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Monday, March 13, 2023

Arsenic and Old Books

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The NRM's collection of possibly poisonous books.      In 1820 Archibald Leighton, a bookbinder, and William Pickering, a book publisher...
Monday, February 20, 2023

Amtrak Cascades Talgo series VI trains

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In 1996, the Washington State Legislature appropriated $20 million for the lease-purchase of two trainsets by the Washington State Departmen...
Friday, February 10, 2023

Rotary Snowplow on Snoqualmie Pass

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Steam rotary snowplow crew, C.M. & St. Paul Rwy, 1916, Northwest Railway Museum collection. The Cascades are noteworthy for heavy snow. ...
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Sunday, December 25, 2022

Season's Greetings

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  The Staff of the Northwest Railway Museum wish all our volunteers, trustees, supporters, patrons, and guests and safe and happy holiday se...
Monday, September 12, 2022

Pettibone Speedswing

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(Click image to see larger  version) Pettibone invented the "do it all" rail crane. The Northwest Railway Museum first adopted a P...
Friday, August 19, 2022

Celebrating Snoqualmie since 1939

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Snoqualmie Days (formerly known as Snoqualmie Railroad Days and Snoqualmie Firemen's Festival) is the annual celebration of the Snoqua...
Friday, July 29, 2022

Thomas the Tank Engine thrills thousands

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Thomas the Tank Engine  arrives at the Railway History Center It has been a full 20 years since Thomas the Tank Engine first visited the Nor...
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