The town’s next phase of prosperity came with the arrival of the railroads, a lifeline for import and export of goods and services as well as mail and passengers.
In 1910 the Great Northern Railway built a branch line from Monroe to Tolt. The Snoqualmie Valley line was sold to the Milwaukee Railroad in 1917.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Co. build their branch line from Cedar Falls north to Monroe along the east side of the Snoqualmie River. The Milwaukee, as it was known, reached Tolt in 1911. Passenger service ended by the end of the 1930s, the depot remained open until 1949. The depot was sold and moved to East Entwistle Street. The last freight train through town came in the 1970s.
The former railroad tracks are today’s Snoqualmie Valley Trail.
