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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 New Year brings in a new set challenges and opportunities for the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. The momentum that we build up last year is pushing us into a truly exciting period for the museum. The big news is our operating schedule for 2004. The season starts February 7th and 8th with the Winter Steam

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

Before the letters and phone calls start, yes I know its 2003 and that we are not 6,000 years in the future. (Do you think there will people who care enough in 8003 to keep a steam locomotive running? I do.) Be that as it may, the 8003 I refer to in the title is

I’m sure you have heard the term “a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation” but did you ever wonder what that phrase meant? The IRS recognizes certain corporations as a non-profit corporation, which means the entity raises money for charitable or educational projects. Individuals or companies who give money to a non-profit corporation are given a tax deduction

I was talking to Santa on last weeks Polar Express and the subject of Christmas gifts came up, imagine that. Anyway, I explained to Santa that there are two real benefits to shopping at the Nevada Northern Railway’sGift Shop this Christmas season. Santa, who has an advanced degree in gift giving from good old NPU

What do the world famous Cable Cars of San Francisco and the Nevada Northern Railway have in common? Give up? In the case of the cable cars, they are the only items on the Department of Interior’s Register of National Historic Landmarks that travel on rail. In the Nevada Northern Railway’s case, we may be

There are three winter opportunities to photograph the Nevada Northern Railway this winter. The scope of the three shoots are different, in other words we are offering something for everyone. The first opportunity is scheduled for the mornings of December 6th and 7th with a night shoot on December 6th. The coordinators of this shoot

It is that time of the year again, the days are getting shorter, the weather is definitely colder, we have snow on the ground, and the Nevada Northern shop crew is preparing steam Locomotive 93 for some very special annual trips. What trips? Why, they are the most special trips of the year. On November

The Nevada Northern Railway Museum has been selected as a venue for the Center For Railroad Photograph & Art’s traveling photographic exhibition. This exhibition, “Railroads and Photography: 150 Years of Great Images,” opens at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum on November 1st in the ground floor of the Transportation Building. Not only was the Museum selected as