One hundred years ago, the Milwaukee Road line across Washington was still very new having opened for business in 1909. Cle Elum (located in the Town of South Cle Elum) was a busy place on the railroad back then. It was a division point for the Chicago, Milwaukee &…
The second annual Milwaukee Employees Annual Luncheon will be held a the South Cle Elum depot on October 6 this year. The depot is at 801 Milwaukee Rd., South Cle Elum, WA. More details about the luncheon (time, menu, etc.) will be posted here soon. Our…
While the exhibits in the rail yard are always open during park hours, plan your visit this summer so you can see the inside of the depot also. From Memorial Day weekend (last weekend in May) through Labor Day weekend (first weekend in September), we’ll have volunteers at the…
A new sign will welcome visitors to the South Cle Elum Rail Yard Interpretive Center soon, thanks to Eagle Scout candidate Spencer Riley. Thank you Spencer! The sign will be located at the corner of Milwaukee Road and 6th Street. Spencer developed the design, got it approved by…
UPDATE: We did it! We were able to meet the $1,000 fundraising challenge made by the anonymous donor. Read the 5057 Project news section to learn more. ============== Another anonymous donor has offered a challenge donation — triple the impact of your donation to the 5057 Project! The deadline is…
Our annual fundraiser, the Rails to Ales Brewfest, is coming up on July 14. Tickets are now available. Go the the Rails to Ales Brewfest web site for more information.
Our archive volunteers have been meeting two nights a month this year at Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive (PNRA) in Burien, WA to work with the archival collections of Cascade Rail Foundation. We typically meet on the first and third Thursdays of each month. We’ve almost completed an initial inventory of…
Thanks to our volunteers we had a very productive work party in the rail yard this month! The main objective was to remove vegetation, continuing our on-going effort to keep Mother Nature from reclaiming the rail yard. We cleared the area around the substation, as well as area in the…
While Cascade Rail Foundation is focused on preserving the memory of the Milwaukee Road in Washington, the Milwaukee Road Historical Association (MRHA) is an organization devoted to preserving the history of the whole Milwaukee Road railroad. MRHA holds an annual convention for its members and this…
May 6, 2012 is the 100th anniversary of a wreck that occurred in the yard at (South) Cle Elum.