Northern Pacific Railway Museum
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The Northern Pacific Railway Museum is a railroad museum
in Toppenish, Washington
.
In 1990 the ex-Northern Pacific Railway
depot in Toppenish, WA, was leased and subsequently purchased from the Burlington Northern Railroad
in 1993 for the museum.
In 1993 the 1902 Northern Pacific steam locomotive
#1364 was leased, and restoration began.
The museum currently houses a large collection of Northern Pacific Railway memorabilia as well as a full scale 1930 vintage Northern Pacific freight train.
Special events take place throughout the year and allow short train rides in a restored caboose.
Railway museum
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives , railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment.See List of railway museums...
in Toppenish, Washington
Toppenish, Washington
Toppenish is a city in Yakima County, Washington, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,949.-History:The General Allotment Act of 1887 granted an allotment of land to a woman of half Indian ancestry, Josephine Bowser Lillie, known as "The Mother of Toppenish"...
.
In 1990 the ex-Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
The Northern Pacific Railway was a railway that operated in the west along the Canadian border of the United States. Construction began in 1870 and the main line opened all the way from the Great Lakes to the Pacific when former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in...
depot in Toppenish, WA, was leased and subsequently purchased from the Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad
The Burlington Northern Railroad was a United States-based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads. Burlington Northern operated between 1970 and 1996....
in 1993 for the museum.
In 1993 the 1902 Northern Pacific steam locomotive
Locomotive
A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
#1364 was leased, and restoration began.
The museum currently houses a large collection of Northern Pacific Railway memorabilia as well as a full scale 1930 vintage Northern Pacific freight train.
Special events take place throughout the year and allow short train rides in a restored caboose.