Museum Guide News
The Northern Pacific Railway Museum in Washington State was a 1911 train depot that was completley restored and refurbished after it was taken over in 1989!
The 1364 is moving on its own after 72 years since becoming a static display! Lots of happy tears when she made her way down the track on her own steam. https://share.google/UqC4oKQ10yYu8NQ30. This 4th of July she will blast her whistle and fill the area with red smoke to start off the local parade.
Back on July 4th, 1993, the museum had it’s grand opening and in 2000 the museum was officially renamed the Northern Pacific Railway Museum. From freight and telegraph rooms, to the waiting room to the bathrooms, the depot holds history dating back to 1911. Freight trains back then would deliver anyting from newspapers to the very first automobles! The museum consist different types of those cars! The museums also contains the many other types of commodities transported through the depot through the years!
Many of our artifacts come from our hard working volunteers. We also, have many trains cars from the past. This includes dining cars that are set just as they were in the early 1900’s. You can view the train car kitchens as well!
Also, this holiday come see our “Toy Train Christmas All Aboard” Toy Train Christmas is here. Join us for train rides to Santa, cocoa, cookies and a depot full of toy trains. 10 Asotin Avenue, in Toppenish 10am to 4pm Saturdays and Sundays November 29 through December 21. Here's how to find us: https://nprymuseum.org/find-us-2/
We look forward to welcoming you soon, so you can expeerience a bit of railway and train history from the past! https://nprymuseum.org/
