At the Throttle

In Stephan Ambrose’s book Nothing Like It in the World, he tells the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad. It is a fascinating book. Mr. Ambrose takes you back in time as you explore the building

The 2005 brochure for the Nevada Northern is now at the printers. The headline for the timetable is “Excursion Schedule—Two Routes—Twice the Fun” and underneath that is the sub headline “Operating Rain, Snow, or Shine.” The reason

by Robby Peartree The byline this week is different. A member of the shop staff, Robby Peartree, wrote the following article. Robby is intimately involved with the work that needs to be done and the work that

There is an old saying that knowledge is power. The rebuilding of steam locomotive 40 is proving that saying in spades. In Ely, from 1906 through the late 1950’s, the rebuilding of the steam locomotives happened with

As a relatively new museum director, I thought my primary job was to preserve the locomotives, rolling stock, and buildings of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. You know, do the nuts and bolts repairs and maintenance to

Joan, Evva, and I have a frequent conversation on the fairness of life. Their contention is that life is not fair, and my flippant reply is, “If life was fair, horses would ride half the time.” Now

These are exciting times at the Museum; we have a multitude of projects underway with more waiting in the wings. During the past summer, our operating schedule was six days a week with four of those days

This past Saturday night the Foundation recognized the people who volunteered at the Museum. This has been an incredible year for the museum. So far we have operated almost 500 trains and the train season is not

It is that time of the year again, the days are getting shorter, the weather is definitely colder, we have had snow on the ground, and the Nevada Northern shop crew is preparing steam locomotive 93 for