The Transit Museum Society of British Columbia (TRAMS) is dedicated to the restoration and preservation of decommissioned transit vehicles in Vancouver and the adjoining areas. Based in Burnaby, TRAMS has a fleet of fourteen operational vehicles, and at least six vehicles pending restoration. These vehicles were previously in use by both public and private operating companies between 1925 and 2010.
Volunteers from TRAMS also operated the Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway and carried out restoration and maintenance of the historic electric interurban cars used on that line, until its operation was suspended indefinitely in 2012.
See Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway.
In 2012, TRAMS planned to acquire additional vehicles in the following five years, representing types which played a big part in the Vancouver transit system, including a 1974 MCI model 8 (MC-8) from Pacific Coach Lines.