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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
You can visit our Archive website to view Milwaukee Road-related documents and photos from our collections. To go to our site, click here or on the image below. UPDATE: Our Archive website is back (with a new address) after being derailed by a software update gone wrong. It is…
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…
The March Milwaukee Road Meet (formerly the “Milwaukee Kent Meet”) is a gathering for slides, movies and discussion and socializing. All are welcome! As in the past, this is a free event. Bring your photos, artifacts, models, memorabilia and other items for display. Cascade Rail Foundation is pleased…
Happy holidays everyone! We wish you a healthy and prosperous 2015!
Engineer Gene Lawson made his final departure on Friday, November 21. He was 87. Gene is survived by his wife Vera, three children, and five grandchildren. Gene came from a Milwaukee Road family. His father Lloyd and mother Blanche met while they were both working for the railroad to…
