East Ely after dark. The Nevada Northern Yard Crew spots freight cars for unloading at the historic East Ely Freight House. Re-creation courtesy of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. St... (more)

Hauling hoppers up the Hiline. The Nevada Northern Railway made its living hauling raw copper ore from mine locations southwest of Ely to refining and smelting operations located in small t... (more)

Steamscape - On the Hiline. Nevada Northern's Locomotive 40 hauls the line's "Steptoe Flyer" consist up the Hiline toward Adverse, on a pretty February afternoon. The NN Hiline is a branch... (more)

A squall on the Ore Line. The Nevada Northern Wreck Train hammers its way up the Keystone Branch toward the mines, in the face of a sudden, mid-winter squall. The brief, but intense weathe... (more)

The quintessential Nevada Northern Freight Train is a hopper train to carry copper ore. This line made its living for most of the 20th century, picking up raw ore from the mines near Keysto... (more)

A meeting on the Adverse Branch. An ore train bound for the Steptoe Smelters holds the siding at Lavon for the passage of an express passenger train, led by the high-stepping 10-wheeler #40... (more)

Reminders of what was..... A visit to the Nevada Northern Railway Museum is like walking through a time warp. Everywhere along the line there are undisturbed artifacts, some subtle and som... (more)

Call for the wrecking crew. A brief, but intense snow squall is just clearing the canyon to the east as Nevada Northern's wrecking crew races to deal with a derailment in the Mines District... (more)

Steamscape - Steptoe Valley. With the vast expanse of the Steptoe Valley as a backdrop, Nevada Northern's Locomotive 40 signals her approach to the Lackawanna Crossing on the Ore Line to Ke... (more)

Railway Express. Engine crews await their orders as Railway Express Personnel place urgent shipments aboard a short freight that will shortly leave Ely for Currie and Cobre.

On a chilly February morning, Nevada Northern Railway Crews make preparations to dispatch two freights to different destinations. Locomotive 93 on the left, will haul a string of empty hoppers up... (more)

Desert High Stepper. Nevada Northern's high-drivered 10-wheeler #40 gallops southbound through Robinson Canyon with her "Steptoe Flyer" consist on the way to the Ruth. Although the NN Keys... (more)

Double-Ender? Members of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum Crew appear to be in the process of making up a double-ended passenger train, as the venerable #40 backs in to make the hitch wit... (more)

Wake up and smell the coal smoke! Coming through the door from the Machine Shop to the Engine House, this is the scene that greets visiting photographers from around the world each morning,... (more)

Alpine Sunset at Scales. Literally minutes from losing the late afternoon sunlight over the peaks to the west, the V&T's Locomotive 29 and her pretty trainset take their last bows for the L... (more)