We won again! The Nevada Northern Railway is on Preserve Nevada’s11 Most Endangered Historic Places, again. From the Preserve Nevada press release: “The endangered sites were selected in 2004 by Preserve Nevada as part of a program to bring attention to significant buildings, sites, and landscapes that face the threat of destruction.” Preserve Nevada is a […]
As I write this, the museum has already operated 101 trains so far this year and the season is just beginning. We are operating seven days a week and will be running trains daily through September. And the trains operate anytime from 6:30 a.m. through to 9:30 p.m. So why the big emphasis on our
On June 17, 18, and 19 the Nevada Northern Railway Museum in conjunction with the East Ely Depot Museum, the White Pine Public Museum, and the White Pine Chamber of Commerce celebrates the Long Steel Rails Festival. This festival will explore the impact railroads had in the building of America. These parallel long steel rails changed America but nowadays
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The weekend of April 16th and 17th was the start of another busy season on the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. Over the course of four days, there were four scheduled trains, a charter, and ten locomotive rentals. All of this equated to a lot of activity on the railroad. Moving these trains took every available
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I recently gave a tour of the museum to a tour operator who was accompanied by Ed Spear from the Bristlecone Convention Center. Now Ed was on the City Council when the railroad was given to the community. And over the course of years, Ed has watched the progress of the museum. Whenever Ed gives
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Assemblyman Goicoechea and Senator Rhodes Introduce Bill for the Nevada Northern Railway Museum Assemblyman Goicoechea has introduced A.B. 424 into this session of the legislature to request $800,000 for the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. The bill is jointly sponsored by Senator Rhodes. This money would be used for desperately needed public safety improvements, building improvements,
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. . . The number one question was when would locomotive 40 be ready? It was a question we didn’t have an answer to. Finally, the answer became “it will be ready when we throw the first match into the firebox and not before.” It was easy to see the progress being made on locomotive
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No one should undertake the rebuilding of a steam locomotive lightly. The museum had experience. Using outside contractors we had successfully rebuilt steam locomotive 93. The use of outside contractors caused the cost of the rebuild to be stratospheric. The museum simply could not afford the same amount of money for the rebuild on locomotive
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If you where within ten miles of Ely last Tuesday or Wednesday, you knew the Queen was back! After an eleven month rebuild, the pride of the Nevada Northern Railway steam locomotive 40 was back in service. As she went through the yard, the engineer used locomotive 40’s whistle liberally. A very distinctive whistle, you
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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 of the railroad. In the book, he mentions that one of the fireman that was at the Golden
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1100 Ave A, Ely, NV 89301
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