Peggy Barchi, Marketing/Events Manager

With a call of “All aboard!” Northwest Railway Museum visitors can step back in time and experience rail travel as it used to be aboard historic railway cars.

Steamed up and ready to go at the Northwest Railway Museum

Steamed up and ready to go at the Northwest Railway Museum

This year the Northwest Railway Museum is offering more than just a train ride experience to its visitors and railfans. For the first time, nearly all of the weekend train excursions will include a stop to see the incredible train collection in the Train Shed Exhibit building (exceptions are on big event weekends when extra trains and/or cars will be running.) This gives guests the opportunity to learn more about the history of how the “Railway Changed Everything” with a particular look at railroading in the Snoqualmie Valley and the Pacific Northwest. Docent-led premier tours are also offered on the first and third Saturdays of each month which include a tour of the historic Snoqualmie Depot, a longer tour of the Train Shed and a visit to the Conservation and Restoration Center to see firsthand the latest work being done on some of the Museum’s rolling stock!

Round-trip excursions are two hours long and train season begins on Saturday, April 2. Train season runs on Saturdays and Sundays through October (exceptions are during Day Out With Thomas weekends in July).

Northwest Railway Museum depot celebration, 2015

Northwest Railway Museum depot celebration, 2015

The Northwest Railway Museum offers scenic rides through the Cascade Foothills to the top of Snoqualmie Falls. Visitors explore train cars, exhibits, and a Victorian-era depot while following in the footsteps of more than 1 million travelers who have passed through its doors since 1890. They also experience travel before the age of Interstate highways while seeing, riding and feeling the excitement of a working railroad with all of its bells and whistles. Passengers board the train in Snoqualmie, 38625 SE King Street, beginning at 11:00 AM, or in North Bend, 205 E. McClellan Street beginning at 11:30 AM. Admission is: $10 children, $16 seniors, $18 adults, under 2 ride free. Steam Train excursions will run on some special event weekends and during the summer months.

For online tickets and general information click on the museum website at http://www.trainmuseum.org, e-mail at info@trainmuseum.org or call the museum at 425-888-3030. I can also be contacted at ext. 7203 or peggy@trainmuseum.org.