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Many Ely visitors travel back home with a liberal dose of fond memories and copious canisters of exposed film from a fantastic train ride aboard the Nevada Northern Railway. They’ve experienced the “operations” portion of the historical, operating railroad museum. But what about the “historical” element? What have they learned to connect with the abundant […]

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

In 1905, Mark L Requa built the Nevada Northern Railway to standard gauge. Standard gauge is defined as 4-feet 8½-inches of width between the rails. Any rail spacing smaller than that is called narrow gauge. The most common narrow gauge railroads are the 3-foot railroads in Colorado. Anything over the 4-feet 8½-inches is called broad

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

This past summer I had the opportunity to conduct walking tours of the Museum. It was during the course of these tours someone asked, Why preserve the railroad and yard? I’ve been reflecting on that question since it was asked. There are two reasons. Frankly, without railroads civilization as we know it would not exist. Secondly,

Last January, the Museum loaded Locomotive 93 and the passenger cars Ely and Nevada and moved them to Heber, Utah for the 2002 Winter Games. To accomplish this move we needed cranes and heavy trucks for the journey to Utah and back again. On December 7th & 8th, Locomotive 93 and the Ely and Nevada passenger cars will again be traveling to a

At their last meeting, the White Pine County Commissioners voted to raise the room tax in White Pine County by 2%. At an upcoming Ely City Council meeting the City Council will decide the same issue. This 2% room tax will go to the White Pine Historic Railroad Foundation to support the Nevada Northern Railroad Museum.

There are three major projects that the Nevada Northern Railway Museum is investigating funding sources for. The projects are the McGill Depot, the East Ely Machine Shop and Engine House Building, and of course Locomotive 40. The three projects share similar characteristics: they will cost about $500,000 apiece; they are all in need of immediate

There are three major projects that the Nevada Northern Railway Museum is investigating funding sources for. The projects are the McGill Depot, the East Ely Machine Shop and Engine House Building, and of course Locomotive 40. The three projects share similar characteristics: they will cost about $500,000 apiece; they are all in need of immediate

There are three major projects that the Nevada Northern Railway Museum is investigating funding sources for. The projects are the McGill Depot, the East Ely Machine Shop and Engine House Building, and of course Locomotive 40. The three projects share similar characteristics: they will cost about $500,000 apiece; they are all in need of immediate