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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Halloween train starts next weekend! Do you have your tickets and costumes ready? Even our coaches are already getting dressed up for the occasion! #NRM #TrainMuseum #railroads #trains #Halloween

Spokane, Portland, & Seattle Coach 272 next to the boarding platform at the Railway History Campus. Half of a picture perfect spiderweb is strung between it and the platform.

Another full spiderweb secured on coach 272 further along the car.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you're in the area, the fall colors in Stevens Pass are beautiful. It's a great time for a railway history hike before the snows arrive. The Old Cascade Tunnel is closed due to flash flood danger on the west side, but you can still walk up to the portal on the east end!

A steep slope covered in deciduous plants with a few trees. The leaves are turning fiery shades of red and orange.

A sign posted at the end of the current trail near the west portal of the Old Cascade Tunnel. It warns of the extreme danger of flash floods due to water building up behind a section of collapsed tunnel.

The east portal of the Old Cascade Tunnel. It is hidden away in foliage, but still easily accessible once you find the path. There is a fence placed over the entrance to discourage trespassers, but a hole has been cut through it.

A photo taken through the hole in the fence in the previous photo. The ground beyond is mucky and unpleasant looking. The tunnel has a perfectly U-shaped ceiling that extends into the darkness.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Unless you know in advance, you may not realize the gravity of the structure you're stepping into when you visit the half mile long concrete snow shed in Wellington. That's how wide the avalanche was. That IS the avalanche site. #NRM #TrainMuseum #Wellington #StevensPass #localhistory #avalanches

The start of the snowshed is a gentle downward slope with railings. It curves off to the left in the distance, outlined by concrete arches.

The far end of the snowshed arcs slightly to the right where it is starting to collapse. The foreground of the photo is a straight shot with the archways outlining the pathway.

One of the interpretive signs along the trail through the snow shed that touches on the disaster and lists the names of those who died in the avalanche.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Did you know the scenic Old Pipeline Bed Trailhead near Leavenworth is the site of a historic Great Northern-built power station? Water from the nearby Tumwater Dam ran generators to power electric locomotives through tunnels and snow sheds in Stevens Pass, including at Wellington! #NRM #TrainMuseum

A picturesque view of a blue river with large boulders on either side. The foreground is framed in leaves outlined in gold and orange with green still in the middle. In the background, a red bridge still stands. The bridge held a wooden penstock which carried water from the Historic Tumwater Dam over to the power station.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Look who's getting all dressed up for Halloween Train, only a couple weekends away! Our local garter snakes come in a surprising variety of stripe colors: green, yellow, orange, and sometimes even blue! #WildlifeWednesdays #NRM #TrainMuseum #snake #snakes #PNW #snoqualmie #halloween

Two garter snakes, either northwestern or common, coiled up together near the Conservation and Restoration Workshop. The larger of the two is the focus, black with orange stripes. The smaller one has the typical pale green stripes.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A cute little guy with no survival instinct to speak of. This young bunny is a resident on campus that has helped with managing weeds this summer! #WildlifeWednesdays #NRM #TrainMuseum #bunny #rabbit #PNW #Snoqualmie

Small wild bunny with a tiny white spot on its forehead. It sits in front of a red concrete curb and continues to eat grass, aware but unbothered by the photographer standing about 5 feet away.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You don't realize just how dark it can get at night in the Snoqualmie Valley until you've seen the sky thick with storm clouds.

Screenshot from Spongebob Squarepants with the iconic quote "This isn't your average every day darkness. This is.... ADVANCED darkness!"

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Meanwhile, this photo from the same evening looks almost ominous with the coaches fading into the night...

Spokane, Portland & Seattle coaches 213 and 218 out at night. It's so dark that you can't even fully make out the tops of the cars. The photo is taken from under a bright streetlamp and the interior lights of the coaches are visible, but everything else is just darkness.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Fall keeps trying to greet us, even if summer doesn't seem to want to let go just yet. It's getting darker earlier and bringing some welcome rain! The perfect time of year for a cozy train ride. #NRM #TrainMuseum #trainrides #railroad #railway #museums #PNW #snoqualmie #northbend

The Northwest Railway Museum's four Spokane, Portland & Seattle coaches lined up along the boardwalk at the Railway History Campus. The sun is setting so the ambient light is dim. A warm yellow glow shines through the windows of the train cars.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

These little guys like to wiggle their way into the exhibit hall in the fall, which is not great. While the caterpillars are harmless to people, adult moths can be incredibly damaging to textiles in any museum's collection. These little trespassers get collected and moved back outside. :)

Sometimes there are a LOT of them. This literal handful was collected during a single closing walkthrough of the Train Shed Exhibit Hall.
Image of a hand holding an indeterminate number of curled up fuzzy orange and black wooly bear caterpillars. The number was about 8-10, in actuality.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#WildlifeWednesdays? More like WOOLY BEAR WEDNESDAYS! We've spotted the first of the season around here! These are fuzzy and thankfully harmless to handle. They have no spines or irritating hairs - unlike other fuzzy caterpillar species in the country. #NRM #TrainMuseum #bugs #moths #caterpillars

A black and orange fuzzy caterpillar crawls up a concrete surface.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Second verse, just like the first. It's Labor Day Weekend again which means the trains are running today AND tomorrow (Monday!) Coach 218 received new seats since the previous photo was taken! #NRM #TrainMuseum #trainrides #Snoqualmie #NorthBend #PNW shop.trainmuseum.org/Events.aspx

The interior of Spokane, Portland & Seattle Coach 218 from a similar angle as the quoted photo. The formerly red, worn out seats are now a lovely shade of green.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

While piecing together full-size mockups for an exhibit in progress, I keep getting phantom whiffs of potato. I swear it was happening even before I started to put together the potato panel. 😂

Taped together printouts of an extended length exhibit panel. A giant pile of potatoes is in the foreground. In the background, the word Potatoes is there, slightly out of focus.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This week, Kelsi Umeko released the trailer for her film "I Am American", which tells the story of a Japanese-American family during World War II. The Museum was honored to help bring this underrepresented part of history to life. #IAmAmerican #WWII #NRM #TrainMuseum #history

The cast of I Am American standing on the platform between the Northwest Railway Museum's coach 272 on the left and 218 on the right. There are actors dressed as soldiers and many more actors in period-appropriate clothing. This was the set for the scene where the Japanese families were sent by train to the internment camps.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The wheelchair lifts allow some of the Museum's historic railway cars to be wheelchair-accessible. They also assist anyone who might otherwise have difficulty navigating the steep steps and narrow aisle-ways in our 100+ year old coaches.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hey bud... You're a little small to operate our wheelchair lift. We appreciate the effort though! #WildlifeWednesdays #NRM #TrainMuseum #frogs #amphibians

Adaptive Engineering wheelchair lift with a small Pacific Chorus Frog hanging out in the corner between a lever and a metal bar.

The same frog, now safely relocated away from moving parts and hanging out on a twig.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

To put equipment back on track, the process is the same, just reversed! For a more recent #ThrowbackThursday, here's Locomotive 125 arriving at the Museum! For safe and expedient movement, not to mention the weight capacity, two cranes are required to fully suspend a locomotive like this.

Northern Pacific diesel-electric locomotive 125, still wearing its Port of Longview 770 colors, suspended between two large cranes. In the foreground on the rails, the locomotives trucks are already in place.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Rather than do a long, tedious dance to maneuver a second 80+ foot-long trailer through our gate, we took advantage of the crane being here to speed up that process and carried the trucks over the fence to their awaiting truck trailer too!

Orange spreader attachment on the crane being secured to safely lift the car's trucks.

The trucks now a few feet off the ground while an assistant keeps it stable.

The trucks suspended even higher now as they get the trailer into position on the outside of the fence.

Both trucks now on the trailer, chained down and being fully secured for transport!

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Museum's track no longer connects to any main lines, so we can't ship equipment by rail. It all has to come via trucks. But how in the world do you get a train car onto a trailer? BIG trucks with even BIGGER cranes! #NRM #TrainMuseum #railroads #trains

Massive crane in the parking lot of the Railway History Campus, it is carrying a truck trailer to place it near the tracks. Rather than maneuvering the trailer through the gate, we moved it with the crane over the fence to expedite the process!

The Silver Bullet suspended on one end by the crane. The trucks have been rolled out from underneath on this end so the car is just free-floating.

Later in the process, the front half of the trailer is backed into place by the truck driver while the crane keeps the front half of the car in the air.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Well that is certainly one way to discourage the public from playing with an unlocked yard switch... Not the kindest option for our crew though, never mind how the bees must feel about it. #WildlifeWednesdays #NRM #TrainMuseum #bugs #insects #bees #wasps

One side of a ground-height track switch. Inside a small cavity in the metal, a paper wasp nest has been started. Three wasps sit atop the nest.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Thanks for coming out for a visit and for sharing your photos!

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Torgo of the Everglades @mikeleiderman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Two weeks ago my daughter and I rode the @trainmuseum.bsky.social scenic train in North Bend. Had a great time! Highly recommended!

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The Museum organizes the parade, but somehow hasn't been IN it for years. We changed that this year, the Museum's Pettibone brought up the rear of the parade! It then gave festival goers another surprise with its return trip via rail. ;) #NRM #TrainMuseum #maintenanceofway #railroads #equipment

Pettibone in the parade. The hook holds a rainbow streamer

More streamers wave from the back of the Pettibone as it drives on

Volunteers keep visitors safely away from the tracks as the Pettibone rolls back through

At this speed, the streamers REALLY wave behind it!

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Looks like it! The person running this account isn't too familiar with their operations, but based on their website photos they may be running their #6 diesel locomotive.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It enhances the collections of other organizations while allowing us to better focus our resources on the care and preservation of objects within the scope of our own Mission. Sharing is caring! ;)

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Why, you might ask, would the Museum be getting rid of something from its collection? The NRM is committed to finding appropriate homes for objects which have greater historical relevance to other organizations. This is something that benefits all heritage railways!

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The answer to yesterday's little quiz is: ATSF 2945, colloquially known as the Silver Bullet here at the Museum. Featured because as of yesterday, the coach has a new home with our friends at Chehalis-Centralia Railroad! #NRM #TrainMuseum #Amtrak #trains #railroads

Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Coach 2945 loaded onto the specialized trailer for transport. The trailer has two fully separate parts, the rear of which has an independent motor and remote control steering!! This photo was taken as the truck started to pull away from the tracks and into the parking lot.

The Silver Bullet in the Railway History Campus parking lot, awaiting the next day for its journey to its new home.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Today's #ThrowbackThursday is also a little quiz! This photo is from the 1970s. The coach changed in appearance since this photo was taken, do you know which car this is and which line it operated on? #NRM #TrainMuseum #Amtrak #railroads #trainrides #trains

Photo from 1970s of silver Amtrak passenger coach 4548 in service. A car attendant can be seen looking out the vestibule.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We have not yet completed an in-depth assessment of its condition so we can't say one way or the other at the moment!

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Locomotive 1246 may be stationary right now, but she's still been a hub of activity since her arrival at the Museum! The robins have found it to be a nice nesting platform. ;> #NRM #TrainMuseum #WildlifeWednesdays #birds #robins

An American Robin sits in its nest, facing directly towards the camera, tail straight up in the air behind it. The nest is built near the cab of Great Northern Locomotive 1246, which is currently on static display at the Northwest Railway Museum outside the Train Shed Exhibit Hall.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

In Seattle and planning to visit next weekend for Snoqualmie Days? Consider a double-feature historic experience and catch a historic bus from Seattle up to Snoqualmie courtesy of our friends at Metro Employee Historic Vehicle Association! www.facebook.com/share/v/1Dxj... #NRM #TrainMuseum #history

One of MEHVA's historic buses in the white, yellow, and orange striped look, parked in the Railway History Campus parking lot alongside the Snoqualmie Valley Railroad's main line.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

How's this for a #ThrowbackThursday? One of the earliest photos of the Snoqualmie Depot! On the right, you can see another historic building that still stands to this day! #NRM #TrainMuseum #Snoqualmie #trains #history #localhistory #NorthernPacific

Black and white photo of the Snoqualmie Depot. Handwritten text reads "N.P. R.R. Station Snoqualmie, Wash. 119 Siegrist North Bend, Wash."

The building's original construction included spires along the rooftops. Behind the post in the foreground, the building that is/was the yellow-painted Woodman Lodge stands with the same plaque up top.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

At least Chuggy himself is a cute bear who is safe to cuddle! ;)

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Chuggy shouldn't invite his friends over without checking with us first. We startled each other in the parking lot one morning! #WildlifeWednesdays #NRM #TrainMuseum #bears #PNW

A younger black bear in the Railway History Campus parking lot, down by the Conservation and Restoration Workshop. He is mid-step, paw lifted in the air, as he turns away from the person taking the photo.

The same black bear, now walking down into the trees next to the CRW. He did not appreciate being perceived.

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Amtrak Cascades @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov · 05/08/2026

Wonderful video! Nice capture Gabe! 💚🤎🤍

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Most days we only get to see them riding the thermals high up in the air. Their diet of primarily carrion means they help prevent the spread of disease. These charismatic creatures are part of nature's clean-up crew! Have you thanked your local turkey vulture today?

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A rare sight here on the campus: A flock of turkey vultures decided to roost in the trees near the Conservation and Restoration Workshop after a late evening of train operation! Their spread wings help them regulate their body temperature. #NRM #TrainMuseum #WildlifeWednesdays #birds #vultures

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

All things considered, it's a pretty cool work perk to get to step inside local history each morning to turn on the lights. #NRM #TrainMuseum #Amtrak #Talgo #AmtrakCascades #PNW

The curved interior of the sole surviving Series VI bistro car, on display inside the Northwest Railway Museum's Train Shed Exhibit Hall. A large print of J. Craig Thorpe's Amtrak Cascades painting visible in the foreground

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Amtrak Cascades @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov · 31/07/2026

Potential chances to see the new Amtrak Cascades trainset! Tentative schedule may change: Monday, 8/3: Depart SEA @6:20 a.m. - PDX 9:42 a.m. Depart PDX @10:50 a.m.; arrive in Seattle 2:57 p.m. Thursday, 8/6: Same tentative schedule. Again, test schedule is subject to change. #Train #Seattle #PDX

The new Amtrak Cascades train in colors of evergreen, mocha, and cream, glides around a curve north of Seattle with Puget Sound on both sides of the railroad track, evening sky shows in the upper left of the image. Evergreen tree branches frame the train from the foreground and evergreen trees provide a dark green background. The scene is dusk and the train lights are on.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Museum plans to expand and improve the exhibit when it is moved into the Roundhouse Exhibit Gallery - including interpretation in both English and Spanish! We welcome feedback you may have on the current exhibit. Questions and comments can be sent to info @ TrainMuseum.org

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Have you had a chance to visit the new Amtrak Cascades Talgo Bistro Car Exhibit? While the interior is not open to the general public at this time, the iconic design work - including the lighted ceiling - is available for all to see! #NRM #TrainMuseum #Amtrak #Talgo #DesigninMotion #CesarVergara

Amtrak Cascades Bistro Car 7304 on display in the Train Shed Exhibit Hall with the new interpretive panels.

The other side of the Bistro car, the panels continue on, telling the history of Amtrak in the Pacific Northwest.

The panels wrap around the walkway at the far end, ending with a fin car design on the last panel. ;)

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Designer Cesar Vergara (also of the Genesis and F59PHI) gave a really great talk and then I got to go into the last Talgo VI Cascades car on earth

Interior shot with map of the Pacific Northwest lit up in the ceiling

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

at the @trainmuseum.bsky.social to commemorate the new Amtrak Talgo Bistro car on permanent display, the sole one ever preserved from the Series VI Cascades

A bunch of people in a room full of trains waiting to hear a speaker about the Talgo

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"They printed 300,000 calendars each year. That's 15 boxcars full of calendars!" Americans will use anything but the metric system, sure, but I think we get a pass on this one here at the Northwest Railway Museum. 😉 #NRM #TrainMuseum #DesigninMotion #JCraigThorpe

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A Day Out With Thomas #WildlifeWednesdays! This alligator lizard popped out to check out all the festivities at the event a few years back. (And to catch some sun) #NRM #TrainMuseum #lizards #PNW #reptiles

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