Palouse to Cascades Trail Virtual Tour – Ellensburg
Today on our Milwaukee Road virtual historical tour, we leave Thorp and enter into the wider Kittitas Valley. The route passes through the north side of Ellensburg.
Palouse to Cascades Trail Virtual Tour – Yakima River Valley
On our eastbound trek, we depart Cle Elum and quickly enter the countryside of rural Kittitas County. Soon we will again meet up with the Yakima River where we will travel the south side of the river.
Palouse to Cascades Trail Virtual Tour – Cle Elum
Today our virtual tour of the Milwaukee Road takes us from Easton, along the Yakima River, to the South Cle Elum Rail Yard Historic District. This is the home of Cascade Rail Foundation.
Palouse to Cascades Trail Virtual Tour – Hyak
Today our virtual journey takes us through the Snoqualmie Tunnel, past Hyak, and along Lake Keechelus to Easton. This is the east slope of the Cascade Mountains.
Palouse to Cascades Trail Virtual Tour – Snoqualmie Pass
Today we begin our journey heading east, climbing 1,579 feet in elevation over a distance of just 19.2 miles as we cross Snoqualmie Pass.
Palouse to Cascades Trail Virtual Historical Tour – Cedar Falls
Each year, a group of horse riders known as the John Wayne Pioneer Wagons & Riders do a cross state ride, on the Milwaukee Road right of way across Washington State, now the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail. They start in Easton on May 21 and end in Tekoa…
2019 Fall Milwaukee Meet – October 26 – Centralia, WA
Cascade Rail Foundation and the Coast Division of the Milwaukee Road Historical Association are sponsoring a free event on Saturday, October 26. We will have several presentations about the history of the Milwaukee Road. This is a great opportunity to socialize with others interested in the history of the…
Rosalia Railroad History Presentation and History Hike – October 12
Railroad History Presentation Join us for a railroad history presentation about the Spokane & Inland Empire Railway by Tom Hillebrandt at the Rosalia Community Center (located at 106 W. 7th Street, just off Whitman next to the grocery) on Saturday, October 12 at 1 p.m. Mr. Hillebrandt is author of…
Visit the depot this summer – 2019 hours
Our open hours are expanded this year! We will have the exhibit area of the depot open from 11 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every Saturday from May through the end of September. We’d like expand our hours further, but we need more volunteers. If you are interested in helping us…
Beverly Bridge Project Across Columbia River Moves Forward
The Milwaukee Road constructed their main line crossing of the Columbia River at Beverly, Washington from 1906 to 1909. This half-mile steel bridge was a major structure that served the railroad well from its opening in 1909 to its final train in 1980. After abandonment, the bridge was purchased by…