Happy Holidays – Thank you for a great year!
Cascade Rail Foundation thanks you for your support this year. We hope you enjoy the holidays and have a great new year! Daniel Perkins photo taken at Cle Elum in January 1974.
Milwaukee Road Historical Association – Coast Division
Cascade Rail Foundation is pleased to partner with the Milwaukee Road Historical Association (MRHA) to sponsor the Coast Division of MRHA. The new division will allow MRHA to better serve its members and provide Cascade Rail Foundation the opportunity to expand its efforts to promote the history of the Milwaukee…
John Wayne Pioneer Trail – your voice is needed
The John Wayne Pioneer Trail has a broad constituency, including those who value it as a link to the past or as a vital link across Washington for bicycling, hiking, or horseback riding. Despite this support, a large portion of this important public asset was nearly transferred to adjacent private…
Milwaukee Employees Annual Luncheon – October 3, 2015
Our fifth annual Milwaukee Employees Annual Luncheon will be held at Smokey’s BBQ in the Cle Elum depot on Saturday, October 3, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The luncheon menu features barbeque chicken from Smokey’s BBQ. Our intent is to honor former employees of the railroad, recognizing their service…
Fall 2015 Work Parties in South Cle Elum
We have scheduled two weekend work parties in September to continue the work we started in the spring. Our plan is to work on cleaning up the substation and maintaining the vegetation in the rail yard. The first work party is scheduled for Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13.…
Milwaukee Road Historical Association Convention in Yakima
The Milwaukee Road Historical Association annual convention was held in Yakima, WA last weekend. Cascade Rail Foundation was pleased to help host it by arranging the tours and most of the presentations. On Friday, convention attendees visited the east portal of Snoqualmie Tunnel, South Cle Elum, and Kittitas. We spent…
Limited Edition T-shirt Fundraiser!
For two weeks, through Sunday, June 28, we are selling this limited edition t-shirt to establish a fund for South Cle Elum Rail Yard improvements. This new fund would be used for projects too large for Cascade Rail Foundation to pursue with its normal income, but smaller than major capital…
Substation work parties – May 2 and May 9
Please join us the first two Saturdays in May (May 2 and 9) as we work to clean up the interior of the substation in South Cle Elum to prepare for public tours. These work parties will be an excellent opportunity to have full access to the substation interior. Future…
Visit our Archive web site!
You can visit our Archive web site to see Milwaukee Road-related documents and photos in our collections. To go to our site, click here or on the image below. UPDATE: Our Archive web site is back (with a new address) after being derailed by a software update gone wrong. It is…
Milwaukee Road Archive Day – Saturday, February 21, 2015
We’re hosting a special work session for the Cascade Rail Foundation collections of Milwaukee Road material at Pacific Northwest Railroad Archives in Burien, WA on Saturday, February 21, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. We have plenty of things that you can do. From putting documents in folders and…
