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Other than the steam and diesel locomotives, there is another engine down at the railroad. It is not really visible to the public. It is a version of the little engine that could. It covers the entire complex, White Pine County, and the State of Nevada—a pretty big task for a small little engine. This

When you think of the Nevada Northern Railway, it’s easy to get hooked on the locomotives, railroad cars, and track. After all, it is a railroad, isn’t it? But what raises the Nevada Northern Railway to National Historic Landmark status is the completeness of the complex. It’s not just the trains. It’s the buildings and

At the start of their second century, both of our historic operating steam locomotives were sidelined with serious mechanical problems—first No. 40, and then No. 93. Both of these locomotives are native and original to this Nevada landmark and could no longer operate. This wasn’t a surprise. We realized, from expert advice, that these repairs

The museum has received a donation of two railroad passenger cars and recently the cars were delivered to us in Ely. These cars are ex-Ontario Northland (ON) cars and ran in passenger service in Canada. I don’t have the complete history of the cars, but after they left the ON, they wound up on a

Hidden away in north central Nevada is a state treasure so rare and complete that it earned national recognition: the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. This “living museum” is officially listed on the Register of National Historic Landmarks, the highest recognition that can be bestowed by the federal government on a historic property. It is an

The first Preserve Nevada conference was held in Ely on September 7-9, 2006. It was appropriate that Ely was chosen: the railroad is being considered as a National Historic Landmark and of course, the railroad will turn one hundred years old this coming September 29th. I was asked to give the opening speech for the

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 locomotive 93’s train discharging passengers at the shops. On the crossover track is locomotive 40 preparing to head out on the main to do a

It took less than a minute. Crash—100 years gone. Another minute, another crash—another 100 years gone. Three more minutes, three more crashes—another 300 years goes into the trash. By the end of five minutes, 500 hundred years of history was shattered and gone forever. It was a cold, snowy December 31, 2005. A fast moving