From Snoqualmie Falls (MP 31.8), site of the eponymous 268 ft. tall waterfall on the eponymous river, located to the northeast of and below the level of the track, down in a gorge, the single track, 10 mph maximum speed, Puget Sound & Snoqualmie Valley Railroad heads east-southeast, on a former Northern Pacific branch, with trees on either side of the line, past a curve to the southeast, past three grade crossings, a bridge over a gulley, museum storage tracks to the southwest, holding cars and steam locomotives awaiting restoration, three grade crossings, a street to the northeast, and a grade crossing right at the depot, to Snoqualmie (MP 32.7, el. 434 ft.), where the original 1890 wooden depot is on the southwest side and forms the entry building to the museum, with a railroad park and stored (but restored) cars on seveal tracks on both sides of the park.
Here, the line continues southeast to head up the valley, with SR 202 alongside to the northeast, past three grade crossings, a dirt track grade crossing, a grade crossing, a bridge over a stream, a grade crossings, two driveway grade crossings, the highway turning away, a road alongside to the southwest, extra track to the northeast, the 2010 Train Shed to the northeast, a dirt road grade crossing, the Conservation and Restoration center to the northeast, US 10 approaching from the west and crossing at an angled grade crossing, and then running alongside to the north as the line turns east-northeast again, with a narrower road to the south, past a grade crossing, through truss Bridge 35 over the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River, the town of North Bend to the north, extra track to the south, and two grade crossings, to North Bend (MP 35.7, el. 456 ft.), where there was once a wye on the south side of the line, in a space now occupied by the community depot.