Part 3: Come On Everybody....Ride the Train!

Ben thought it would be fun for us all to go ride the Snoqualmie Train on Saturday.
We had originally thought about doing it in June, when it was offered as a field trip, but we decided to do the Centralia Train at that time.
The drive to Snoqualmie was absolutely beautiful.
The train ride was a 75 minute journey from Snoqulamie to North Bend, back towards Snoqualmie, past the famous Snoqulamie Falls, and then back to the station. The train stopped just past the falls, and all the passengers clambered to the left side of the cars to take in the breathtaking view. It was a very fun and relaxing ride with lots of beautiful scenery and plenty of nice people waving to the train passengers. I like that part. It is always fun to see how many people wave and then wave back to them.
We arrived just in time to quickly get tickets and board the train.

None of my pictures do justice to the falls.
In the train, you can't get a really good picture of them.
But, I found these pictures on line. They say that the Snoqulamie Falls are higher than the Niagra Falls.
Simply gorgeous!

I believe this was the original waiting area for passengers, and where they (and we)

bought tickets.

All Aboard!

Hmmm, where to sit.
There were several cars to choose from, each with different seating.

The conductor taking our tickets.

You get quite a jolt when the train lurches forward.
Ben tapped me on the shoulder to watch the part of the train,
in between cars, moving back and forth.
It might be hard to see in the video, but it really moves back and forth a lot.

Elsa singing "back and forth."

When the train stopped for five minutes in North Bend,
the older girls, Ben, and Stacey moved to different seats
in the next car.

Elsa singing "All aboard...choo, choo..."

Not the greatest pictures of the falls.

This is where the train stopped.
It was a long way down.
So beautiful though.

Heading back to Snoqualmie.
You can get a glimpse of the falls in this video.

There are a lot of engines, passenger cars, and logging train paraphernalia
lining the other track.

Back to the train station that dates back to the Victorian Era.

Time to get off.