Clerestory windows are a distinguishing feature of early 20th Century coaches. Obviously, these windows let light in but their primary function was – and is – to provide ventilation in an…
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The chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace achieved substantial completion in April. This 1898-built mobile church has been under rehabilitation in the Museum’s Conservation and Restoration Center (“CRC”) beginning in…
In March Spike reported on the acquisition of an organ for the chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace. In April, Brian Tate and Wes Spore offered to rehabilitate the “new”…
Coach 218 was built in 1912 and is now being prepared for its second century of service. Historic rehabilitation of this former Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway coach has been…
Well, not quite, but at a price that felt like a donation! “One (1) Estey reed organ, cottage or schoolhouse model, mahogany, circa 1885. Fully functional but missing one knob. …
“We’ve been working on the railroad” and there is another new highway crossing to show for! Railroad crossings represent one of the bigger funding challenges for the Northwest Railway Museum. …
In December, Spike reported here on the disposition of an object removed from the collection. A small steam crane was moved to Ballard where it will become part of a…
Thank you to all our Volunteers, Donors, Trustees, Supporters, Members, Benefactors, and Patrons for a wonderful and successful 2012. A railway museum is about more than just the excitement of…
Chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace has wheels again! Messenger of Peace was married with a pair of passenger car trucks in a lengthy ceremony held on the much-coveted 12…
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something . . . carbon black! Later this month inside the Conservation and Restoration Center, the chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace will be…
