A westbound Union Pacific manifest is using all 5 of its locomotives to help it upgrade as it passes under a classic SP signal bridge just outside of Verdi, NV. After chasing an eastbound to Verdi... (more)

The "other" 844 leads their train & empty speeders back to the depot after the second run of the day.

UP 9062 slowly makes its way west out of Las Vegas as it climbs to the summit at Erie

NN spreader 360 under a clear Nevada night sky

With a line of speeders behind it, former AMTK 644/ATSF 5266/BNSF 6976 (still wearing its special Maersk paint) sits as the first excursion of the day holds the main.

Strobes are on! Dynamic Rail Preservation is working to restore former Amtrak F40PHR 231 to operational condition after it had been vandalized years ago.

Newly restored Nevada Northern #81 departs East Ely, NV with the "Steptoe Valley Flyer" on a crisp October morning

An early morning visit to the Nevada Northern's engine house is always worth an o-dark-thirty wakeup call. Here is #81 getting some pre-departure TLC on a chilly fall morning. A few minutes from n... (more)

Nevada Northern #81 passes by the shop building during a Trains Magazine event. This track is the original main line which proceeded directly through downtown Ely before starting up Robinson Cany... (more)

October 10th, 2021. East Ely yards of the Nevada Northern Railway. Newly restored locomotive 81 returns to the engine house after a day out on the line for Trains Magazine 81st birthday celebratio... (more)

V&T #25, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1905, takes a spin on the Armstrong turntable at the Nevada State Railroad Museum. Waiting her turn in the background is V&T #22 "INYO", bui... (more)

As a short freight enters the yard our conductor is waiting to take his immaculate 1951 Frazer automobile to the other side of the tracks.

The old consolidation pulling our chase train of ex Reading EMU trailers appears to be gazing over the valley where once her owner was king.

On a short double headed freight with stablemate 93, resurrected #81 is looking good going south just north of the tunnels. In deference to the sensibilities of a certain “Trains” Magazine ed... (more)