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Northwest Railway Museum Blog: Tender work will soon be behind us
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Friday, May 29, 2015. Tender work will soon be behind us. The tender tank rehabilitation and restoration work for. Northern Pacific Railway 0-6-0 steam locomotive 924. Is drawing to a close! The 19th Century Rogers-built locomotive is the subject of a major collections care effort inside the Northwest Railway Museum's. Conservation and Restoration Center. Secretary of the Interior Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties. Is not an acceptable practice. Instead, it is critical to reuse original ...
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Northwest Railway Museum Blog: April 2015
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Thursday, April 23, 2015. Railroads built the Pacific Northwest. There is a fairly new exhibit on display in the foyer of the Train Shed. Railroads Built the Pacific Northwest was designed by the Webb Group and fabricated by Artcraft Display Graphics Inc. And UW Special Collections. The companion webpage is available on the Museum's website. The exhibit is now on display every Saturday as part of the Tour Package program. The exhibit was made possible with generous grants from 4Culture. Links to this post.
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Northwest Railway Museum Blog: August 2014
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Friday, August 29, 2014. 2014 was a spectacular success, featuring the first operating steam locomotive in 25 years, the Santa Cruz Portland Cement 2. More than 2,000 people took an excursion or tour, and an estimated 12,000 visitors attended at least one event or activity. A grand parade, fun run. Live music, history reenactors from Fort Nisqually. Timber sports demonstrations and more made this Snoqualmie Railroad Days one to remember! Snoqualmie Valley Hospital District. In Tacoma's Point Defiance Park.
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Northwest Railway Museum Blog: November 2014
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Gearing up locomotives for Santa Train! Is the Northwest Railway Museum's annual family event held after Thanksgiving. First hosted in 1969, this seasonal excursion has become a tradition for thousands of Northwest families. Locomotive 4012 as it arrived in 2000. 4012 was acquired from the Yakima. The cooling fan is an important part of any diesel engine. On the 4012, it is powered with the diesel engine by coupling a universal joint to the end of the engine driveshaft&#...
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Northwest Railway Museum Blog: SCPC 2 winter work
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015. SCPC 2 winter work. The Santa Cruz Portland Cement steam locomotive 2. SCPC 2") is at present the resident steam locomotive at the Northwest Railway Museum. The specification for engines this size is for a the ring groove to be .005" over the width of the rings to assure steam tightness. Meanwhile, new rings were purchased from Niagara Piston Ring. Use on their locomotives, and found a very competitively priced version available through. While piston work was underway, Team Chigg...
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Northwest Railway Museum Blog: A final train excursion
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Monday, May 25, 2015. A final train excursion. On Memorial Day , everyone here at the Northwest Railway Museum. Honors, remembers and respects all those who lives were given in the service of our Nation. This Memorial Day, the Northwest Railway Museum had the honor of providing a last train excursion for the memory of Marine LCPL Adam James White (ret.), who passed February 14, 2015. LCPL AJ White spent his senior year of high school in the Puget Sound area, and graduated from Skyline High School. Marine...
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Northwest Railway Museum Blog: March 2015
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Tamping for a better ride. For the Museum's track and bridges, the last 12 months have been busy. Substantial reconstruction of bridge 35's east pier, installation of more than 750 ties (including 500 feet of reconstructed track at Snoqualmie Falls) and surfacing of more than a mile of track are among the year's highlights. Check out the dip in the track in the first photo below, and how Mark S. and Brandon P. made it disappear in the second. Come up to Snoqualmie and...Coach 276...
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Northwest Railway Museum Blog: July 2015
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Monday, July 6, 2015. Tender tank gets wheels. A major milestone was achieved on the. Northern Pacific Railway steam locomotive 924. Last week: substantial completion of the new cistern (tank) for the tender. For more than five months, a replacement tender tank has been taking shape on the floor of the. Conservation and Restoration Center. With the bottom valves in position, it was finally time to install the new tank on the tender frame. A significant amount of work remains to be done on the tender befo...
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Northwest Railway Museum Blog: Peruvian sister city visit
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Peruvian sister city visit. The City of Snoqualmie recently formed a sister city relationship with Chaclacayo, Peru. As part of the relationship, Snoqualmie is sending surplus firefighting equipment to that community located about 17 miles from Lima, Peru. To transport the gear from Snoqualmie to Peru, officials in both countries worked to arrange a visit from a Peruvian naval vessel. Representative Marine Reserve Colonel Jay Rodne, who also had a hand in helping arrange the visit.
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Northwest Railway Museum Blog: February 2015
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Saturday, February 28, 2015. Main entrance to America's Car. On Saturday, February 28, 2015, the Northwest Railway Museum's Board and Staff took a trip to Tacoma, the City of Destiny. There, they visited America's Car Museum. And the Fort Nisqually Hudson's Bay Company fort. The Board of Trustees and Museum Staff are responsible for the governance and management of the Northwest Railway Museum. 65279;. Scot Keller leads a tour. Stanley Steamer - a steam-powered automobile! An early Ford F series truck.
