Our fourth annual Milwaukee Employees Annual Luncheon will be held at Smokey’s BBQ in the Cle Elum depot on Saturday, October 4, 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 need a few volunteers to participate in a work party at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, CA during the week of June 9-14. This work party will finish preparing the 5057 for movement to the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad shop in Usk, WA this summer. The…
An anonymous donor has stepped forward with a matching challenge donation. The donor will match the the next $1,000 dollars we raise with a $500 matching donation. The donor’s donation is eligible for an employer matching donation, effectively making this a $1,000 matching donation. In other words, if you donate…
We’re having our annual rail yard work party on Saturday, May 3rd from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. We’ll be focusing on the interpretive trail and also plan to clean-up the area around the substation so we can move the fence closer to the building. Bring work gloves and your…
We’ve started a new blog to provide updates about the 5057 Project. You can click on the image below to check it out. We’ve also started a new fundraising campaign to raise money for moving the 5057 from Portola, CA to the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad in Usk, WA,…
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…
Some our most stalwart volunteers retired from their work with Cascade Rail Foundation this year. If you’ve visited the depot in South Cle Elum, you’ve probably met them. Lorna and Fulton Toub have been volunteering at depot since 2008. The Toubs had a big impact from the start, receiving…
Happy holidays everyone! We wish you a healthy and prosperous 2014!
We now have a web site for our archive materials! When people want to learn something about anything, they increasingly turn to the internet. Having a web site for our archive is an important way for us to make the history of the Milwaukee Road more accessible for people to…
We had our third annual Milwaukee Employees Annual Luncheon earlier this month at the Iron Horse B&B in South Cle Elum. It was great to bring part of the Milwaukee Road ‘family’ together again! Our guests enjoyed barbequed chicken from Smokey’s BBQ. With the help of Inland Networks Channel…
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