Nelson Electric Tramway

[2] Opening of the hill section was postponed after Car 2 derailed causing serious injuries.

[6] 1910: Newly formed Nelson Street Railway Co. reopened the system on November 8.

[7] 1914: City purchased the system on February 1, because the company had incurred ongoing losses.

[9] 1982: Chamber of commerce acquired and moved Car 23 to an indoor facility at Selkirk College.

[15] Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) donated rails salvaged from the Rosebery–Nakusp line abandonment.

2012: Spring flooding along the lakeshore caused $15,000 in damages to the streetcar tracks and the storage barn, plus about $7,500 in lost revenue because of a two-month shortening of the tourism season.

The body of the car was used as a dog kennel, skating rink shelter and a craft shop.

Acquired in poor condition in 1982, the car body was restored by students at Selkirk College.

The car was manufactured in Preston, Ontario, and shipped in parts to the BCER for final assembly at their yards in Vancouver before entering service in Victoria, British Columbia in March 1922.

The car was retired from service in 1948, then sold to the Mayo Lumber Company in Cowichan Lake to be used as a bunkhouse.

Purchased in 1970 by the provincial transportation museum, in Cloverdale, the car was restored in 1973 for static display.

Car 400 is not in regular service, as it’s short wheelbase can not make it around the sharp curvature of the terminus loops.

Terminal loop of Nelson Electric Tramway, British Columbia, Canada, on 15 August 2006