The Shop

It has been a very busy spring at the museum. I thought I would take a moment and give a brief update of the activities at the museum. Let’s start with the locomotives. Steam locomotive 93, a 2-8-0, suffered a bearing problem in March on the 4th drive axle. Jack and the shop crew jacked up […]

By the time you have read this, the Nevada Northern Railway operated a very unique train. The train consisted of Steam Locomotive 93, Baggage/Railway Post Office Car 20, First Class Coach 5, Coaches 07 and 08, Flat Car 23, and Caboose 6. This train was charter for the ELKS. This is a special train for

The first quarter of 2004 has come and gone. As the days become longer and warmer, the museum is gearing up for a very ambitious season. I wanted to take a moment and review what we’ve done this spring and a quick overview of the summer. Let’s start at the shops, the heart of the

The year has just barely started and it is already off to a good start for the museum. On January 8th we had our first locomotive rental of the New Year. What makes this event so unusual is that the museum rarely operates in January. And then to spice it up was all of the

The museum was host to a location photographer that discovered our little corner of the world recently. He and his assistant could not believe what we have here at the museum. The photographer and his assistant spent the better part of seven hours photographing the Nevada Northern and the grounds. In standing in the enginehouse

As I mentioned in my last article, one of my favorite words is dichotomy. Dichotomy means dividing something into two contradictory opposite groups. A favorite example is an old railroad term deferred maintenance; others are military intelligence and permanent loan. So what does this all have to do with the railroad museum? Two incidents happened at the museum recently

One of my favorite words is dichotomy. Dichotomy means dividing something into two contradictory opposite groups. A favorite example is an old railroad term, deferred maintenance another is military intelligence. So what does this all have to do with the railroad museum? Two incidents happened at the museum recently that just hammered home the term

To the casual observer the museum does not seem to change. But under the surface work is continuing on various projects. One such project is Nevada Northern Railway Coach 5. Damaged in a collision eight years ago, we are near the end of the repairs and getting Coach 5 ready for service. Following is an

At the B&O Railroad Museum, where half the roof over the 19th-century roundhouse building collapsed under the weight of snow many railway artifacts and several vehicles were destroyed or damaged. Officials do not know the extent of the damage but said fallen trusses destroyed two post-Civil War wooden coaches. The B&O wooden coaches are post-Civil