If you have lived in Walla Walla for any length of time, you have heard the distant horn of diesel locomotives as they go about their switching chores. The sound usually echoes off the buildings and greets the early risers. But…did you know that engines have been making that sound with whistles, horns, and bells for the past 149 years? The stretch of railroad from Walla Walla to Wallula is the oldest point-to-point rail operation in the State of Washington.

Fort Walla Walla Museum is in the process of restoring one of the original engines on the WW&CR. The fourth of six engines owned by the railroad, the BLUE MOUNTAIN, is currently on display.

Please join us for this extensive history of the first RR in Washington often taken for granted but so important to us and those who settled the area a century and a half ago. All Abooooard!

This month’s free Museum After-Hours program will feature the incredible Gary Lentz.