Heavy things are about to move at the Northwest Railway Museum! Successful museums constantly work to improve the representation of their collections and how it serves their mission. An art…
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Pullman builder’s photo, courtesy of theCalifornia State Railroad Museum library. Parlor car 1799 is a Pullman Company product constructed almost entirely of wood, and completed in 1901. The car was…
Snoqualmie’s original fire truck On August 28 and 29, 2021, Snoqualmie Railroad Days made a triumphant return to the live event scene. Despite the lingering effects of a global pandemic,…
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…
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…
