The Northwest Railway Museum has run Santa trains through the Snoqualmie Valley every year since 1969. Families pick between two rides. The 40-minute Yuletide Express leaves the Snoqualmie Depot, climbs past Snoqualmie Falls, and Santa visits every family on board. The two-hour North Pole Limited leaves North Bend for the museum's decorated Railway History Campus, with cookies, cocoa, crafts and a visit with Santa in a restored chapel car before the ride back. Every child gets a gift, and tickets go fast.