Hallmark series When Calls the Heart turned Pacific Central Station into an early 20th century train station on Thursday, December 4th, with model T-Fords parked outside to film a season two episode. The scene inside proved to be just as turn of the century with young teacher Elizabeth Thatcher (Erin Krakow) and coal mine widow Abigail Stanton (Lori Loughlin) in period gowns amid backgrounders dressed as period travellers and train porters. When Calls the Heart is inspired by a Canadian West book series by Janette Oke and normally films on its Coal Valley town set in Langley.
Jackie Patton spotted When Calls the Heart a week earlier at Pacific Central Station with the same cars and a green screen.
@olv “When Calls The Heart” was filming at Pacific Central Station in #Vancouver today. Lots of old-school cars! pic.twitter.com/shIeNKKBzd
— Jackie Patton (@jackieepatton) November 26, 2014
Interesting factoid: Arrow’s Stephen Amell played the Mountie in the Hallmark movie which led to the re-cast series.