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…
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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…
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….
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,…
