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Before and After Renovation! Back in its heyday in the 1920s 5057 Project Milwaukee Road Electrification

Before and After Renovation!

After many volunteer hours of renovation, the South Cle Elum Depot re-opened its doors in 2006.

Back in its heyday in the 1920s

The South Cle Elum Depot as seen from the south, with the substation and rail yard.

5057 Project

Learn about our plans to bring a Milwaukee Road locomotive back to the South Cle Elum Rail Yard

Milwaukee Road Electrification

Once the world's longest railroad electrification system

We are working to ensure the fascinating history of the Milwaukee Road in Washington is not forgotten

  • 2021 March Milwaukee Meet – A Virtual Event

    As the tide turns on the pandemic, we are continuing with virtual events for at least the first part of the year.  The March Milwaukee Meet will be a Zoom event held on Saturday, March 27th at 10 a.m.(Pacific).

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    March 14, 2021 January 9, 2022

    Station Sign Project

    Although the Milwaukee Road mainline was shut down across Washington State in March 1980, many of the historic station names are coming back in Eastern Washington.

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    November 30, 2020 November 30, 2020

    2020 Bridge Day – A Virtual Event

    The 2020 Bridge Day celebration is going virtual this year. It will be a Zoom event held on Wednesday, October 28th at 7 p.m.(Pacific).

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    October 15, 2020 January 9, 2022

    Palouse to Cascades Trail Virtual Tour – Plummer

    We are leaving the Tekoa depot, just east of the impressive Tekoa Trestle, and continuing through more of the rolling hills that are characteristic of the fertile Palouse. We’ll pass through a tunnel and arrive at Plummer, or Plummer Junction as it was known into the 1960s. 

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    June 7, 2020 July 25, 2020

    Palouse to Cascades Trail Virtual Tour – Tekoa

    Our virtual tour on the Milwaukee Road takes us further east into the scenic Palouse countryside to Tekoa and its towering trestle.

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    June 6, 2020 July 5, 2020

    Palouse to Cascades Trail Virtual Tour – Rosalia

    Our virtual tour of the Milwaukee Road takes us along Pine Creek and into the valley it carved out through the Palouse. From Malden it takes us northward into a big loop, even briefly entering Spokane County, before heading south into Rosalia.

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    June 5, 2020 June 27, 2020

    Palouse to Cascades Trail Virtual Tour – Malden

    Continuing east on our virtual tour across Washington, today we travel through Kenova to the community of Pine City on our way to Malden.

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    June 4, 2020 January 9, 2022

    Palouse to Cascades Trail Virtual Tour – Rock Lake

    Rock Lake is unquestionably one of the most amazing, scenic stretches of our virtual journey.

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    June 3, 2020 June 27, 2020

    Palouse to Cascades Trail Virtual Tour – Ewan

    Our Milwaukee Road virtual tour continues today through the channeled scablands, a land of volcanic rock  scoured out by Ice Age Floods.

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    June 2, 2020 June 27, 2020

    Palouse to Cascades Trail Virtual Tour – Revere

    Today our virtual tour takes us to Revere as we continue into the channeled scablands.

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    June 1, 2020 July 25, 2020
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