Christmas at the Northwest Railway Museum

by Inge Johnsson

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Christmas at the Northwest Railway Museum

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Inge Johnsson

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Photograph - Digital Capture, Watermark Not On Actual Print

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The Northwest Railway Museum (NRM) is a railroad museum in Snoqualmie, King County, Washington. It incorporates a heritage railway, historic depot, exhibit hall, library, and collection care center. The heritage railway incorporates five miles of the line constructed in 1889 by the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway (SLS&E), which was Seattle's response to the Northern Pacific's selecting Tacoma as the terminus. The SLS&E was later absorbed by the Northern Pacific.

The Snoqualmie depot was built in 1890 by the SLS&E. The Snoqualmie Station represents a type of building that once was in every community of any size across the nation. Good architecture was good advertising and enhanced company pride. The station once served as the terminal for this early recreation area. An atypical design created as a rural combined freight-passenger depot with lavish decorations to reflect the holiday spirit of the vacationers. Visitors came to enjoy hunting and fishing as well as Sunday excursions to Snoqualmie Falls.

The Snoqualmie Depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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