At the Throttle

The centennial of the completion of the construction of the Nevada Northern Railway from Cobre to Ely is September 29, 2006. When the Nevada Northern constructed the track to Ely one hundred years ago, the community celebrated

The first Preserve Nevada conference was held in Ely on September 7-9, 2006. It was appropriate that Ely was chosen: the railroad is being considered as a National Historic Landmark and of course, the railroad will turn

by Jerry Cesak The following is the second and final part of an article by Jerry Cesak as he relates his experience renting steam locomotive 93. I stood there in my pristine new overalls and work shirt,

by Jerry Cesak The following is an article by Jerry Cesak. He rented steam locomotive 93 last year. For those of us in the business-around steam locomotives on a daily basis-one of our greatest dangers is to

[Editor’s Note: The Discovery Channel has a program called “Dirty Jobs” where Mike the host goes around the country doing a variety of dirty jobs. Well, the Nevada Northern Railway has a dirty job for Mike. What

It has been said that one picture is worth a thousand words. The attached picture proves the point. The photo was taken Wednesday, July 12th at 11:18 a.m. It shows locomotive 93’s train discharging passengers at the

by Stephen G. Swanson This weeks column compliments of Steve Swanson is a fascinating look at locomotive 20. Nevada Northern Railway steam locomotive No. 20, a 4-6-0 weighing 154,000 lbs. and initially assigned No. 8 (2nd), was

In the museum’s collection are copies of photographs showing the next to the last and the last passenger trains at Currie. These pictures document the end of an era on the Nevada Northern Railway. From 1906 through

There is an old saying, “You can’t see the forest, because all of those trees are in the way.” I recently went through a bout of being unable to see the forest. It is easy to get