The work of the Cascade Rail Foundation is featured in two new short videos released by Model Railroader Video Plus (MRVP), Kalmbach Publishing Company’s subscription video website. MRVP Contributing Editor, Charlie Conway, joined Cascade Rail Foundation Board member Karl Hufnagel and his son Nicholas for a two-day road trip along the Milwaukee Road…
We have several irons in the fire to improve the South Cle Elum Rail Yard in 2018. In addition to continuing our work to beat back the trees and sagebrush, we plan to build some track, improve the signage along the street, refurbish the exterior of our caboose, and construct a much needed…
Cascade Rail Foundation thanks you for your support this year. We hope you enjoy the holidays and have a great new year! Undated Gary Parson photo taken at South Cle Elum, WA
The 5057 Project has been quiet this year. Our initial plan when we took the locomotive to the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA) shop in Usk, WA was to have them work on the locomotive between other jobs. Fortunately for the folks at POVA, they’ve been extremely busy! The 5057…
Do you shop on Amazon.com? If so, you can support our work to preserve the history of the Milwaukee Road in Washington when you shop. AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets you enjoy the same shopping experience as on Amazon.com, but with a benefit to Cascade Rail…
The exhibit area of the depot will be open Sunday, October 8 from noon to 4 p.m. Stop by and visit! This will probably be our last open hours for the season. We have some additional volunteers lined up for next year and hope to be open more than once…
Explore the route of the historic Milwaukee Road railroad route across Whitman County in an historic photographic presentation at the Whitman County Library in Rosalia on Saturday, October 14 at 1 p.m. The presentation includes photographs from Cascade Rail Foundation’s collections, the Washington Rural Heritage collection, and other sources. This…
Our seventh annual Milwaukee Employees Annual Luncheon (M.E.A.L.) will be held at the Iron Horse B&B in South Cle Elum on Saturday, October 7, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The luncheon will be catered by the Iron Horse B&B. The intent of this event is to honor former employees of the railroad,…
Cascade Rail Foundation and the Coast Division of the Milwaukee Road Historical Association are sponsoring a free event on Saturday, September 16. 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 railroad. All are…
Our next work party is scheduled for Saturday, July 22 from 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. The work we plan to do includes: managing the vegetation in the rail yard continuing to clean and organize the substation evaluating and inventorying our track material. Please RSVP if you plan to attend…
