The museum houses one of seven remaining interurban streetcars that previously operated as part of the BC Electric Railway.

In the 1890s, the Canadian Pacific Railway sought to create a company to serve Lulu Island.

Of the 28 1200-class trams created for the BCER by the St. Louis Car Company, 7 exist in various states of repair.

Car number 1225 is operating as a heritage streetcar at the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society in Surrey, BC, and car number 1223 is on display at the Burnaby Village Museum.

The museum was built around original tracks of the BCER, and stands across the street from the now gone Steveston station.