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Celebrating BC’s Transit History since 1986. 🚎🚝⛴️

Our page showcases the incredible archives collection in our library, updates on museum activities, events, excursions, and highlights our fantastic volunteers that keep our non-profit running!

Ready Bus Super fans, aka Foamers 🚎⁉️Get ready, Sunday October 18th is going to be one for the books. A long distance tr...
10/06/2026

Ready Bus Super fans, aka Foamers 🚎⁉️

Get ready, Sunday October 18th is going to be one for the books. A long distance trip with our 1996 New Flyer D40LF specifically designed for Bus Fans! Bring your best camera, your best sign code idea and a couple bucks for diesel (which is very expensive right now)!

Join us on the ‘Foamerama’ Charter, with service going all the way out to Harrison Hot Springs and around Chiliwack. Enjoy scenic country roads and very possibly a special diesel guzzler surprise? “I wonder why the trip costs a little more?”

Important Trip Info below:

📅 Sunday, October 18th, 10am - 4:30pm (ish)
📍 Start/End point from Lougheed Skytrain Station, 555 Layover.
🎟️ $55 Non-Members, $50 Members
🖥️ Tickets ONLY available on Ride.BCBuses.org
🚎 9753, 🫣🤔

Orange striped bus for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.Transit Museum Society would like to pause, reflect, le...
09/30/2026

Orange striped bus for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Transit Museum Society would like to pause, reflect, learn and honour the children who never returned home from residential schools, as well as the survivors, families, and communities.

The late Chief Rhonda Larrabee who was a star member of the Transit Museum dedicated her time to help revive Qayqayt First Nation, fighting for indigenous rights, cultural preservation and reconciliation.

We are proud to work closely with Qayqayt First Nation of New Westminster, being especially grateful to have provided our buses for nation events in the past.

Norm and Dave Smith collection, Kelowna BC

Next Stop: Steveston, terminus station. 🚃BC Electric meets BC Electric, that’s one our favourite lines to say every year...
09/29/2026

Next Stop: Steveston, terminus station. 🚃

BC Electric meets BC Electric, that’s one our favourite lines to say every year. Our Museum Bus, 730 is ready to make its annual visit to Steveston Interurban Museum!
Come on out to the beautiful fishing village for a day of Transportation history.

📅 October 3rd, Noon - 4pm
📍 Steveston Interurban Car Barn, No. 1 rd & Moncton St
🚎 1957 Museum Bus 730, 1912 Interurban Car, 1220

Pictured is 1220 running in service, an interurban crossing the Marpole - Richmond Trestle with a brand new Oak Street Bridge in the background, and our Museum Bus in Steveston last year.

Orion V ‘1000’ seen running on the 10 Gorge in Victoria. This as far as we know was a demo bus before BC Transit ordered...
09/28/2026

Orion V ‘1000’ seen running on the 10 Gorge in Victoria.
This as far as we know was a demo bus before BC Transit ordered the 1991 Orion V’s that were around for many years.

Norm and Dave Smith collection

Some of the Provinces first and oldest New Flyer D40 Low Floor buses in Victoria! The capital city was the first to orde...
09/27/2026

Some of the Provinces first and oldest New Flyer D40 Low Floor buses in Victoria! The capital city was the first to order these accessible and iconic buses back in 1991.

Once again like the previous post, we see some more fallen department store giants. At least you can still get iconic striped jackets at a small Canadian tire kiosk…?

📸 Norm and Dave Smith collection.

Here’s some ‘baby’ Brill buses seen in Downtown Victoria, running along some now fallen department store giants. Who rem...
09/26/2026

Here’s some ‘baby’ Brill buses seen in Downtown Victoria, running along some now fallen department store giants. Who remembers Woolworth?

These are more highlights taken from the fantastic Norm and Dave Smith collection.

Chilco Loop served streetcars and buses for many decades until it was permanently closed in June 2002. The last bus rout...
09/24/2026

Chilco Loop served streetcars and buses for many decades until it was permanently closed in June 2002. The last bus routes to use the loop were:

• 23 New Westminster Station / Stanley Park
• 35 SFU / Stanley Park
• 135 SFU / Stanley Park
• 136 Montecito / Kootenay Loop / Vancouver

Here are a couple of Flyer E901A/E902s on a layover at the loop in February 1988.

Wally Young Collection

Looking at the SeaBus towards North Vancouver, with some of BC’s more ‘unique’ ferry history in the background.After the...
09/20/2026

Looking at the SeaBus towards North Vancouver, with some of BC’s more ‘unique’ ferry history in the background.

After the PacifiCat scandal of the late 90s, the former fast ferry fleet sat unused at the North Vancouver Shipyards, waiting to be sold at auction.
This photo was taken in 2008 just before the boats were bought by United Arab Emirates company to be used in Egypt.

As of recent years, Justin McElroy of the CBC reported the boats were listed on Facebook Marketplace - North Vancouver for $15 Million for all three ships. The post suggested uses as a luxury yacht and a floating hotel.

📸 Real Lachance

CCF Brill trolleys ‘humming’ through Vancouver’s West End, April 1980. All the buildings directly pictured are still sta...
09/18/2026

CCF Brill trolleys ‘humming’ through Vancouver’s West End, April 1980.
All the buildings directly pictured are still standing, just with different shops and stores inside.

Photo locations: Denman & Comox, Davie & Denman, Robson & Jervis

📸 Wally Young Collection

Here’s a couple Brill Diesels in Victoria taken during the period when BC Hydro was first established.In 1961, the provi...
09/17/2026

Here’s a couple Brill Diesels in Victoria taken during the period when BC Hydro was first established.

In 1961, the provincial government lead by premier W.A.C. Bennett bought BC Electric for a reported 171.8 million dollars, transitioning it to a crown corporation creating BC Hydro in 1962.

Since BC Hydro assumed control of BC Electric’s transit operations, all of the old BC Electric ‘Red Totem Pole’ logos were phased out, replaced with the new Hydro logo. It pictured a half green half blue ‘H’ symbolizing trees and water.
BC Hydro didn’t create their own livery until a few years later which is why you see these buses still in BC Electric cream.

📸 Norm and Dave Smith collection

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