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Work continues on repairing Locomotive 93’s running gear. The exciting news is that her new axles are done and are in Salt Lake City. There in Salt Lake her wheel centers have been refurbished and trued. The tires have been turned on the inside. Eight new crown brasses are in refurbished drive boxes. Now the […]

The Nevada Northern Railway is currently a landlocked railroad. What I mean by this is that we are isolated from any connection with the national rail system. A little background: the Nevada Northern Railway ceased service in 1983. At the time the railroad was split, the southern third was donated to the City of Ely

I just received a thank you card. On the cover is a Chinese character called a Hsu (pronounced xu). The explanation on the back of the card explains that the character means, “to wait.” It further goes on to explain, “If you have the patience and endurance all of your dreams and wishes will be

We’re never at a loss for something to do around the museum. It seems like there are a thousand and one tasks—projects big and small all need to be accomplished to keep the trains rolling. Of course, one of the bigger projects we’re doing is repairing the steam locomotives. Currently locomotive 93 is undergoing repairs.

“They’re divas— they’re temperamental and expensive to maintain,” was Gwyneth’s comment as we were talking about when we’ll be steaming again. Our plan is to have locomotive 93 steaming by the 4th of July. Of course, the $200,000 question is whether we’ll make that deadline. So will we? Well . . . the forthright answer

Last Saturday marked the start of the 21st excursion season on the Nevada Northern Railway. It’s been a busy year so far as we prepare for the season with no let up in sight. Of course the big news is the running gear repair on locomotive 93. Work is on going in both Salt Lake

The snow is melting and the daffodils are in bloom. To the railroad that can only mean one thing, the excursion season is just about here, in fact it starts April 12 at 1:00 pm. This year will be a little more challenging than most (as hard as that is to believe.) In addition to

I think it’s safe to say that it is never boring around the museum. Of course, the big news is that both of our steam locomotives are down because of cracks in the driving axles. But we must not overlook the fact that before the cracks were discovered, we had locomotive 40 in service in

There is no easy way of breaking this to you: steam locomotives 93 and 40 are both out of service for the foreseeable future. I know that this news is disappointing to the friends of the museum, but while the news is disappointing, it is not unexpected. Why is it not unexpected? Simple, locomotive 93

I recently read a posting on an internet site dedicated to railroad preservation, which offered an opinion that museums should not have shoot-outs because they are “hokey” and do a disservice to the museum. As the Executive Director of the most complete steam era railroad complex in the country, I’ve been struggling with just such