Thomas the Tank Engine returned to the Snoqualmie Valley in July, but it wasn’t just any visit. During last year’s pandemic closure, the Northwest Railway Museum made many site improvements…
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Exhibits take lots of time, planning, research and resources to create, the Museum’s new Japanese Railway Workers exhibit is no exception. The process began in 2018 when staff members discussed…
Japanese immigrants to Washington were influential in railway construction, and other industries including forestry. Workers of Japanese ancestry made up the largest ethnic group of workers at the Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Company,…
Successful heritage tourism is an important goal in our local community, and to successfully attract an audience there are many preconditions. However, being able to successfully find and then identify…
Parlor car 1799 was built by Pullman in 1901. After 38 years of service for the Northern Pacific Railway, the car found a second use as a seaside cottage. That…
Northern Pacific Railway steam locomotive 924 was fully rehabilitated and restored over a period of five years. It made its debut on 1 November 2020 with passenger runs from Snoqualmie…
There is coal in the Snoqualmie Valley! “Soon there will be scores of rail cars full of sequestered carbon headed from Snoqualmie to power Seattle, and dozens of new local…
The iconic Station Name Sign on the Snoqualmie Depot has been rehabilitated! The sign was a project managed by T. Little more than 35 years ago to complete the restoration…
The newest exhibit in the Train Shed Exhibit Hall is on loan to the Museum for the next year from the University of Puget Sound. This new exhibit follows the…
The parlor car in 2016 on Whidby Island Parlor car 1799 was built by Pullman in 1901 and is typical of an extra fare day service car of the era. …
