Showing posts with label Memorial Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Memorial Day. Show all posts

Monday, May 25, 2015

A final train excursion

On Memorial Day , everyone here at the Northwest Railway Museum honors, remembers and respects all those who lives were given in the service of our Nation.  This Memorial Day, the Northwest Railway Museum had the honor of providing a last train excursion for the memory of Marine LCPL Adam James White (ret.), who passed February 14, 2015. 

LCPL AJ White spent his senior year of high school in the Puget Sound area, and graduated from Skyline High School in Sammamish.  AJ enlisted with the Marine Corps in 2008 and received a medical discharge in 2011 as a result of injuries sustained in Iraq. He passed suddenly on Feb 14, 2015 leaving his wife Jessica and 3 small children, Addison, Mackenzie and Camden.

AJ's grandfather was a railway conductor who instilled a love of trains in him.  He received a military funeral at Marion National Cemetery in Indiana, and during the service, family and friends heard a train whistle blow in the distance. His aunt Rebecca McCauley appreciated that the Museum was operating Memorial Day trains and wanted to honor AJ with a Memorial Day train ride.  She arranged for a photo montage of the Marine to be placed in the window of Spokane, Portland and Seattle Coach 218.  That 1912-built coach carried the memory of LCPL White and traveled to and from Snoqualmie Falls on the last train of the day, Monday, May 25, 2015. 

Marine, thank you for your service to a grateful Nation. To LCPL AJ White's family, our sincere condolences for your loss.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Salute!

In honor of Memorial Day, the Northwest Railway Museum is offering reduced fare train rides for members of the military: active duty, guard, reserve, retired, and their dependent families. See the splendid scenery of the Cascade Foothills through the windows of a vintage railcar.

Your current military id and $5 are all you need for a ride on the Museum’s train Saturday, May 26 – Monday, May 28, 2012.

What a great deal, and fun for the whole family, too. All are welcome of course. Check the schedule on www.trainmuseum.org. The first train departs the Snoqualmie Depot at 11:01 AM and the North Bend Depot at 11:31 AM.

Show your current military id at the ticket window of either the Snoqualmie or North Bend Depots. The Ticket Agent will issue a special ticket to you for only $5.