2018 Santa Train is now on sale: click here. Trains run weekends November 24 through December 16. The first Santa Train® leaves North Bend at 9am Trains depart every hour; the last trip leaves at 3 p.m. There is a special sensory needs train available on Sunday, November 25 (9am and 12pm). Victorian Santa Train will be Friday, December 14 with a Victorian Father Christmas dressed Santa Claus.

Santa Train is the Museum's most popular seasonal program, a Northwest tradition since 1969.  This year over 11,000 guests are expected to participate in this two-hour event. Guests board the Museum's railway at the North Bend Depot for a 20 minute, 3.5-mile trip to Snoqualmie.  Once in Snoqualmie, they enter the restored and seasonally decorated 1890-built Snoqualmie Depot for a visit with Santa Claus.  Children receive a small gift from Santa.  Participants step on to the Museum's restored railway kitchen car for refreshments where they have a cookies and choice of hot cocoa or coffee.  There is a little bit of time to visit local shops and attractions before boarding the Snoqualmie Valley Railroad for the return trip to North Bend.

If you have a membership in the Northwest Railway Museum, you will receive written notification of ticket availability and the members only discount earlier in the summer. Members may purchase tickets through the web site and receive their discount by using the  password that was mailed to them.

When you buy tickets online, Will Call is automatically selected for your purchase. Your tickets will be mailed to you about a week after purchase. If you buy your tickets within two weeks of the event, your tickets will be held in Will Call and available to pick up on the day of the event at the North Bend Depot.

Santa Train 2018 tickets are $27 per person. Trains will run November 24 & 25, December 1 & 2, December 8 & 9 and December 14-16. The first Santa Train® leaves North Bend at 9am Trains depart every hour; the last trip leaves at 3 p.m.  There is a special sensory needs train available on Sunday, November 25 (9am and 12pm). Victorian Santa Train will be Friday, December 14 with a Victorian Father Christmas dressed Santa Claus.

When you buy tickets online, Will Call is automatically selected for your purchase. Your tickets will be mailed to you about a week after purchase. If you buy your tickets within two weeks of the event, your tickets will be held in Will Call and available to pick up on the day of the event at the North Bend Depot.

If you wish to attempt purchase of tickets on the day of the event, tickets are subject to availability and you must do so at the North Bend Depot. Please do not count on tickets being available on the day of the event.  Since 1995, every train has been sold out well in advance.

Members receive advance notification about ticket sales.  Members also receive many benefits including free tickets to ride the Snoqualmie Valley Railroad during the regular season, discounts in the Depot Bookstore, and a newsletter. Click here to learn more!

Refund Policy: If the train runs, there are no refunds. If the Northwest Railway Museum cannot run the train because of circumstances beyond the control of the Northwest Railway Museum such as flood or fire, the ticket price will be refunded to the original purchaser. Please note that the Museum ran every train during the winter storms in December 2007.

The City of North Bend has several public parking lots. Please use these public lots. Please be courteous of local businesses on North Bend Way as parking is at a premium.

Everyone boards the train at North Bend. Ride the train to Snoqualmie, come into the depot, visit with Santa, go through the Kitchen Car for refreshments then re-board the train and return to North Bend. A typical round trip is around 2 hours.

Sorry, but no. If you want to sit with your friends, you all need to be at the North Bend Depot in time to get in line together. We suggest you arrive at the North Bend Depot at least 30 minutes before your scheduled train. This should give you enough time to find a place to park your car, visit the restrooms (there are NO restrooms on the train) and to find your friends so you can sit together on the train.

2018 Santa Train® online tickets are onsale now - click link for sales page.  In-person sales at the Snoqualmie Depot Bookstore begin in September. Members receive a discount. Payment for online sales may be made by Visa, MasterCard and American Express only. 

When you buy tickets online, Will Call is automatically selected for your purchase. Your tickets will be mailed to you about a week after purchase. If you buy your tickets within two weeks of the event, your tickets will be held in Will Call and available to pick up on the day of the event at the North Bend Depot.

Sorry, orders cannot be received by phone.

Tickets cost $27.00 each, for everyone two years old and older. Members who purchase tickets are entitled to a special member's price. When you buy your tickets, you must specify what day-date and what time you want to ride.

Yes. Every participant aged two (2) years and older requires a ticket.

There are no group rates for Santa Train® however there is a small discount if you wish to purchase an entire train. Please contact the info@trainmuseum.org for more information.  Everyone two years and older is required to have a ticket.

Tickets can be exchanged - subject to availability - for a fee of $15. The fee defrays the cost of resetting the ticket database and issuing new tickets. Email info@trainmuseum.org with your name, confirmation number, current ticket date and time, amount of tickets and date you wish to exchange them for. Exchanges are available only for train times still available, exchanges can not be made for sold out train times.

No. The membership ticket vouchers are “Not Valid for Santa Train®”

If the train runs, there are no refunds. If the Northwest Railway Museum cannot run the train because of circumstances beyond the control of the Northwest Railway Museum such as flood or fire, the ticket price will be refunded to the original purchaser. Please note that the Museum ran every train during the winter storms in December 2007.