Main track at the Snoqualmie Depot during peak rainfall. November in Western Washington is synonymous with severe winter storms. High winds, heavy precipitation, and power outages occur nearly every November…
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Late last month the Northwest Railway Museum was pleased to welcome the Art Hodgins Family to the Train Shed exhibit building for a tour of Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace. …
Douglas fir. Almost every stick of wood that was used to build the Snoqualmie Depot (the shingles are red cedar) was cut from Douglas fir, a species of softwood native…
In September 2015 another major milestone was passed in the rehabilitation to service of Northern Pacific Railway steam locomotive 924. In November 2014, the boiler tubes were removed from the…
The Northwest Railway Museum recently completed the much anticipated Phase 1 exhibit in the Train Shed Exhibit Building. The railroad changed everything is the guiding interpretive theme for the building…
Snoqualmie Railroad Days 2015 included a special celebration, one that occurs just once in an historic structure’s life cycle. Sunday, August 16, 2015 commemorated the 125th birthday of the Snoqualmie Depot. …
Locomotive 924 is a six-coupled, former Northern Pacific locomotive. It is held in the collection of the Northwest Railway Museum and beginning in November 2014 rehabilitation work has been underway. …
A major milestone was achieved on the Northern Pacific Railway steam locomotive 924 last week: substantial completion of the new cistern (tank) for the tender. For more than five months, a replacement tender tank…
Steam trains are returning to the Northwest Railway Museum on July 4 and 5, 2015! The first departure is at 11:30 AM from Snoqualmie. Tickets are $20 for adults, $18…
The City of Snoqualmie recently formed a sister city relationship with Chaclacayo, Peru. As part of the relationship, Snoqualmie is sending surplus firefighting equipment to that community located about 17…
