The Railway History Center is open to drive-up visitors April – October, Thursdays through Sundays, 11am-4pm. In addition, regularly scheduled trains departing from the Snoqualmie and North Bend Depots stop here.
The History Center is located at 9320 Stone Quarry Rd in Snoqualmie. It includes the Train Shed Exhibit Building and the Railway Education Center. The Train Shed Exhibit Building features locomotives, passenger cars, freight cars and maintenance equipment. The Train Shed contains these along with multiple exhibits which teach visitors about the role and impact of railways in Northwest development.
The Railway History Center is a more traditional museum with exhibits, artifacts, and other visual information in a climate controlled building. It also features a reading room with public access along with non-circulating material.
Train Shed Exhibit Building
The Northwest Railway Museum’s Train Shed Exhibit Building is a 25,000 sq. ft. structure. It houses locomotives, passenger cars, freight cars, and maintenance-of-way cars. In here, visitors witness the large motor vehicles while learning the role of the railway in the Northwest development. 1/3 of the Northwest Railway Museum’s large artifacts are located in this building. Award-winning exhibits located here are “Wellington Remembered”, “Railroad Changed Everything”, and “Railroad Built the Pacific Northwest” exhibits.
Railway Education Center
Opened recently in 2017, the Railway Education Center was created as a space to preserve and access historical documents such as engineering records, books, and photographs. Students, researchers, and interested parties with prearranged appointments may view these non circulating documents in the public accessible reading room.