The Central BC Railway and Forestry Museum is a railway museum in Prince George, British Columbia. Its collection consists of over sixty pieces of rolling stock (including a 1906 steam locomotive being restored and a GMD GF6C electric locomotive), ten historical buildings and numerous smaller artifacts on an site. The museum opened on 20 July 1986 and is operated by the Central British Columbia Railway and Forest Industry Museum Society.
In 2025, a vintage Nathan M5 Airchime train horn was stolen from the museum, the third train horn theft it had experienced in the past year.
History The society which created the museum, the Central British Columbia Railway and Forest Industry Museum Society, was incorporated on 22 March 1983 by six Prince George residents who restored a 1903 wooden snowplough. It originally operated as the Prince George-Nechako-Fraser Division of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association. As the disposal of historic rail equipment was growing, the community recognized the opportunity for a museum. On 5 March 1984, the city granted the association an site, north of the Canadian National Railway yards. The museum officially opened on 20 July 1986, coinciding with Expo 86 in Vancouver and the 150th anniversary of rail travel in Canada.
Collection Locomotives +Locomotive detailsNumberImageTypeModelBuiltBuilderStatusFormer owner 101 Diesel 44-Ton 1943 General Electric Display Northwood Pulp and Timber 248 Diesel 25-Ton 1948 General Electric Display Diamond Match Company 586 Diesel RS-10s 1956 Montreal Locomotive Works Display British Columbia Railway 1520 Steam 1906 Canadian Locomotive Company Display Canadian National Railway 1990 Diesel 65-Ton 1943 Atlas Car and Manufacturing Operational Canadian Forest Products 6001 Diesel GF6C 1983 General Motors Diesel Display British Columbia Railway 7817 Diesel 70-Ton 1950 General Electric Display Canadian National Railway 9169 Diesel FP7Au 1951 General Motors Diesel Display Canadian National Railway RCC1 Diesel Remote control 1950 Electro-Motive Diesel Display British Columbia Railway
See also List of heritage railways in Canada
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