (out of view) and two bear cubs this morning in a tree alongside our tracks.

Spring is nearly here, and May Days is just around the corner, which means we're getting ready for the Spring Spirit Express again! May 27, 2017 with rides at 9AM, 10AM, 11AM, Noon, 1PM, 2PM, & 3PM. Tickets available on May 13th at 9AM at the Village of Fruitvale Office in exchange for a donation to the Food Bank. Many many thank to our sponsors again this year: Columbia Power Corporation, McEwan Law Co., Beck Designs, Power Tech Electric, ATCO Wood Products Ltd., HUB International, Hall Printing, Retriev Technologies, the RDKB - Area A, and the Village of Fruitvale.