YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED to the Annual Volunteer & Community Picnic celebrating the 11th Anniversary of the Cascade Rail Foundation / Friends of the South Cle Elum Depot The Cascade Rail Foundation (CRF) is hosting its annual volunteer picnic with a special presentation for he coveted “volunteer of the year…
The 2010 Milwaukee Road Modelers meet will be held August 27-29 at the Cedar River Watershed Education Facility near North Bend, WA. Admission is $10 per day. Pre-register for both Saturday and Sunday for $15. The tour on Friday is an additional $10. Download the registration form here: [download id=”5″…
Work Party Report Spring Cleanup at the South Cle Elum Railyard On Friday, April 23, volunteers and State Parks personal worked together at a spring cleanup of the site of the rail yard, the interior of the substation and the historic depot. Volunteers from the John Wayne Pioneer Wagons &…
Brewfest 2010 Date Announced! The Rails-To-Ales Brewfest Committee has announced the date for the 2010 event. It will be held on Saturday, July 10, 2010, at the Depot and Railyard in South Cle Elum, Washington. We appreciate all the positive comments on last year’s event. Visit the Brewfest site, www.RailsToAlesBrewfest.com,…
by Mark Borleske The John Wayne Pioneer Wagons & Riders made an overnight visit Saturday, May 24, 2009 to the old South Cle Elum Rail Yard last Saturday. South Cle Elum is just one of many overnight stops for the horse group as they travel across Washington on their namesake,…
The US Postal Service will have a special pictorial cancellation honoring the centennial of the depot at South Cle Elum. The postmark will be available by visiting Depot Days or through the mail. The postmark features a side view of the depot at South Cle Elum and includes the words:…
Public Invited to Celebration! The clock will be turned back to 1909 for a celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Milwaukee Road railroad depot in South Cle Elum. The beautifully restored Milwaukee railroad station and the South Cle Elum Rail Yard Historic District will be the setting for Depot…
Easton Telephone Shack Update April 2009 by Mark Borleske The Easton Telephone Shack project is finished. Roger Sackett continued his fine craftsmanship to complete the rehabilitation of the small shack. In addition to repairing exterior siding, painting, replacing windows and cutting down and installing a front front door. The finishing…
by Mark Borleske, CRF Board Member Cascade Rail Foundation (CRF) is celebrating a landmark year. The volunteer group first met in September 1999, an informal gathering of people interested in preserving some of the last remnants of the Milwaukee Road railroad facilities in Washington State. The focus of the group…
by Mark Borleske Telephone Shack and Rail Yard Work Party “Team work resulted in The Telephone Shack being successfully relocated to its new home. Thank you Roger, Mark, Doug, Ruben and his partner John Deere”, that’s how CRF President Bruce Reason summed up the work party of October 6th and…
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