KCC 93 and Nevada Northern 40 pose for photos before the days excursions on one of the railroads photography workshop weekends

KCC 93 and Nevada Northern 40 prepare for the days worth amidst the clouds of steam and smoke in the railroads engine house

Feed us! NN #40 and KCC #93 position at the Nevada Northern's historic coaling tower. While not currently operable, the pose is still classic.

From the second Nevada Northern... (more)

Into the morning light. KCC #93 and NN #40 stage a dramatic entrance as they move out of the relative warmth of the engine house and into the chilly winter air.

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Early morning light streams into the Nevada Northern engine house, where the NN's Steam Rotary Snow Plow "B" waits for its next callout. Built by Alco-Cooke in 1907, the plow has been c... (more)

It's late afternoon in the East Ely yard and activity is picking up, as NN #40 brings in a mixed train from Cobre, while Alcos RS-3 #109 and RS-2 #105 get ready to depart with a string of empty or... (more)

KCC 93 simmers in the silhouette of only two lights in the engine house at Nevada Northern, Before a long days work at the start of a photographers weekend at the railroad

KCC 93 makes its way through the desolate winter mountainside country just outside of Ely, Nevada

The sun is just about to drop below the mountains west of Ely, as NCCCo #93 steams past the RIP building headed for the engine house. Due to a recently developed bearing issue #93 was confined to... (more)

NCCCo #93 brings a string of empty ore cars into the East Ely yard. In the two decades I've visited the NN, #93 has been lettered for three different entities - "Nevada Northern", "... (more)

A cold night in Ely finds KCC 93 simmering during a night photo session in February 2019

Open Horseshoe-curves are always spectacular photolocations. On Silverzone Pass on the former Western Pacific mainline such a thing exists - the so called Arnold Loop. Since 1982 the line belongs ... (more)

There's been a wreck on the Nevada Northern up at the mine in Ruth and NN steam Wrecking Crane A, its tender and assorted other cars have been called out to set things right. A beautiful simulati... (more)

The Last Time. The last crew to make up the popular Reno Fun Train takes a moment on a fittingly, gloomy morning in Sparks, Nevada to pose for a group photo in front of the train's l... (more)

On a gloomy winter morning in the Steptoe Valley, Nevada Northern's 4-6-0 #40 is on the main line from Cobre approaching Hi Line Junction with a mixed train headed to Ely. The Hi Line tracks whic... (more)