Many moons ago I was the project manager for a downtown revitalization group in Laramie Wyoming. At the same time, working in a parallel job was an individual whose job was economic development. We worked together for a year and he had the harder job. I watched him trying to land economic development projects; it […]
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Last Monday the White Pine Legislative Coalition hit Carson City and the Nevada State Assembly Ways and Means Committee. Through the support of Mt Wheeler Power and the White Pine County School District, close to fifty residents were able to make the trip to Carson City. By 8:00 a.m., the entire contingent was seated in
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Have you ever seen an uncut diamond? It looks like a piece of glass that was weathered. It’s milky in appearance and gives absolutely no hint of the fire and brilliance within. This fire and brilliance must be coaxed out of the uncut gem by a skilled diamond cutter. This is one of those jobs
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It was 100 degrees, very unusual weather for the high desert of Nevada. When people think of Nevada, they think Las Vegas and hot summer temperatures. But that’s not Ely, Nevada the home of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. Our high normally tops out at 85, maybe 90 degrees in the summer. People from Las
We are planning something new for 2003, work weekends. These are weekends devoted to cleaning up and preserving the museum property. The idea here is to expand from the tradition of just operating trains; but to actually preserve and maintain the property. There are three work weekends planned for 2003 to carry out the 2003
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This past Friday afternoon, the museum hosted the 4th Annual Nevada Northern Railway Photo Shoot weekend and it was a smashing success. Photographers came from across the country to photograph Locomotive 93 with an authentic ore train and caboose. We had photographers from New Jersey to California descending on Ely in the middle of winter to photograph
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It has been said that the only constant in life is change and the Nevada Northern Railway is living up to that statement in spades. The year started by taking Locomotive 93 and coaches Ely and Nevada to Utah for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Then we ended the year by traveling to the North Pole to visit with
A little after 3:00 p.m. last Sunday the fire was dropped from Locomotive 93 and she was put away for the season. And what a season it was, from traveling to Utah for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games to traveling to the North Pole to visit with Santa Claus, 93 was a well traveled locomotive!
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Highball: a railroad term for a signal indicating full speed ahead or to move ahead at full speed. On September 9, 2005, the Nevada Northern Railway turns 100 years old and starts a yearlong centennial celebration. To get from here to there we need a plan. On October 19th, the management board and interested volunteers
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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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