Out of the Past: Damaged trestle on Snoqualmie River gets temporary stay of demolition; Locomotive 70 will usher in Railway Museum’s new era of passenger train rides
Published 7:30 am Friday, June 2, 2017
The following stories happened this week, 25 and 50 years ago, as reported in the Snoqualmie Valley Record. From the Record’s archives:
Thursday, June 4, 1992
• The owner of a damaged train bridge on the Snoqualmie River earned a temporary reprieve last week when the Snoqualmie City Council agreed to delay an order to remove the bridge for up to 60 days. The train bridge, or trestle, was heavily damaged during the flood of 1990 when floating debris broke one of the bridge’s piers.
• The Wilderness Rim community has recently been victimized by vandals opening fire hydrants and overturning garbage cans. One man’s driveway was completely ruined Thursday night when an eight-inch hydrant was turned on. “We’re not talking water conservation — we’re talking possible death or injury,” said Rim office manager Suzanne Simmons. She said that the possibility of injury to vandals opening the hydrants is so great, Sallal Water Association consultant Renny Lillejord is offering a $250 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction.
Thursday, May 25, 1967
• The June 1, 1967 edition of the Valley Record has gone missing, so here are a few more stories from last week’s issue of the Valley Record 50 years ago:
• Locomotive No. 70 will give a mighty “whoosh” and a belch of smoke, and the Puget Sound and Snoqualmie Valley Railroad will enter the United States passenger service this Sunday, May 28. It won’t operate often — only Sundays and holidays — and the track is just 2,000 feet stretching between Kimball Creek and Big Swamp. But for adults and youngsters who like a ride on the railroad in an atmosphere rich with American history, the trip will be a thrill.
• For anybody with $300 and a yen for a financial stake in a golf layout, the new Carnation Golf Course is the place to go. Pro Bob Tachell, co-owner of the course with Fred Ewing and architect Frank Yoshitake, said that of 300 profit-sharing charter memberships offered for sale when the course opened, 100 remain and are up for the taking.
