WE ARE CLOSED FOR THE 2023 SEASON

WE WILL OPEN ON MAY 1 2024

 

The depot just right after it was built IN 1911.  Mouse over the above picture to see what it looked like in the 1980s.

WHAT IS THERE TO SEE IN THE DEPOT

A passenger waiting room remodeled as it was in the early twenties.
A ticket office with all the original equipment including a telegrapher office.
Authentic uniforms used by Northern Pacific Railroad employees.
Dinnerware place settings used on the North Coast Limited.
Freight room filled with tools, a hand pump car, velocipede and motorized speeders used by maintenance crews.
REA room, Before Fedex and UPS there was Railway Express Agency.
(And there is a 1941 REA truck outside the window)
(and more)

WHAT CAN I EXPECT TO SEE IN THE YARD?

19 various freight cars with interesting stories what they hauled.

Our yard today, mouse over the picture to see what it looked like in the 40s.