High drivered Nevada Northern #40 pulls her wooden passenger coaches in the high desert very near the old Copper mines around Ruth, Nevada on a crisp, cold, and clear winter's day.

High drivered Nevada Northern #40 pulls her wooden passenger coachest towards the old Kennecott Copper mines (operated today by Canadian firm Quadra) at Ruth.

Nevada Northern #40 pulls wooden boxcar freight with NN wooden caboose, our conveyance for the afternoon. Mountains on the west side of the Great Basin north of Ely form the back drop.

A sight for sore eyes. As I arrived at the Nevada Northern Engine House on 5 February of 2010, I beheld a scene which I had waited 3 years to see. Twice before, I'd been to Ely and twice... (more)

Nevada Northern high drivered passenger engine #40 works full throttle south bound toward town and the Ely terminal in this action cab shot.

Although Nevada Northern's sleek ten-wheeler often pulled fast freights, she was most at home with the consist you see here. RPO Baggage Car #20 and Coach #5 are the operational remnants of a sm... (more)

A Nevada Northern crew backs their locomotive to a short string of box cars as they prepare to send an express freight north to a connection with the Southern Pacific Railway at Cobre, some 139 mi... (more)

Nevada Northern Railway Museum's Locomotive #40 sits at the water plug in the East Ely Yard as Executive Director Mark Bassett and Engineer John Tyson consult on their next moves. The beautiful ... (more)

Desert high-stepper struts her stuff! After a two-year hiatus during which the condition of her running gear was most closely studied, Nevada Northern's beautiful ten-wheeler returned to... (more)

Here's an interesting lash-up of what are arguably Nevada Northern's two most photogenic locomotives. In the lead, we have the high steppin' Baldwin 10-wheeler #40 and bringing up the rear, the ... (more)

Heading up the grade out of Ely on the Keystone Branch with a period passenger train run on a Joel Jensen Winter Spectacular.

Nevada Northern Baldwin #40 pulls up to the coaling tower with a disabled Alco diesel in tow......oh, how I wish. In actuality, this photo depicts an RS-3 dragging the cold #40 from the Machine ... (more)

The Nevada Northern Winter Photo Shoot for Feb 8-10 was pretty much a diesel show this year. One day before the shoot, an ultrasound inspection detected serious cracks in at least one axle on #4... (more)

Dusk at East Ely

Mark Bassett stands alongside No. 40 during the night photo session at East Ely. Lighting by Steve Chrise.