Coach 218 will be 102 years old this summer. This Barney and Smith coach is one of the last wood coaches built for service on an American railroad. It served the…
Wall paneling is cut and fit inside coach 218. Veneers have at least nine coats of shellac. Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway coach 218 has been undergoing rehabilitation and restoration…
The Museum’s “new” Northfield model 4 Many skilled professionals will agree: having the right tool for the task is worth at least half the effort. And so it applies to…
Coach 218 pauses outside the Train Shed prior to being switched onto the train. The first passengers since the 1940s and the first five-coach train since 1988! On July 13, 2013,…
The chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace achieved substantial completion in April. This 1898-built mobile church has been under rehabilitation in the Museum’s Conservation and Restoration Center (“CRC”) beginning…
Well, not quite, but at a price that felt like a donation! A “new” Estey organ arrived at the Conservation and Restoration Center on a warm March 27, 2013. “One…
Messenge of Peace trucks and car body married again! Chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace has wheels again! Messenger of Peace was married with a pair of passenger car…
6 wheel wood, steel reinforced passenger truck Something old, something new, something borrowed, something . . . carbon black! Later this month inside the Conservation and Restoration Center, the chapel…
The chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace’s rehabilitation has begun in earnest. The Museum has been fundraising for this long-planned project for over three years. On January 31, 2011 a…
Fall 2010 was an eventful season inside the Museum’s Conservation and Restoration Center. The center of attention has been a first generation diesel-electric locomotive with ties to the local forest…