What an amazing experience! I loved hearing the history and the beautiful landscape. I would definitely recommend this one as a great way to see Summerland. read more

Amazing day, wonderful people, great food, and the most entertainment bang for buck of anything. Better than a movie by a mile.

We had an excellent time. This was our second time taking this train ride, such great views and a fun way to spend a couple hours. The staff is great and knowledgeable and gave us lots of laughs. We really enjoyed ourselves and highly recommend this excursion. Choose the valley side when picking your seats, best views. read more

We had a great time on the train. There is a big difference in the view depending on which side of the coach you're sitting on. One side you are abutting the mountain and the other you have a gorgeous view of the valley. We were in the Faulder car so can only speak of those seats. When you look at the pictures of the cars on their website to pick your seats, the ones on the bottom row are valley views. Not that you can't see if you're in the other seats but it's definitely not as good. Seats were very comfortable and it was a beautiful journey through time. read more

If you love trains then don't pass go this experience. The humming and whistling will nock your socks off! The Kettle Valley Railway (KVR) is a historic route that is great fun for hikes, biking and a train ride. I've done the bike ride this summer and this weekend took the train ride. Really enjoyed hearing some history of the railway and local going bouts whole enjoying the beautiful view-loved the changing of the colours. It's a 90 minute return ride but at the half way point a stop at the beautiful Trout Creek Trestle Bridge. Ordering my tickets online was easy. Arrive early for check-in and boarding as the departure is on time. The best views are on the left side of the train (next to the platform at the starting point). There are two types of seating: coach or open air. This is a volunteer run not-for-profit organization so supporting this organization was simple if this means keeping and restoring this important historical site. read more

Kettle Valley Steam Railway - Train Stations Near Me - Summerland, British Columbia

Went with my family and kids and enjoyed the whole experience. Saw parts of Summerland that I hadn't seen before and if you're a big fan of old locomotives then your really in for a treat. Bring a snack and light coat for the ride. A great way to spend a couple of hours on vacation! read more

I am still in a bit of post-traumatic shock as I reflect on the appalling state of security onboard the Historic KSVR. Check-in was alright and smooth. We got our reserved tickets promptly and was pleased to find that we were seated in the passenger cars, not like the latecomers who were condemned to open-air second-class cars at the same price. As we waited to board, a marshal came through looking at everyone sternly and asking whether they had weapons. Not exactly the TSA but it seemed like he would maintain order, and it was a strange punctuation to the festive mood set by the jovial tunes of one Felix Possak on the keyboards. We boarded the cushy passenger car, albeit with reduced leg room - it's historic! The conductor was a great guide as he described the many views as we headed toward the end of the line toward a great bridge. Super bonus that we saw some very fast black bears running around a farm. My advice is that if you can get seating on the east side of the train, you are best positioned for the most awesome pictures. Still, we did get to disembark once we started heading back from the bridge and get out to take some glorious photos overlooking the valley and with the historic engine. Some hawkers are selling berries at $5 for a small tub - can you say Great Train Robbery? This was where my confidence in the security started to get shaky. The Marshal did nothing to crack down on the over-priced berries (although they were delicious). And he did earlier warn us about some "floozies" who we'd be picking up at the stop. To the delight of most of the 18+ passengers onboard who were looking for a Vegas experience, said women came onboard. I'm not sure if they paid the same fare as us as one of them unhesitatingly invented a middle seat for herself and plopped down right between my friend and I. She showed us the contents of her case. I was particularly interested in her copy of The Habitant, which was a fake french-canadian book of poems. She showed my friend her "spreadsheets". We had seen too much already, and will somebody think of the children! Obviously the ladies caused us to lower our guard as they planted kisses on many a passenger. The young ones "deputized" by the Marshal for greater security simply looked on, jaws agape at the frivolity. By letting our guards down, that's when we were led into the trap. We passed our final destination station, allegedly for a special treat from the conductor, to see the Engine do one more switch before letting us back toward the station. My spidey sense was tingling - we already saw the engine switch once already! Then the sounds of bullets whizzing by started, and we saw on either side of us armed bandits on horseback surrounding us guns ablazing in the air. We are promptly boarded and the next thing I know, the pathetic Marshal has already quickly surrendered. He caves in telling us to listen to the bandits and hand over our change - nope, the bandits don't take Air Miles and they don't take credit/debit. Hard Cash is what they want - not even jewelry. The deputies are useless, we are entirely helpless, and the lack of a second amendment means we can't stand our ground in this situation. As the men on horseback ride up and down the carts pointing menacingly at us, women bandits and some dressed exactly like the floozies who boarded earlier (one was an evil twin sister!) came down the aisles collecting loose change in their sacks. They eventually left us alone and walked away with 6 huge sacks of loot. Now I'm appalled - I don't know how other people coped with this drama, but as we headed to finally return to our station, the conductor continued describing the landscape AS IF NOTHING TRAUMATIC HAD JUST HAPPENED! The only thing that put me out of my shock was the wafting smells of baked beans, all you can eat roast beef and baked chicken finished with a strawberry-rhubarb crisp. And then the final proof that everybody was in cahoots was the shocking sight of the bandits rolling in to the parking lot on a truck and sitting down and dining amongst us. Everybody was too petrified to say anything so I guess our coping mechanism was to look straight ahead and eat on as if those who just robbed us weren't eating with us. I'm willing to forgive - they didn't get much from me, but I hear they promised to direct their loot to good local causes, so I suppose that's a good sign of reform. I wouldn't let such trauma dissuade anyone from riding on the KSVR but be warned of those bandits! One's fragile heart can only take so much. read more

A great excursion by stream train. Lots of interesting commentary by the conductor. Tons of fun. Highly recommended. read more

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One of my favorite experiences ever. The look on my little man's face when that classic steam engine rolled up, and he knew we were their to ride on that very train, seriously made my eyes water. He's a pretty serious little man but I know my boy, and this was the bliss. The entire journey is approximately 90 minutes. I can't get over how long you get to be on this thing. It takes you on to a trestle bridge, stops halfway to let you stretch your legs, buy fresh local fruit, take pictures with the train and conductor, and then switch sides with the people across from you so you both get to experience the views. Our 4 year old just sat staring happily out the window. This boy must have lived on a train in his past life. I'm so grateful for this experience. It's so cool. Also, the banjo guy is fantastic too. He goes through the 3 open air cars and 2 closed ones, entertaining the passengers. Another neat experience. There's a Christmas ride as well, and a cowboy gang takeover dinner theatre to experience, that are next on our bucket list as of now. read more

A fun excursion for kids! Our six year old twins were delighted by the open air seating. Beautiful vistas and neat to see the geology of the area at a slower pace. The traveling minstrel on board was a great authentic touch! read more

Boy, what a magnificent view of Kettle Valley. The conductor was polite, funny and helpful with limited capacity passengers. The music man played some old time songs that everyone could sing along with. Huge fun and highly recommended!! read more