Steam trains return to Snoqualmie

Published 3:53 pm Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Steam returns to  the Upper Snoqualmie Valley for the summer this Fourth of July.

On July 4, 1889, the inaugural passenger excursion train arrived in Snoqualmie from Seattle. Coordinated by the M.E. Church Society over the lines of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Company, that first train brought tourists from Seattle to Snoqualmie Falls and back in just one day. Travel back in time, 126 years later, at the Northwest Railway Museum.

For the weekend of July 4, steam trains will run daily between Snoqualmie, North Bend and Snoqualmie Falls. Roundtrip Fares on July 4 and 5 are $20 for ages 13 to 61, $18 for ages 62 and up; $10 for ages 2 to 12 and children younger than 2 ride for free.

For more information visit  www.trainmuseum.org or call (425) 888-3030.