Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway coach 213 was delivered in 1912. It is one of the last wooden coaches built for service on an American railroad, and was constructed by…
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Sister coach 214 as delivered in 1912. Coach 213 was built for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway by the Barney and Smith Car company more than 100 years ago. …
Coach 213 platform “B” The Northwest Railway Museum has operated an interpretive railway since 1967. Since then, millions of people have ridden the train, and coaches have traveled thousands of…
Substantial completion in 2019 for the 924 is the Northwest Railway Museum’s objective for this year’s Giving Tuesday , an online global charitable giving event. Donations received by the Museum…
Some organization’s details are cast in stone, but some of the Museum’s are cast in ductile iron! There are many details involved in successful historic preservation. For instance, just one…
The Parlor Car is ready to move to the Museum! A Parlor car was an extra-fare car and provided service that would be equivalent to today’s business or first class. …
The main page of Digital Collections. The Northwest Railway Museum recently completed a 4Culture Collection Care (Heritage) grant: Small Object Cataloging. The project proposed to catalog a selection of small…
The Museum’s former Northern Pacific Railway steam locomotive 924 has moved a little closer to operating under its own steam. This year rehabilitation of the locomotive appliances has been completed,…
The Museum’s primary locomotives are Baldwin-built RS4-TC switchers built for the Army Transportation Corp and the Air Force in 1953. Their original cooling systems consisted of a large radiator cooled…
The Northwest Railway Museum interprets the role railroads played in the development and settlement of the Pacific Northwest, but it also provides the public with an opportunity to experience the…
