Snoqualmie

Depot

Visit   History   Restoration

Night photo

The Snoqualmie Depot in August 1997

The Snoqualmie Depot is open to the public 7 days a week year 'round (closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day). 

There is no admission charge. The Museum is open 10am to 5 pm.

Come and Visit 

The Snoqualmie Depot has now been restored to its turn of the century grandeur and is again presented as an operating train station.  Museum visitors traveling on the Snoqualmie Valley Railroad purchase their tickets from the original 1890 ticket window and are free to wander through most of the building.  However, what were once waiting rooms and a freight room are now exhibits about railroad history and the railroad experience.

Brief History 
The Snoqualmie Depot was constructed in 1890 by the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway. It was used by successor companies Seattle and International Railroad, Northern Pacific Railway, and the Burlington Northern Railroad.  

It is an unusually elaborate structure given the size of Snoqualmie in the 1890's and managed to survive relatively intact until the railroad abandoned the line in 1975.   However, age and railway-initiated modifications  changed the appearance significantly and it was no longer easy for people to recognize it as a functional train station.

Request for Proposals to build the Snoqualmie Depot, Tuesday, May 13th, 1890, Seattle Post Intelligencer.

Restoration 

The Northwest Railway Museum restored the Depot to it's turn of the 20th Century appearance in 1981.  Restoration added back the distinctive turret above the ticket office and two eyebrow dormers that were removed in a 1948 renovation.  

Several improvements were also added including heating, new electrical systems, fire protection and public restrooms.

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The Northwest Railway Museum is located in Snoqualmie, Washington.

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