Wanted: Young women, 18 to 30 years of age, of good moral character, attractive and intelligent , as waitresses in the Harvey Eating Houses on the Santa Fe Railway in…
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Santa comes in many different faces but it takes a special person to be a real Santa. Here at the Northwest Railway Museum we are proud to have had a…
At the Northwest Railway Museum, care for the entire artifact is essential to its long term survival. Many artifacts are 100 years or more of age and have remained outside…
Santa Train® riders have been singing along with Mr. Bells for six years now. Looking jaunty in his train cap decorated with giant jingle bells, Dick S. leads carols aboard…
Somewhere In Time Unlimited is a Seattle-based society that sponsors social events for people to dress in vintage clothing. There are several formal events per year and dozens of informal…
The Railway Kitchen Car, that is. In October, Museum volunteers fire up the coal stove in the army ambulance kitchen car and begin baking the 25,000+ cookies given to Santa…
The season is upon us and once again, the volunteers of the Northwest Railway Museum, under the direction of Sue S. and Joyce C., have transformed the Snoqualmie Depot. Old…
Today is the first day of Santa Train, the Museum’s grand holiday tradition that first ran in 1969 right here in Snoqualmie. 40 years of Santa Train has brought many…
The Northwest Railway Museum is a community resource. It could not offer great programs or even exist were it not for awesome levels of community support. And what is community…
In the days leading up to the worst natural disaster in Washington’s history, it snowed as much as one foot per hour. Telegraph lines were down and two trains –…
