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Connections

Many Ely visitors travel back home with a liberal dose of fond memories and copious canisters of exposed film from a fantastic train ride aboard the Nevada Northern Railway. They’ve experienced the “operations” portion of the historical, operating railroad museum. But what about the “historical” element? What have they learned to connect with the abundant […]

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Going to Carson City

In earlier articles I have mentioned the need to invest $500,000 in Locomotive 40. The question is, of course, where is this money going to come from? One funding source that we are pursuing is going to Carson City and asking the state legislature for the money. Unfortunately this is not a good year to

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Why Preserve?

This past summer I had the opportunity to conduct walking tours of the Museum. It was during the course of these tours someone asked, Why preserve the railroad and yard? I’ve been reflecting on that question since it was asked. There are two reasons. Frankly, without railroads civilization as we know it would not exist. Secondly,

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Trains & Taxes

At their last meeting, the White Pine County Commissioners voted to raise the room tax in White Pine County by 2%. At an upcoming Ely City Council meeting the City Council will decide the same issue. This 2% room tax will go to the White Pine Historic Railroad Foundation to support the Nevada Northern Railroad Museum.

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