The Halloween Train and the Snoqualmie Depot

The today and tomorrow I am going to tell you about our ride on the Halloween Train. To start with, I am going to tell you about the depot where the train it located.

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.

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.
It is a perfect depot, especially to two little boys that think it is like any depot on the Inland of Soder (Thomas the Train). In fact, Thomas rides these rails in July. Riley went on Thomas when he was two years old.


Because the depot is historical and old, it can easily be seen as having a few ghosts around. And a few Transformer dudes. Tomorrow I will share with you about their "trip" on the train.

This weekend was a beautiful fall weekend. The foliage in the trees was in it's glory as the sun lit the trees with sunlight. It was amazing. (Shhhhhh... don't let the rest of the country know that it doesn't always rain in Seattle).