Last Updated November 5, 2002

Just east of Seattle, in the small town of Snoqualmie, is where you'll find The Northwest Railway Museum. The museum was known in the past as The Puget Sound and Snoqualmie Valley Railroad.

The museum's trains are usually powered by either the Baldwin/Whitcomb RS4TC #4024, or the Alco RSD4 #201. Baldwin Whitcomb #4012 is expected to be added to the active roster by the end of 2002.

The #201 is not a Northwest native, but is similar to the Alcos once used by the NP, GN and SP&S. The museum also has a Fairbanks Morse H12-44 locomotive that is former Weyerhauser #1.

The Northwest Railway Museum
P.O. Box 459
Snoqualmie, WA 98065

Snoqualmie Depot 425-888-3030. Recorded information 425-746-4025.

New at the museum in July 2001 are two 1954 Baldwin RS4-TC switching locomotives. The locomotives were obtained from the U.S. Army at Yakima after they were declared surplus. The museum obtained the locomotives to supplement their current power pool.

This photo of #4024 shows you what the cab end looks like.

Here's a photo of #4024 taken two weeks later in it's new paint scheme.

Northern Pacific 0-6-0 #924 was originally built by Rogers for the St. Paul and Duluth as their #74 in 1899. After serving the NP, the locomotive went to the Inland Empire Paper Company. After retirement it was stored in Chehalis and eventually wound up at Snoqualmie.

Agnew Lumber Company(Eastern Railway) #1 is a 3-truck shay built by Lima in 1904. I'm told it is one of the oldest surviving Shays.

Agnew Lumber Company (Eastern Railway) #3 is a 3-truck shay built by Lima in 1920. This shay was privately owned while stored at the museum and was trucked to the Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia in April 2002.

The following three locomotives are a special breed of logging locomotive built by Baldwin. The best source of information on this class of Baldwin locomitives is Jon Davis' Mallets in the Tall Timber page.

Weyerhauser 2-6-6-2 #6 was built by Baldwin in 1928. I've seen photos of this locomotive in operation in the 1970s.

United States Plywood 2-6-6-2 #11 was built by Baldwin in 1926. This was the last operable steamer at the museum (1993?). After being retired from USP, it was donated to the University of Washington and displayed on the campus. Before the nearby rail line was removed (now the popular Burke-Gilman Trail) the locomotive was steamed up and moved off of the campus under it's own power. (Thanks to Aaron Schwarz for loaning me the photo!) The #11 is a Mallet. The front cylinders are larger than the rear to accomodate the lower pressure steam exhausted from the rear engine. (752x528 94K jpg)

Weyerhauser 2-6-6-2T #108 was built by Baldwin in 1926. It was donated to the museum in 1964.

Here's the other side of Weyerhauser #108.

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Canadian Collieries Limited 4-6-0 #14 was built by Baldwin in 1898. It became part of the museum collection in 1960.

Candian Collieries Limited 2-6-0T+T #17 was built by Baldwin in 1891 and also arrived at the museum in 1960 and was operated for a while.

The "other" side of #17 after years of being hidden behind other rolling stock. (53K 736x272 jpg)

Edward Hines Lumber #529 was originally built for the Union Pacific subsidiary Oregon Short Line Railroad as a class C-57 2-8-0 in 1903. After being sold to Edward Hines Lumber it was acquired by the museum in 1966. It is also the heaviest locomotive at the museum.

Minnesota & Ontario Paper #2 is a 2-truck Heisler built in 1923.

Northern Pacific Rotary Snowplow #10 spent most of it's working life clearing the snow from the NP's Stampede Pass line.

Here's a photo of #10 taken in 10/99. The first phase of a cosmetic restoration has been completed with a coat of fresh paint. Future restoration projects will include new window frames and glass. The plow has been spotted on the NWRM's new house and display track to the east of the depot.