At The Throttle

A selection of reflections, research, and guest submissions - examining the history of the Nevada Northern Railway, the Ghost Train of Old Ely.

Capturing a Dream — Part I

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

An Open Letter to Dirty Jobs

[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

One Picture

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

Nevada Northern Locomotive No. 20

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.

Steaming Daily

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

Reflections

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

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