One of the great challenges facing history museums around the world is the size of their collections. Many institutions have amassed collections that cannot be cared for with available resources….
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It may be Halloween, but things will no longer go bump in the night when using several newly repaired crossings. The Northwest Railway Museum has 13 public crossings at…
Imagine you and your family aboard a vintage train with the scenic Cascade foothills outside your antique coach window. As you journey from North Bend to Snoqualmie, you hear the…
Thanks to dozens of donors and local corporate sponsors, the Bad to Beautiful initiative has been successfully completed! The Museum participated in the Seattle Foundation’s Give BIG event last…
Every year in September, United Way of King County organizes Day of Caring where thousands of volunteers all take the day off from work and volunteer in their community. United…
A distinguishing feature of many 19th Century railroad cars is an open platform or vestibule on one or both ends. For chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace, this platform was…
Snoqualmie Railroad Days 2012 was held August 17 – 19 in historic downtown Snoqualmie. More than 11,000 visitors enjoyed live music, an art show, the grand parade, lots of trains,…
August 2012 was the debut of the first-ever Northwest RailCamp. Designed for youth, the intensive rail-oriented program was a week of operations, history, collections care, and fun. The Northwest…
Documenting an historic structure is an essential element in any rehabilitation, and is a concomitant of the Secretary of the Interior Standards for the Treatment of Historic Structures. This allows…
Thomas the Tank Engine is visiting Snoqualmie and the Northwest Railway Museum for the 12thannual Day Out With Thomas event. The first three days of the six-day event have concluded and…
