Milwaukee Road 33C getting rewired
Work has begun to rewire Milwaukee Road 33C, our 1956 EMD E9A passenger locomotive. Existing wiring has been deteriorating and the insulation is extremely brittle in many places. It would be better to replace it now and have a reliable system in place rather than constantly having to repair areas of it. Below are some […]
Researching Railway History – National Railway Museum blog
PhD researcher, Wendy O’Neill, concludes this series of blogs by giving advice about how fellow researchers can explore more railway history. This is the final blog in a short series examining the reuse of railway infrastructure as part of the Railway 200 celebrations. It looks at the various places that researchers can find more information […]
Paul’s Blog – January 3, 2026 – Pueblo Railway Museum
On Saturday, January 3, 2026, volunteers Dwight, Chris, Justin, Dannis, Nick, Jerod and Paul got busy for our first work day of 2026 by changing out fuel filters on Engine 103, and then starting it for some work to be completed. We switched out a couple of the cabooses that we will not be using […]
Steam locomotive 1246 returns home!
The 1246 has arrived! In the last TrainMuseum blog post, details of the locomotive and its acquisition were revealed. Now it has arrived in Snoqualmie, returning to the Puget Sound region after an absence of more than 40 years! The Great Northern Railway 1246 is popularly known as the Woodland Park Zoo steam locomotive. Displayed near […]
A brief history of 9976
Here’s a brief history of Burlington Northern 9976. 9976 was built by EMD in 1953 as an E8 locomotive for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy railroad, wearing smooth stainless side panels and silver paint on the cab, nose, and roof. After the merger in 1970 that created Burlington Northern, 9976 retained its stainless sides […]
Remote research—Our Inreach service – National Railway Museum blog
Senior Archive and Library Assistant Peter Thorpe highlights our Inreach service, an invaluable resource for those that cannot make a research visit. Search Engine, our archive and library centre, is a wonderful resource for anyone wanting to research railway history. We welcome visitors from not only all over the country but often much further afield—we […]
Announcing Railfan Night, January 17, 2026 – Pueblo Railway Museum
This event will be held from 2-7pm on Saturday, January 17, and is very different from our usual public train rides. Our target audience for this occasion is the “hardcore railfans” with a passion to photograph trains in action. This is an excellent opportunity for folks to see a group of equipment moving that is […]
Northwest Railway Museum Blog: Fall Book Spotlight
Hello! Welcome to the Northwest Railway Museum’s fall book spotlight! All four of these lovely books are available to purchase in the Snoqualmie Depot Bookstore, with select titles offered in The Railway History Center! For all you keen eyed museum members, this was originally written for our fall edition of The Sounder and had to […]