The 4th Division’s 2024 Spring Meet will be held June 8th, 2024. The Spring Meet will be held at the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, WA.
The schedule will be: 7:30 to 8:30 am – Registration at the North Bend Depot 8:30 to 9:00 am – Train Ride from North Bend to Museum 9:00 to 9:10 am – Gathering Time 9:10 to 10:00 am – Clinics 1 and 2 10:10 to 11:00 am – Clinics 3 and 4 11:10 to 12:00 noon – Clinics 5 and 6 12:00 to 1:00 pm – Lunch and Annual Meeting 1:00 to 1:30 pm – Free Time at the Museum 1:30 to 2:00 pm – Return Train Ride to North Bend 2:00 to 3:00 pm – Travel Time 3:00 to 5:00 pm – Layout Open Houses
Additional information will follow as plans are finalized. Mark your calendar now and plan to attend.
It’s that time of year again. Time to put on your engineer’s hat and work boots and red bandana, and take a ride on a REAL ( prototype scale ) passenger train.
This year we’re heading south, to the beautiful Nisqually River Valley, to ride the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad. Our passenger train is powered by Polson Logging Co. number 70. This 100-year-old steam engine is a 2-8-2 logging locomotive, built by Baldwin and later used by Rayonier timber company on the Olympic peninsula. It’s been beautifully restored, and is ready to begin operations now that the COVID epidemic is past.
Our trip will be on on Saturday May 11th, 2024. We depart the station in Elbe WA at 11:00 am, for a round trip to the logging museum at Mineral WA. The museum is still closed for construction work by the new owners, but we should get views of the railroad equipment stored outside.
Our annual train ride and picnic is put together by the Hi-Railers module group, but is open to all Fourth Division and NMRA members.
On the next page select the “>” arrow to “May 2024”
Select “May 11” and “11:00 am”
The adult ticket price is $37.00 ( or is it $40.00 ? ), with discounts for kids. Sorry, there is no discount for seniors. Don’t forget to select the number of tickets in each age category.
Bring your receipt, either a print-out or on your cell phone, and check in at the ticket office in Elbe. They will issue you an “official” ticket before you board the train.
Join us for a fun steam train ride. And tell ’em John Henry sent you.
