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A railroad museum with a collection of historic depots along a 5.5 mi heritage railway that offers locomotive rides on weekends. The railway was built in 1889 by the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway (SLS&E) in an attempt to build over Snoqualmie Pass, in response to the Northern Pacific selecting Tacoma instead of Seattle as their western terminus.
The Northwest Railway Museum (NRM) is a railroad museum in Snoqualmie, King County, Washington. It consists of a heritage railway, historic depot, exhibit hall, archive center and a two track shop dedicated to restoring railroad equipment. The museum serves more than 130,000 visitors per year.
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Built in 1890, this uniquely designed depot chiefly served as the gateway to this early recreation area, but also to transport local products to the markets of Seattle. Its atypical design was the result of this need for a rural combined freight-passenger depot, with lavish decorations to reflect the holiday spirit of vacationers from Seattle. Today, in addition to serving the heritage line, it also houses exhibits on early settler life and construction of the railway, as well as a gift shop.
Railroad Park
Get a sense of how productive the timber harvesting used to be with this old-growth Douglas fir log beneath a preserved Weyerhaeuser Mill building. A tree-lined walking path links the pavilion through the park to the Railway Museum.
This hydroelectric power plant, built in 1899, is the first hydroelectric power plant in the world built entirely underground. Exhibits are housed inside a historic carpenter shop and train depot.
Several clifftop viewpoints of the waterfall and lodge. Closest deck is 200 ft from parking via a wheelchair accessible walkway.