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The Sounder
Date(s)
- 1976 - (Creation)
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4 boxes
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Newsletter for the Northwest Railway Museum, which is based in Snoqualmie, Washington, in King County, that focuses on various railroad news, the Snoqualmie Valley Railroad in particular, plus activities and events held by the museum. The first publication is titled “Puget Sound and Snoqualmie Valley Railroad” (June 1976) before changing the name to "The Sounder", and the first four quarterly publications: (Holiday 1976 – Spring 1978) are in a magazine-like format. Newsletter then changed to a monthly format in 1977 and later a bi-monthly format with occasional monthly special edition issues in September 2006 and a quarterly format from Winter 2010 to the present.
Holdings: June 1976-December 1985; January 1986-December 1986 (bound); January 1987-December 1987; January 1988-December 1990 (bound); January 1991-present
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This publication is still being received.