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Are you looking for the perfect place for a railway movie shoot? A place that offers
vintage trains, either static or operating, without the costs of tying up an operating
railway? Then check out the West Coast Railway Heritage Park and Western Canada's
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The West Coast Railway Heritage Park has a number of movie and commercial shoot
credits, including Bye Bye Birdie starring Jason Alexander, Vanessa Williams, Tyne Daly
(ABC 1996), Runaway Train (1998) and The Secret of Giving starring Reba McIntyre
(CBS 1999). The Heritage Park has also been the setting for numerous commercial shoots
and music videos, recently Shane Yellowbird's "Life Is Calling my Name" in June, 2008.
 A GREAT FILMING LOCATION 
The West Coast Railway Heritage Park, located just north of Vancouver on the Sea to Sky (Whistler) corridor in Squamish, B.C., consists of two core properties - a 12 acre destination attraction featuring a railway based townsite (circa 1900 through 1960) and an 8 acre industrial site featuring industrial settings and a large working railway shop facility. Central to the operation is Western Canada's largest collection of heritage railway rolling stock, number over 95 pieces, locomotives, freight and passenger trains, and over four miles of operating track.
The West Coast Railway Heritage Park can showcase about any kind of scenery option you might want, from townsite to forest valley, mountains and flat industrial settings. In filming to date, the site has been shown as Banff Alberta, Sweet Apple Ohio, Charity Oregon as well as Western Canada. A variety of scenes are possible with two railway station included on the site, allowing for departures and arrivals at two different settings.
The Heritage Park also offers a number of buildings, including the station and heritage house in the townsite, the large 1914 built PGE carshop, and the more recent Motive Power Shop (a large industrial building of 1970's vintage). Under construction now is the third phase of development, which puts in a vintage railway turntable and builds a new heritage styled Roundhouse building. There are numerous smaller structures also on the site.
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THE COLLECTION - AVAILABLE FOR MOVIE USE
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The West Coast Railway Heritage Park makes available much of its collection on a rental
basis for movie use both on and off site. From rolling stock (freight and passenger, 1890
through 1970 eras) to various props such as crossing signals, lanterns, railway uniforms
etc., Western Canada's largest heritage railway collection has what you need for your
railway movie shoot. |
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Also available is our 3 km miniature railway line that encircles the Heritage Park, and
offers operating models of several of our full sized locomotives.
For rolling stock information, check out the "Our Collection" section of this website. Note
that some pieces of the collection are not released for operating movie work on account
of their fragile nature or extreme historical significance.
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CONTACT US
The West Coast Railway Heritage Park looks forward to talking with you about
your rail movie requirements. Contact us by calling the Heritage Park in Squamish
at 604-898-9336 or our Vancouver office at 604-681-4403 or e mail movies@wcra.org
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