Steamscape: Gleason Creek. There are a number of spots on the active trackage of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum that photographers have tended to favor. This is my favorite, right here... (more)

Express train to Ruth. Nevada Northern's Locomotive #81 hauls a short express passenger train toward the Mines District at Ruth, NV, bringing personnel and light cargo to the extensive Kenn... (more)

Steamscape: Lower Tunnel. Nevada Northern's Baldwin Consolidation #81 charges out of the Lower Tunnel near MP 141.8, as she hauls a short passenger consist south (compass west) through Robi... (more)

Ely-bound empties. Nevada Northern's big Alco freight hog #93 slows to yard speed as she approaches Lackawanna Crossing (approx. MP 139.5) northbound with a string of empty ore-hoppers dest... (more)

Frosty cold East Ely. Spouting majestic clouds of snow white steam, the Nevada Northern Railway Museum's two coal-burning Consolidations emerge from the East Ely engine house to a sparking ... (more)

Over the South Chickamauga. One of the day's two steam-lead passenger trains crosses the South Chickamauga River on its way back to the depot at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.

Good morning East Ely! With a loud hiss of steam from their cylinder cocks, Nevada Northern Consolidations #81 and #93 emerge from the East Ely Engine House to bright sunshine and very cold... (more)

Passing the freight house. Just a few yards west of the East Ely Depot sits the Nevada Northern Railway's spacious freight house. Although much of the freight traffic on this railroad was... (more)

It's alive. When I started attending the Nevada Northern Railway Museum's annual photo shoots in 2008, Steam Locomotive #81, a 1917 Baldwin Consolidation, was the queen of the East Ely Engi... (more)

Steamscape: An active East Ely Yard. Even at mid-day, the Nevada Northern Railway's East Ely Yard is still abuzz with activity as Consolidation #81 steams in front of the engine house, bein... (more)

BRW 60 runs around its train to prepare to head back west on its next Santa Train Excursion.

NNRY 81 leaves her berth in the engine house on a crisp Ely morning. The near zero temperatures produced an incredible amount of steam making the early morning worth the effort.

The firemen for NNRY 81 & 93 help guide the locomotives under the smoke hoods of their engine house berths. The hoods help vent smoke out of the building when the engines are put away hot.

This ex. Oregon Short Line 2-8-0 looks great as it approaches the end of the line at Heber City, Utah. This Heritage RR is part of the Heber Valley RR Museum and operates over 16 miles of an ex. R... (more)

Engine 81 emerges from her dark engine house stall into the first light of a cold Ely, NV morning.