Twice we came here and the engine was always in steam looking forlorn and gritty. We could not stand it, we had to see it run. We hunted up the crew and got them to stoke it up and dash about the ... (more)
Graham Isherwood from Blackpool, England is practicing some international diplomacy by passing out some American Cigeretts.
This is truly the end of the line for this SY class engine. It is in steam and lives in this industrial neverland where everything is covered in cement dust. No sence waiting for a better picture ... (more)
The 1 PM train pulling past the shops on its way into the station
EBT Mikes 17, 12, and 16 repose in the roundhouse. Thanks for the tour Lance!
482 comes out of the barn, ready to pull her train to Silverton
487 over the pit, dumping her ashes
A Baldwin of the 1927 in rebuild for ABPF Sul de Minas
Crew inspects engine prior to heading over Cumbres Pass to Chama
473 is temporarily festooned in D&RG livery for a photo freight.
With the 1003 tied up at the yard, several WSOR SD20s can be seen in the distance.
Nevada Northern 81 rests in East Ely after completing its excursion for the day.
Nevada Northern Railway 2-8-0 93 pauses in the East Ely Yard with trainmaster Con Trumbull watching closely. 93 has a freight consist to kick off the first Winter Steam Photo Weekend of 2024. Loco... (more)
Nevada Northern Railway RS-3 109 and 2-8-0 93 pose side-by-side at the East Ely Depot, depicting a classic scene from the early to mid 1950's when railroads were transitioning from steam to diesel... (more)
Nevada Northern 93 rolls by the wig wag signals and the railway's hi-rail vehicle in the East Ely yard during the first Winter Steam Photo Weekend for 2024. The hi-rail is a 1956 Pontiac station w... (more)
Nevada Northern 81 pulls its freight train through the East Ely Yard in the snow with its cylinder cocks open.
Engineer Bill MeGill waits for orders to proceed through the East Ely Yard with Nevada Northern 81.
Despite it's age, Nevada Northern's rotary snow plow has actually seen very little use. The railroad bought it new in the 1910s after an incredibly bad winter. Snow levels were historic that winte... (more)
Conductor on Back of Business car in Golden, Colorado. Surrounded by Caboose and Watertower
Early morning preparations are underway in the engine house as the Nevada Northern crew gets #81 steamed up for the day.
Nevada Northern 81 sits just outside the engine house in Ely as her crew begins preparations for the afternoon run.
Black River & Western No. 60 during a special railfan excursion marking the end of its fifteen-year boiler ticket. The locomotive has been in service on the BR&W since the 1960s.
Nevada Northern 81 pushes Rotary B next to the RIP Building.
Nevada Northern 81 pushes Rotary B through the yard passed the coal tipple and water tower simulating a snow train.
Trainmaster Con Trumbull poses on recently-restored Kennecott Copper Corporation 801 while Nevada Northern 81 poses to its right in East Ely.
#81 steams towards the ready track on a brilliant Nevada morning
A steam freight chuffs out of East Ely yard, while the massive Nevada Northern shop complex looks on. Scenes like this easily take a visitor back to the early 1900s.
Baldwin Locomotive works built both #801 and #81, though you couldn't tell by just looking. The two Baldwin graduates sit on display in the East Ely yard during the Winter Photoshoot weekend at th... (more)
The wind is heavy in the easterly direction as Southern Railway 154 departs Knoxville with the first Christmas Lantern Express of the day.
New Hope & Ivyland 40 is seen taking on water and performing a "blow down" between trips at the NH&Is shops in New Hope, PA.
Loading coal for this 1916 locomotive used by the SNCF until 1968
Turning maneuver on the swing bridge of this steam 2-8-0 commissioned in 1917
Black River & Western 60 opens its cylinder cocks while a crew member poses next to the locomotive on an early-April night.
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)
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)
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)
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.
NNRY 81 & 93 double-head a short freight through a grade crossing in East Ely Yard. The crossing is flanked by a restored pair of wig-wag signals. Fairmont Hy-Rail #18 waits at the crossing.
Simmering quietly in the morning light, Cumbres & Toltec 484 and Denver & Rio Grade Western 425 sit outside the shops at Chama. Wearing a new number as part of the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup fes... (more)
GSMR 1702, having just wrapped up its passenger duties for the day, reverses past engine #1009 as it begins its trip back to the shops at Dillsboro. #1009 is the most recent addition to the railro... (more)
What is better than a steam locomotive? Two steam locomotives!
Here we see fresh off a rebuild, No. 97, departing Essex Station with its section of The North Pole Express. No. 3025 waits it... (more)
Newly restored Nevada Northern #81 departs East Ely, NV with the "Steptoe Valley Flyer" on a crisp October morning
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)
Results of a photo charter hosted by Chris Lantz Photography
After getting thoroughly soaked shooting in pouring rain, I've taken shelter under the coaling tower, trading the hazard of raindrops for the possibility of light to moderate bird droppings. The ... (more)
The rain has come on the first day of the Trains Magazine photoshoot on the Nevada Northern, but rainy days can often create some interesting lighting. It's late afternoon, as Nevada Northern's n... (more)
Silent but Stylish: The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's ex-Army 2-8-0 #610 soaks up some sunlight in the yard at the Soule Shops after being posed there for the previous night's steam lo... (more)
Southern Meet: While navigating its way through the museum wye, Southern 630 passes by high-hood SD40 3170w.
Newly restored Consolidation #81 struts its stuff as it brings a freight train into the East Ely yard during the Trains Magazine celebration of the return to service of #81, and the 81st anniversa... (more)
Awakened from its slumber, Nevada Northern No. 93 begins to build steam pressure for today's activities across the railroad.
DRG 425/DRGW 315 has finished it's final run before the 1472 and is now reversing back into Antonito Yard
Georgetown Loop 2-8-0 No. 111 steams past 2-6-2 No. 12 as it prepares to head down the hill to Georgetown. The first train of the day departs from the Devil's Gate station at 10:00 AM sharp for t... (more)
DNE 28/DMIR 332 is preparing to couple up to their train for the day.
Black River and Western 60 poses next to BR&W 438, an SW9 of Erie Heritage. This scene was in between two of 60's trips.
New Hope & Ivyland Railroad 40 approaches its consist at Lahaska as it prepares to shove its train from the rear to Buckingham Valley.
New Hope & Ivyland Railroad 40 rests in a cloud of steam before departing with the first train of the day. The dreary day made for some dramatic steam, something unseasonal for steam locomotives i... (more)
NNRY archivist Con T. works on the front of locomotive 81 during one of our night photo shoots.
Steamscape: Crown Point. A V&T freight comes off the Crown Point Fill and is just now passing the ore loading facilities at about MP 50.0. This is one of the flatter stretches of the recon... (more)
Work continues! Volunteers are hard at work doing maintenance on beloved steam locomotive, 60. She is moved outside by BR&W 438, catching the sun's rays for the first time since 2019.
NNRY 93 exits a cloud of her own steam on a cold Nevada morning in the East Ely yard.
Another Nevada Northern night shoot in the bag. This weekend starred NNRY 81 and her work crew with NNRY 93 steamed up and playing a supporting role. Locomotive 81 is nearing completion of an exte... (more)
EBT 12 poses amongst the original buildings of the yard at Orbisonia. The yard and equipment are under continued restoration for the railroads revival in the near future!
EBT 12 and 17 are temporarily "brought to life" during a night photo shoot at the EBT yard in orbisonia
EBT 12 poses on the turntable in Orbisonia for a night photo session in October 2020, as the railroad continues its effort to restore itself to operating condition
James McGinnis fills Engine 40 before another trip at the New Hope Railroad while steam wisps in the cool fall air
KCC #93 exits the enginehouse on a clear, cold February morning. Note #40 on the left is hot and waiting its turn. #93 is now lettered for Kennecott Copper Company (KCC) but over the years I've sh... (more)
From the final morning of last winter's Nevada Northern winter photo shoot. It's early morning on the high desert, the enginehouse doors have been opened, temperatures are frosty and the show is ... (more)
New Hope & Ivyland Railroad 40 awaits a departure from New Hope with its first train from the second day of Christmas trains in 2020
From the Nevada Northern Winter photo shoot in February of 2009, here is #93 (then lettered for Nevada Consolidated Copper Company) as it passes one of the water plugs in the East Ely yard with a ... (more)
The Nevada Northern's yard in East Ely is essentially a stub off the main line as a result of a realignment done in the early years intended to bypass downtown Ely. As a consequence, trains leavi... (more)
Crew members of the NH&I wake up their beloved steam locomotive, #40, maneuvering her out of the shop.
She's alive. Nevada Northern 81 is all steamed up for the send off of number 40. When I visited the Nevada Northern for the first time in the summer of 2006, I never dreamed. That this little engi... (more)
Under a thick layer of costal, morning overcast, steam from this morning's operations of Fillmore & Western 14 lingers a little longer in the air as the 2-8-0 heads east for a blowdown before back... (more)
Not the most photogenic lighting situation. But a truly historic moment. As part of the sendoff celebration for number 40. All three Nevada Northern steam locomotives 81, 40, 93, are all under ste... (more)
October 17, 2020. For the first time in 65 years, the Nevada Northern Railway has three locomotives under steam. Locomotive # 81 is the latest addition to the roster. Although the running gear and... (more)
The Maine Central 501, built-in 1910 by the Schenectady shops of the American Locomotive Works now sits on display at the Conway Scenic Railroad. Hopefully, in the future this engine returns to fu... (more)
Nose to nose in Silverton. On a beautiful summer evening in Silverton, Colorado, two different classes of Denver & Rio Grande Western steam locomotives sit nose to nose in the yard at aroun... (more)
First of the day. LMS 48624 heads the 1000 Loughborough - Leicester North past Swithland Sidings at the start of the Great Centrals Autumn Gala Weekend.
The fireman for 1702 checks the lineup of switches to couple up to the Southern bay-window caboose on the house track. After they drop the GSMR caboose, 1702 will be turned east for her deadhead t... (more)
Safety First! Shadows are lengthening on this late afternoon in February, as NCCCo #93 moves its train past the north side of the RIP building. It's 2009 at the annual Winter Photo shoot.
Nevada Consolidated Copper Co #93 moves a short freight train past the RIP building in the East Ely yards on a frosty winter afternoon. From the 2009 Nevada Northern Winter photo shoot.
A spectacular sunset is just wrapping up and dusk is beginning to fall over Fillmore as Fillmore & Western No. 14 simmers quietly in the yard. The fine product of Baldwin is being prepared for a r... (more)
Here is former IRCA Consolidation #40 in Silverplume getting ready to couple onto its train for the trip downgrade to the Devil's Gate station. This was to be #40's last season on the Loop for man... (more)
Nevada Northern's #93, here lettered for one of its former owners - Nevada Consolidated Copper Company - pulls the Steptoe Valley Flyer consist past the icicle laden freight house in East Ely. Wi... (more)
At the PRR's Hawthorne Yards, old and new steamers could be found working together on a daily basis. On this day, an H10S was seen passing through the yard in tandem with a J1.
