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The Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad or MRSR, formerly the Mt. Rainier Railroad and Logging museum (MRRR), is a steam-powered heritage railroad operating in the U.S. state of Washington between Elbe and Mineral. The railroad travels on trackage that passes through thick forest just south of Mount Rainier. The depot, gift shop and ticket office are ...
State Route 706 (SR 706, also known as the Road to Paradise [2]) is a state highway in Pierce County, in the U.S. state of Washington. It extends 13.64 miles (21.95 km) from SR 7 in the census-designated place (CDP) of Elbe east to the Longmire gate of Mount Rainier National Park .
The Nisqually River / n ɪ ˈ s k w ɑː l i / is a river in west central Washington in the United States, approximately 81 miles (130 km) long. It drains part of the Cascade Range southeast of Tacoma, including the southern slope of Mount Rainier, and empties into the southern end of Puget Sound.
Eastern-Washington Railroad: UP: 1904 Spokane – Columbia River Railroad and Navigation Company: Eastern Washington Railway: NP: 1885 1886 Spokane and Palouse Railway: Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad: EWG 2007 2018 Washington Eastern Railroad: Eastside Railway: UP: 1896 1914 Olympia Terminal Railway: Everett and Cherry Valley Traction ...
Pages in category "Heritage railroads in Washington (state)" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Mount Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum; N.
Shay locomotive No. 11 laying partially dismantled in the "House of Gears" at the Mount Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum. Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad is a heritage railway that runs from Elbe to Mineral and is operated with steam locomotives and historic cars. The route leads through forests, crosses the Nisqually River and ends at the Mt ...
Ashford is located in southeastern Pierce County in the Cascade Range. It is on the north side of the Nisqually River and is bisected by State Route 706, the main access road to Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park. [6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km 2), all of it land. [7]
In addition, the city of Tacoma began allowing two excursion railroads to operate over portions of the line: the Chehalis–Centralia Railroad, which now operates from Chehalis west to Ruth, Washington (and as a result, operates on the now-restored tracks of the first Chehalis Western Railroad), and the 7-mile Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad ...