Spring Clean Up Work Party

April 16, 2011. Spring Clean Up and Work Party at the Rail Yard. Work includes overall Spring Cleaning, window washing, moving extra items to the substation, preparation work on the caboose and start of a landscaping project around the depot at South Cle Elum. Watch this website, www.milwelectric.org for updates…

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Mountains to Sound Greenway 20th Anniversary March

July 2 to 10th Mountains to Sound Greenway 20th Anniversary March In celebration of their 20th Anniversary, the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust is planning a nine-day march from Ellensburg to Seattle, including over the former right of way of the Milwaukee Road, now part of Iron Horse State Park.…

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4th Annual Rails to Ales Brewfest at the Depot

Saturday, July 9.  The 4th  “Rails to Ales Brewfest. Join us for the 4th annual Rails To Ales Brewfest on July 9th, 2011!!  Admission is $20.00 in advance and will be $25.00 the day of the event. All proceeds benefit Cascade Rail Foundation and there continuing efforts at the South…

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Milwaukee Modelers’ Meet

September 24 and September 25. Milwaukee Modeler’s Meet. Models as well as presentations on model, prototype and historic Milwaukee Road operations. Past meets included guided tours of the Milwaukee Road route through the Seattle Watershed. Location: To Be Announced. For more information, watch this website, www.milwelectric.org.

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About CRF

In the summer of 1999, a group of volunteers formed “The Friends of the South Cle Elum Depot”. Their goal was the rehabilitation and historic preservation of the Milwaukee Road facilities at South Cle Elum, which were showing the effects of time and abandonment. This group evoved into the Cascade…

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