Santa Train 2023 is now a memory, but what memories! The Northwest Railway Museum has hosted Santa Train since 1969, and today it is actually two separate and distinct experiences….
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The Halloween Storytelling Train is an engaging family outing, but it also represents an annual gathering for the Hodgins Family to visit chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace and remember…
The Grand Tour Package is the premier tour offered at the Northwest Railway Museum. It is a docent-led experience that begins at the Snoqualmie Depot in historic downtown Snoqualmie. Your docent will…
Last week Spike’s blog post highlighted the completed pews being installed in chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace. This project included the process of thoroughly documenting the original railroad car…
The odor of the day was . . . ethanol, which was used to dissolve shellac flake. Specifically, a 2.5 pound cut, which is 2.5 pounds gossamer shellac flake per…
Chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace is a signature exhibit in the Museum’s Train Shed exhibit hall. Constructed in 1898 by the Barney and Smith Car Company, the Messenger of…
Sign on the Northern Pacific bunk car. New exhibit panels have been installed on or near eight objects in the Train Shed Exhibit Building. The panels were developed and purchased…
Chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace has continued to receive a variety of restorative efforts, and beginning last summer lettering was added. Original lettering was gold leaf applied in a…
Chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace has been an exhibit in the Train Shed for several years now. However only with this year’s opening of the Railway Education Center has…
The Messenger of Peace is the fifth chapel car built for the American Baptist Publication Society, and is now the centerpiece exhibit inside the Train Shed exhibit building at the…
