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South Cle Elum Rail Yard Interpretive Center, South Cle Elum, WA

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South Cle Elum Rail Yard Interpretive Center

A Milwaukee Road rail yard site with a restored depot, an outdoor interpretive trail, and a historic electrical substation in South Cle Elum.

South Cle Elum, WA

About South Cle Elum Rail Yard Interpretive Center

This interpretive center in South Cle Elum preserves remnants of the Milwaukee Road's presence in the town. The Cascade Rail Foundation has worked with Washington State Parks on the site, which includes a restored depot with historical displays and a working telegraph, a rail yard with an outdoor trail explaining the former yard's features, a substation built for the railroad's electrification, and a caboose. The rail yard and surviving structures are part of a National Register historic district. Some nearby buildings, including a boyhood home connected to a Medal of Honor recipient, are privately owned, and the foundation hopes to develop exhibits there in the future.

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  • #Milwaukee Road
  • #interpretive trail
  • #rail yard
  • #historic district

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