Parlor car 1799 was loading on a barge to transport it from Whidbey Island to West Seattle. Preparations for the move were described here and here, and loading of the…
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Parlor car 1799 has recently been the center of considerable attention, and the effort reached its pinnacle when the car rolled onto a barge on Puget Sound. And yet this…
Parlor car 1799 is situated on a beautiful island beach on Puget Sound. The former Northern Pacific Railway Pullman-built wood car has been donated to the Northwest Railway Museum, and…
The Parlor Car is ready to move to the Museum! A Parlor car was an extra-fare car and provided service that would be equivalent to today’s business or first class. …
Admittedly, the Northwest Railway Museum has many interesting stories to tell, and most have only rarely been shared. One recently discovered tale concerns a locomotive that helped build a bomb. …
Adams and Westlake kerosene lamp designed for rail passenger cars. –NRM Collection Coach 218 was built in 1912, an interesting era in the car hardware and lighting appliance business. In…
“The Story Teller” The Puget Sound Electric Railway (“PSER”) was the region’s first experience with the early 20th Century electric interurban phenomenon that swept the land. In 1902 the PSER…
The Snoqualmie Depot is the most iconic structure in historic downtown Snoqualmie, and the most recognizable object in the Museum’s collection. It was built in 1890 for the Seattle, Lake…
The newest and perhaps most unusual City of Snoqualmie Landmark is a wooden electric interurban car. Built by St. Louis Car in 1907, it entered service between Seattle and Tacoma…
Towards the end of the 19th Century, electric railway technology was introduced and it spread like lightning. Soon there was interest in establishing electric interurban railways in even far-flung places…
