Our newest exhibit highlights the man who pushed for a transcontinental railroad earlier than most, Asa Whitney. The exhibit text was prepared by Dael Norwood, professor at University of Delaware…
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When first walking into the Train Shed, guests are immediately confronted by a ginormous locomotive, looking more like a yellow wall than a locomotive. This is Weyerhaeuser’s White River Branch…
Get your costumes ready to hop aboard the train this October. Every weekend starting October 12th through October 27th will be Halloween Train! Halloween Train is our normal 2-hour round-trip…
The Northwest Railway Museum is pleased to announce the planned reopening of the Train Shed Exhibit Hall. The Train Shed will reopen on Friday, September 11th at 11 am, and is located…
There are many elements required to create a successful exhibit space, but few are more impactful than lighting. When the Museum’s Train Shed exhibit and collection storage building was built,…
Western Washington has weather patterns seldom understood outside of the region. Summers are dominated by beautiful weather, are usually drier than New York city, and have low humidity. However, winter…
Yes, a real caboose. White River Lumber Company 001. It was built at Enumclaw in 1945 and restored to its original appearance here at the Northwest Railway Museum by Dale…
Panels with car 523. This spring, the Train Shed Exhibit Building features several new exhibits, including Connecting Communities: Story of the Puget Sound Electric Railway. Using the recent acquisition of…
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 Northwest Railway Museum recently completed and installed the Train Shed Tour Package Enhancement. This project, installed in time for the regular train season to kick off on April 2,…
