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| Issaquah Depot Museum
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| 1885 April 29 | Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Ry. incorporated {BN} |
| 1887 Feb. | Construction begins on SLS&E {RENZ} |
| 1887 | Tracks reach Woodinville |
| 1888 March 19 | Service begins to Gilman (Issaquah) |
| 1888 Spring | SLS&E affiliate Seattle Coal & Iron Co. begins coal mining in Gilman and shipping by rail. |
| 1889 | Gilman station constructed |
| 1889 Dec. | Operations reach Sallal Prairie (63 miles from Seattle) - end of construction |
| 1890 May 23 | Northern Pacific RR acquires control of SLS&E stock {RENZ} |
| 1892 May 1 | SLS&E operations consolidated with those of NP {RENZ} |
| 1893 | Nationwide "panic" (economic depression) begins- lasts several years |
| 1893 June 30 | SLS&E bankruptcy= enters receivership {BN} |
| 1893 Aug. | N P bankruptcy= enters receivership {RENZ} |
| 1894 | SLS&E passenger service on North Bend line is daily except Sunday
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| 1896 July 28 | SLS&E properties sold by bondholders' committee to Seattle & International Ry. Sale finalized July 1897. {BN} |
| 1896 Aug. | Northern Pacific Railway reorganization completed {RENZ} |
| 1898 Jan | NP buys bonds of S&I regaining control of SLS&E properties in western Washington {RENZ} |
| 1899 | Gilman renamed Issaquah |
| 1900 | Puget Sound Lumberman Magazine ran an interesting article about life Along the Seattle & International. |
| 1901 March 21 | NP Ry. absorbs Seattle & International Ry. short-line identity of track through Issaquah disappears |
| 1902 | Issaquah trestle rebuilt at a cost of $8,792 {Times} |
| 1904 June | Lake Washington belt line of NP completed through Renton and Kirkland: eventually North Bend branch passenger trains ran this way (instead of through Fremont and Kenmore). adding ten miles and one-half hour to an Issaquah-Seattle rail ride. {BN} |
| 1904 October | NP passenger service from Seattle to North Bend takes 2 hrs. 55 min. each way. Round trip to Seattle in one day with a 7 hr. 50 min. lay over in Seattle. |
| 1909 | Milk condensery established in Issaquah. It and successor operations on this site are the longest-lived rail shippers in Issaquah ( Darigold since 19.. ) |
| 1909 October | The October 22, 1909 Issaquah Press notes that as of October 17, round trip fare from Issaquah to Seattle has increased to $2.00. |
| mid 1910s | Much improvement to roads in Western King County; new ferries across Lake Washington; auto stage businesses flourish |
| 1914 | Issaquah-Renton-Seattle Auto Stage advertises Issaquah-Seattle service in 1 hr. 10 min. Three round trips daily |
| 1915 Feb | NP Seattle-North Bend passenger trains (via Renton) daily. Seattle to Issaquah takes 2 hrs 30 min. Round trip to Seattle in one day, with a 2 hr 30 min layover in Seattle |
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1917 Dec. 28- 1920 March | U.S. government controls and operates railways. |
| 1918 Jan. 1 | ''North Bend & Seattle" Railway Post Office ends - end of mail sorting on the passenger train through Issaquah |
| 1920 | Grand Ridge coal mine closed (Central Coal Co.) |
| 1920 | NP builds new 54,120 gallon wooden water tank at the junction of the main line and the coal mine loop south of town. A wooden water pipe supplies the tank from Cabin Creek on Squak Mountain above the coal mine. The tank is 37 feet high at the top and is used to supply water to the steam engines as well as several neighboring houses. {added by Eric Erickson} |
| 1922 | NP ends Seattle-Renton-Woodinville-Issaquah North Bend scheduled passenger service |
| 1923 | Pacific Coast Coal Co. closes major coal mine in Issaquah area; mine loop track south of station mostly dismantled. |
| 1928 Feb 22 | N. P. Logging Train wrecks (no injuries) just wrecked log cars and track) while going west behind High Point Hotel. {added by Eric Erickson} |
| 1929 Jan | Issaquah Station agent Jim O'Connor moves to Arlington. {added by Eric Erickson} |
| 1930 | Mr. Harvey is Issaquah Station Agent. In November, Mike Procaccio - Issaquah Section Foreman Mike Procaccio for the past year - is replaced by Joe Rogerson. {added by Eric Erickson} |
| 1938 | NP ends Seattle-Fremont-Woodinville-Bellingham scheduled passenger service |
| 1939 | U.S. highway 10 widened to four lanes. Issaquah trestle altered with concrete piers and deck plate girder span {Times} |
| April 16th 1956 | On a shiny 4 year old orange diesel, N.P. locomotive # 558 manufactured by the Electromotive division of General Motors replaced the No 1372 steam engine that had served Issaquah for many years. {added by Eric Erickson} |
| 1956 Dec. 2 | First Casey Jones excursion: Seattle-Snoqualmie round trip was pulled by the 4-6-0 Locomotive number 1372 + 13 cars+ GP7. It carried 1,300 passengers. {Times} |
| 1957 June 29 | Casey Jones excursion: Seattle-Snoqualmie round trip |
| 1958 May 23 | NP closes Issaquah station agency {BN} |
| 1959 Dec. 6 | Casey Jones excursion: Seattle-North Bend round trip. {CJ map} |
| 1968 June 9 | Last Casey Jones excursion. Seattle-North Bend round trip. {Times} |
| 1970 March 1 | Burlington Northern RR formed from a merger of NP, GN, CB&Q, SP&S, PC |
| 197- | BN abandons former SLS&E: Lake Union-Woodinville route becomes the Burke-Gilman trail. 12.1 miles long. |
| 1974 | BN abandons Issaquah-Snoqualmie Falls: gets running rights over Milwaukee to Snoqualmie. |
| 1975 Jan. | Issaquah trestle dismantled. {Times} |
| 1981 June | BN announces that Redmond-Issaquah track is under study for abandonment. {Times} |
| 1983 | Issaquah Historical Society commits to restore the Issaquah Depot as the society's main project. Depot is in deplorable condition at this time. {added by David Bangs} |
| 1984 March | City of Issaquah buys former NP depot. |
| 1989 | Weyerhaeuser closes Snoqualmie sawmill. Rail freight service to Snoqualmie-North Bend ends. |
| 1990 | Issaquah station listed on the National Register of Historic Places |
| 199- | BN's business in Issaquah flourishes: builds new siding on the north edge of town. |
| June 1994 | Issaquah Historical Society dedicates remodeled Historic Train Depot as a museum. {added by David Bangs} |
| June 1995 | Depot is included in Inventory And Evaluation of Historic Properties Associated with Transportation in Washington State by Florence K. Lentz. Field Site # PS3-O24-R {added by Eric Erickson} |
| 1998 | BN abandons Redmond-Issaquah track. Track and right-of-way is sold to King County's Land Conservancy for eventual conversion to trails. Issaquah Historical Society and other Issaquah interests promote use of track from state park boat launch to Issaquah train depot to run a tourist and commuter trolley. {added by David Bangs} |
| Spring 1999 | Scrapper hired by King County removes track along east side of Lake Sammamish up to Gilman Blvd as part of Rails-To-Trails conversion project - despite Issaquah's trolley plan. Issaquah Historical Society negotiates to purchase rails for later re-use in trolley project. {added by David Bangs} |
| May 2001 | Issaquah Historical Society launches the "Issaquah Valley Trolley" service, allowing passengers to tour Issaquah between the Depot and Gilman Blvd. The vintage Oporto trolley car was on loan from the City of Yakima, and operated from the Issaquah Depot for one year, making it the oldest operating train station in Washington State. {added by David Bangs} |
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