Goose Lake Railway

05/07/2025

Goose Lake Railway continues progress with the rail replacement project. Replacing light weight 75-90 #, worn out, end of life rail with low-wear , heavy 133 # relay rail!

05/04/2025

🚂 Treat Mom Like a Queen (Who Likes Trains) This Mother’s Day! 🚂
Looking for a first-class way to spoil Mom this Mother’s Day? Skip the boring restaurant lines and hop aboard the Chehalis Centralia Railroad for one of our unforgettable Mother’s Day Trains—now with 100% more deliciousness and 200% more train whistles.

🥂 Brunch Train – Saturday, May 10
Departure: 11:00 AM
Price: $65 per person
Includes a full brunch spread that’ll make Mom wonder why you don’t cook like this at home.

🍰 Dessert Train – Saturday, May 10
Departure: 2:00 PM
Price: $45 per person
Includes gourmet desserts, tea, and the kind of sugar high that fuels heartfelt apologies for your teenage years.

🚨 WARNING: Seats are limited and loveable moms are not!
Reservations close Wednesday evening, so lock in your spot now before Mom finds out you forgot. Again.

Reserve today at SteamTrainRide.com or call 360-748-9593
Because nothing says “I love you” like a train ride with yummy goodness.

03/16/2025

Another dinner train at the Chehalis Centralia Railroad & Museum has wrapped up, celebrating St. Patrick's Day with an incredible beef stew and shepherd's pie with a fantastic caesar salad.

We appreciate all of the passengers and happy our suggestions to improve the onboard service has increased the patronage onboard the dinner trains from 50 to 106 passengers, including the introduction of a First Class service. CCRM's Event Manager, Tina Nixon and staff, along with bar service from Paris Broadnax did an amazing job and appreciate their push and willingness to improve the experience on the trains for the customers! We also greatly appreciate Andrew from Adventure Photography documenting the trains this year. The partnership continues to grow and be a positive for the Chehalis and Lewis County communities as a whole.

Next up - The sold out Murder Mystery dinner train on March 29th!

03/10/2025

Big thanks to Andrew Smith for capturing some of our training yesterday!

Congratulations to Robert Wallace on his promotion to engineer for Goose Lake Railway. Rob, 16 year veteran engineer at BNSF continues onward, providing the company with resiliency and growing skill set to the organization. Ben Ritter handled familiarization for Rob on his roundtrip while I gave Luke his annual conductor trip.

Luke Lennox began his locomotive training today as well, completing his first roundtrip. Luke has been a part of the Chehalis Centralia Railroad & Museum for many years and his knowledge of the railroad helped him out with little instruction from me. He warmed up to train handling and the wee 3 car train with ease. He'll be a welcome addition to the team as he continues to learn with us.

Very proud of the little team we have in Chehalis! The next train is the sold out St. Patrick's Dinner Train on Saturday at 5p.

- Brian

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03/07/2025

Happy Friday everyone! The team in Chehalis is getting ready to start the 2025 excursion season at the Chehalis Centralia Railroad & Museum starting with some engineer qualification and familiarization trips. We'll be out between 9am and 4pm between Chehalis and Ruth. Swing by and say hello if you see us out and about but please stay 25 feet away for you and our safety.

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02/07/2025

This week started with a major weather event in Lake County, Oregon as well as on the south end of our railroad in Modoc County, California.

The railroad is currently unable to run trains as we have several minor washout repairs to make.

I’m grateful we have the people and equipment needed to fix this damage ourselves!

01/06/2025

Boxcars can move a wide variety of freight.

It takes some planning to make a mode shift to rail.

If you’d like to explore moving your freight by rail, contact me.

If you need transloading services, my team can help.

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01/04/2025

Goose Lake Railway hauling ballast rock,
November 2024

12/02/2024

Historical photo of where our locomotive shop is located in Lakeview, Oregon today.

NCO Railway #5 is shown in Lakeview, Oregon. The depot can be seen in the background and survives to this day as a private residence.

This week we celebrate Giving Tuesday on December 3rd! We ask all of you to consider making a donation, big or small, to help us meet our goal. Click the link to donate through North State Giving Tuesday. We have quite a few projects before us, and every dollar helps us further our goals of preserving the legacy of the Nevada-California-Oregon Railway. Click the link below to donate!

https://www.northstategives.org/organization/Nevada-California-Oregon-Railway?mode=edit

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11/11/2024

The 2024 POLAR EXPRESS at the Chehalis Centralia Railroad & Museum has begun! Tickets are still available but they are selling out quick!