Steamy Season and Railroad Days Festival in Snoqualmie at the NW Railway Museum

Peggy Barchi, Marketing/Events Manager

Snoqualmie Railroad Days – August 19, 20, 21, 2016

Northwest Railway Museum Snoqualmie Depot 125th anniversary celebration

It’s “steamy” again in Snoqualmie – steam train season, that is! Guests can step back in time to experience firsthand what Edwardian era train travel was like in the Pacific Northwest at the Northwest Railway Museum. The steam train will be running every weekend through Labor Day on September 5. Just as those early steam trains did in the 1890s, the steam train rides include a trip to view Snoqualmie Falls – from opposite the usual viewing side. New for 2016 – most steam train excursions include a stop at the Train Shed Exhibit Building to view more of the collection “up close and personal”!

The 78^th Snoqualmie Railroad Days festival showcases Snoqualmie’s “Trains, Timber, Traditions” on August 19, 20, and 21, 2016! Join the fun with a ride on a steam train as the Santa Cruz and Portland Cement locomotive 2 pulls the trains during the Railroad Days festival. Railroad Days highlights the uniqueness of Snoqualmie’s past, present & future!

Santa Cruz and Portland Cement steam locomotive 2 in front of the Snoqualmie Depot at the Northwest Railway Museum

Begun as a fundraiser by volunteer firemen and their wives in 1938, the popular community event is still going strong. Produced today by the Northwest Railway Museum, the festival promotes small town spirit and the uniqueness of Snoqualmie with family fun in mind. Snoqualmie Railroad Days is celebrated in and around the Snoqualmie Depot and historic downtown Snoqualmie.

The festival includes: a pancake breakfast put on by Fire Department volunteers, live entertainment, beer and wine gardens, yummy festival food, a Grand Parade, arts and crafts vendors, a Children’s Field of Fun and wagon rides. Add train rides, model trains, timbersports shows, History Comes Alive, Artists-in-Action, and the Legends Classic Car show and you know it’s going to be a fun weekend. Visit www.railroaddays.com for up-to-date information about the festival.

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.

Steamin’ with Stathi on Santa Cruz and Portland 2 at the Northwest Railway Museum!