We arrived at our tour and lunch stop and all detrained.
We detrained as to our ticket color so we would be in the correct group and joined that group for our tour. Only a few of our passenger blew that. My group was first into the Restoration Shop.
The view of our train here.
Each group would follow each other into the Restoration Shop then over to the Train Shed.
This is Chapel Car 5 "Messenger of Peace" of the American Baptist Publication Society built by Barney and Smith in 1898 and served the Baptist Publication Society, Baptist Home Mission Society and the Railroad YMCA for fifty years. It was a feature exhibit at the Louisianna Purchase World Exposition in St. Louis from April 30 - December 1, 1904 and operated in at least 11 states and traveled extensively in the Pacific Northwest. After retirement, it was used in several creative ways from 1948 until 2006 including as a roadside diner and a seaside cottage. In 2007, it was donated and moved to the Northwest Railway Museum.
The lettering on Chapel Car 5.
This car has been undergoing restoration.
Inside the Restoration Shop.
Burlington Northern outside-braced box car 950289, nee Northern Pacific 28417, built by Pullman-Standard in 1944.
Northern Pacific outside-braced box car 28417 built by Pullman in 1944.
Northern Pacific outside-braced box car 14794 built by the railway in 1932.
Great Northern wooden caboose X-101 built by the railway in 1892, rebuilt in 1909 and retired in 1935. It was acquired by retiring conductor Ed Shields of Great Falls until the 1970's, then was owned by Mr. Jack Hoover of Belt, Montana (near Great Falls) from the early 1970's until his passing in 2010, when his daughter, Christina Hoover Blackwell, donated this valuable historical artifact to the Northwest Railway Museum.
White River Lumber Company caboose 001 built by the company in 1945 at Enumclaw, Washington and was a gift from Weyerhauser in 1973.
Spokane, Portland and Seattle coach 272 built by Barney and Smith in 1915 and later converted to a combine. It was acquired from the Burlington Northern in 1977 and was the car that Elizabeth and I rode in today.
Our train at rest at the shop area.
More equipment outside.
Former Weyerhaeuser H-12-44 1.
After a catered lunch, not a barbecue as stated in the convention booklet, it was time to return to Snoqualmie and we were the first ones back aboard and we returned to our favorite comfy chairs.
Elizabeth in her comfy chair.
We departed the Shop Area after everyone boarded.
The train returned to Snoqualmie which was rather a quick trip and I detrained for one more picture.
Our train at rest back in Snoqualmie. It had been a great visit and train ride to the Northwest Railway Museum. But, we were not finished yet as we returned to the car and drove down to where the other steam engines are kept.
Western Steel Casting 35 ton switcher 7587, nee United States Army 7587 built by Plymouth in 1943. It was donated to the museum in 1985. Over seven and a half thousand locomotives were built in Plymouth starting in 1910 under the J. D. Fate Co., then in 1919 as Fate-Root-Heath and, finally, Plymouth Locomotive Works in the late 1950's. Generally under 25 ton gasoline burners designed for industrial use, the last engine came off the factory line in 1999.
S.A. Agnew Lumber 3-truck Shay 1, nee Newhouse Mines and Smelter Company 1 built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1904, where it hauled copper ore from the Cactus Mine on the Newhouse, Copper Gulch & Sevier Lake Railroad in Utah. When the mine played out after ten years, the locomotive was sold, first to Cramer Kay Machinery Company of Salt Lake City, then to the Eastern Railway & Lumber Company in Centralia, Washington for the hauling of logs.
In 1942, the name was changed to the S.A. Agnew Lumber Company where it continued to haul logs until the railway was abandoned in 1951. It last operated in 1951 and in 1964, was gifted to the museum by the company and was stored at a sawmill until it was donated and moved to the Northwest Railway Museum in 1969. It is the second-oldest surviving three-truck Shay.
Spokane, Portland and Seattle 75 ton wrecking crane X5 built by Industrial Works in 1908. It was powered by a two-cylinder steam engine and used two lifting cables. The steam was provided by an oil fired vertical boiler and the crane was capable of swinging 360 degrees (but would have to be stabilized in order to work within this arc).
X-5 was based in Vancouver, Washington and was sold to the Purdy Company in Chehalis in 1972. The Puget Sound Railway Historical Association then bought it the same year.
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company 2-6-6-2 6, nee Mud Bay Logging Company 8 built by Baldwin in 1928. It worked near Olympia, Washington and later at Klamath Falls, Oregon, where it was the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company 6 from 1941 to 1962). After its retirement, the engine was placed on display in Klamath Falls before coming to the Northwest Railway Museum and was gifted in 1965 by Weyerhaeuser Timber Company. It last operated in 1974 at the museum.
It was sold in 2016 to the Black Hills Central Railroad in South Dakota where it was re-numbered 108 and is a sister to their 110.
Ohio Match Company Heisler 4 built by Heisler in 1923 and used on their logging operations near Hayden Lake, Idaho. Known as the Burnt Cabin Railroad, this 25 mile logging railroad ran eastward from Garwood, past the north end of Hayden Lake, ending at the Burnt Cabin drainage. The engine was later sold to the National Pole and Treating Company for their lumber treating plant near Spokane and was re-numbered 2. NPT's name was changed to Minnesota & Ontario Paper Company in 1940. The steam engine last operated in 1958 and in 1967, the locomotive was purchased by the Northwest Railway Museum.
Northern Pacific 0-6-0 924, nee St. Paul and Duluth Railway 74 built by Rogers in 1899. After the railway was taken over by the Northern Pacific Railway in 1900, the locomotive became 924 and was used in general switching of freight and passenger cars. Retired in 1925, the engine was sold to the Inland Empire Paper Company of Millwood, Washington and was used to switch at their paper mill. In 1969 the company donated the engine to the museum and it is the sole surviving class L-5 0-6-0.
Canadian Colleries 4-6-0 14, built by Baldwin in 1898 and spent its life working on Vancouver Island, hauling coal from mines on the island to a giant coal dock at the deepwater port of Union Bay on the east coast. In 1910, Canadian Collieries bought out the Union Collieries of British Columbia, owner of the mines, along with the railroad that served them, including 14 and another locomotive, 17.In 1960, both locomotives were sold to the Puget Sound Railway Historical Association, which later became the Northwest Railway Museum.
Oregon Short Line 2-8-0 529, ex. Union Pacific 529 1915, nee Oregon Short Line 969 built by Baldwin in 1903. It was retired in 1965 and was gifted to the museum by Edward Hines Lumber Company the same year.
The two of us returned to the car but made one more brief stop.
Northern Pacific rotary snow plough 10 built by Cooke in 1907; it spent most of its working life clearing snow on Northern Pacific's Stampede Pass in the Cascade Mountains. It was built as a coal burner, the plow was converted to burn oil in 1947, and the original wood body was replaced by a steel body some time later. 10 was donated to the museum by the Northern Pacific in 1968.
That ends my coverage of the Northwest Railway Museum.
The Trip back to LynnwoodWe drove over to see Snoqualmie Falls.
Views of Snoqualmie Falls, a 268 foot waterfall on the Snoqualmie River. Several thousand years ago, when the glaciers receded, they left a fertile plain near Snoqualmie Falls. When Native Americans arrived, they found a bounty of edible bulbs, roots and berries on the prairie. Deer and mountain goats were plentiful. Though there were no salmon above the falls, the upper Snoqualmie River became a seasonal rendezvous and meeting place as trade among native peoples increased. The Snoqualmie Tribe (a subgroup of the Coast Salish) established a camp at the base of Mount Si. They also established villages at Fall City and Tolt (Carnation).
From here we drove to Remlinger Farms in Carnation.
The former Milwaukee Road trestle, now a bicycle and hiking trail along the west side of the farm property. Since Elizabeth had never been here or ridden the train at Remlinger Farms, we acquired our wrist bands and walked out to the railroad's Tolt station.
4-4-0 1 "Hank" built by Crown Metal Works in 1964 and originally operated at Idle Wild Park in Maryland. The other locomotive, 2, "Floyd" built by Crown Metal Works in 1966, was handling the train duties today.
The train came by our photo location. We relocated to the Tolt Station.
The train pulled into the station and once the passengers were off, we boarded and had a nice chat with our engineer.
Elizabeth and Hank, the steam engine.
The old Milwaukee Road bridge. We enjoyed our trip on the Tolt Railroad.
One more view of "Floyd.: From here we left and headed back towards Lynnwood but as we passed through Duvall, I spotted a historic train depot sign so we turned left and went down the hill.
The Milwaukee Road depot in Duvall built in 1912.
The plaque on the depot. Elizabeth then took us to Country Village in Bothell, a unique shopping area.
Spokane, Portland and Seattle wooden caboose 793 Sweet Hummingbird Lane built by the railroad in 1923.
Burlington Northern coach 1212, nee Great Northern coach 1212 built by American Car and Foundry in 1951. It was part of Andy's Diner in Tukwila before moving to Bothell and housing Clay Works East. It was acquired by the Peninsular Railway & Lumberman's Museum in Shelton upon the closure of the shopping centre in 2019.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy coach 344 "Silver Spur" built by Budd Company in 1937. In 2014, it was acquired by the Red Caboose Getaway in Sequim.
The door of the coach.
Great Northern wooden caboose X549 built by the railroad in 1923 and was moved to Tenino, Washington upon the closure of Country Village in 2019.
We returned to the house in Lynnwood where I started to work on the story, completed part one and called Winston to proof it, after which Bob, Elizabeth and I went to Arnie's Restaurant in Mukilteo.
Arnie's Restaurant was 30 years old. I enjoyed a Prime Rib with the BNSF former Great Northern mainline outside the window and after our meal, here came a ten-hour late westbound Empire Builder.
The westbound Empire Builder with Amtrak P42 156, one of the 40th Anniversary heritage units, on the point.
Amtrak Cascades 516 came through next. After dinner we returned home and I worked on the story before calling it night.
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