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.
We are having a two-day work party at the rail yard the first weekend in May (May 5 & 6). The primary task will be vegetation removal. Come join us!
Thanks to our donors, we were successful in raising the first $10,000 needed for the 5057 Project! Check out the 5057 Project news to learn more.
Kittitas County on the eastern slopes of the Cascade mountains in Washington, with a rich history based in not only railroads, but also mining, timber, recreation and more, offers a variety of museums and historical sites that make for intriguing tour opportunities. CAMAH (Cascade Association of Museums and History) has…