Documenting an historic structure is an essential element in any rehabilitation, and is a concomitant of the Secretary of the Interior Standards for the Treatment of Historic Structures. This allows…
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Thomas the Tank Engine is visiting Snoqualmie and the Northwest Railway Museum for the 12thannual Day Out With Thomas event. The first three days of the six-day event have concluded and…
The roof on a century-old railcar is more than just something to keep the rain out; it is a distinguishing feature. On chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace, the roof…
Let there be light, and some fresh air too! One of the distinguishing features of most traditional clerestory-roofed railroad cars is the clerestory window. Designed to provide both light and…
Part 1 was published on February 27 and described a business card for H. J. Geisler’s tasting room that was discovered hidden in the roof structure of chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace. …
Rehabilitation of a landmark property invites many opportunities to learn from the object. The chapel car rehabilitation is no exception – the structure has been largely untouched since it was…
Chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace was built with a full complement of pews. Unfortunately changes in use and 113 years of history resulted in the loss of all the…
Chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace has been undergoing rehabilitation for over 9 months. A full-time crew of carpenters and other preservation specialists has been reversing the effects of 112…
Milestones. Sometimes we celebrate them with great fanfare. Sometimes with quiet delight. For the Museum, both kinds of milestones happened one day recently. THE FANFARE Train whistles. Trumpets. Remarks…
Chapel car 5 rehabilitation continues in the Conservation and Restoration Center and with a recent delay in the arrival of heavy timbers work shifted to another important element: windows….
