Cascade Rail Foundation and the Coast Division of the Milwaukee Road Historical Association are sponsoring a free event on Saturday, October 27. We will have several presentations about the history of the Milwaukee Road. This is a great opportunity to socialize with others interested in the history of the railroad. All are…
Tale a walk through the history of the South Cle Elum Rail Yard with us! State Parks interpretive staff and Cascade Rail Foundation volunteers will be offering informal guided walks through the South Cle Elum Rail Yard on Saturday, October 6 from noon to 4 p.m. We’ll also have the…
Our eighth annual Milwaukee Employees Annual Luncheon (M.E.A.L.) will be held at the Iron Horse B&B in South Cle Elum on Saturday, October 6, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The luncheon will be catered by the Iron Horse B&B. The intent of this event is to honor former employees of the railroad, recognizing…
Railroad History Presentation Join us for a railroad history presentation by Bruce Butler at the Rosalia Community Center (located at 106 W. 7th Street, just off Whitman next to the grocery) on Saturday, October 6 at 1 p.m. Mr. Butler grew up in Pullman and has witnessed and photographed trains in…
Sunday, July 22 is your chance to take a bicycle tour on the former Milwaukee Road through Snoqualmie Tunnel and downhill to Cedar Falls near North Bend with fellow Milwaukee Road fans and railroad history enthusiasts. Bicycles (and headlights!) will be provided as part of the tour. This tour is…
Dale Jones, author of the recently published book “The Milwaukee Connection Spokane to Butte”, will be at Page 2 Books in Burien, WA on Saturday, July 21 at 1:30 PM to talk to fellow rail enthusiasts and sign copies of his books.
The giant Milwaukee Road substation next to the South Cle Elum depot is usually closed to the public, but we’ll be giving guided tours again this summer. Tours will be available Saturday, June 16 and Saturday, July 14 between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. We also will open the substation for…
We’re very pleased to share another video by Charlie Conway! Charlie is a Contributing Editor for Model Railroader Video Plus (MRVP), Kalmbach Publishing Company’s subscription video website. In this video, you get to see some of our fantastic volunteer gandy dancers building a track panel. Gandy dancer is a slang term…
We will be having a small work party in the rail yard on May 19, working on vegetation maintenance. If you can join the party on Saturday, please send us a message through the ‘contact’ page of our website. We are also having a work party on Saturday, May 26.…
We will be having a work party on Saturday, May 26 at the South Cle Elum Rail Yard, from 10 am to 3 pm. The main focus will be laying track, though we may continue our work to maintain the vegetation in the rail yard also. If you can join…
