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.

The firemen for NNRY 81 & 93 help guide the locomotives under the smoke hoods of their engine house berths. The hoods help vent smoke out of the building when the engines are put away hot.

Engine 81 emerges from her dark engine house stall into the first light of a cold Ely, NV morning.

Nevada Northern crewmen review their orders by oil lamp before beginning the night's work. The 1909 ALCO-built locomotive 93 steams quietly behind them, ready for another evening doing what she wa... (more)

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.

NNRY 93 leans through the curve of the northern portal of Tunnel 1 on the Keystone branch of the Nevada Northern.

NNRY 93 pulls a wreck train through the southern portal of Tunnel 1 on the Keystone branch of the Nevada Northern. The 1907 steam powered wrecking crane weighs in excess of 100 tons and gives 93 a... (more)

Alcos, coal dust, and sunlight.

NNRY 93 crosses the fill at H6 on the Hiline on its return to East Ely with a mixed freight. Immediately in front of the caboose can be seen Outfit Car 06 originally built by Pullman for the Grand... (more)

NNRY 93 charges up the grade at Gleeson Creek with the 100 ton 1907 Wrecking Crane 'A' in tow.

NN spreader 360 under a clear Nevada night sky

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)