Ruth bound copper ore empties rattle west through the high desert of East Ely, NV behind a pair of classic Kennecott Copper Corporation ALCo RS's, (RS3 no. 9 and RS2 no. 5 to be specific). Though ... (more)
The desert floor is dusted with snow as a Nevada Northern freight train, pulled by 2-8-0 No. 93, steams by approaching the fill of Steptoe Creek near East Ely, Nevada, on February 2, 2003.
Silhouetted by the morning sun, Nevada Northern 2-8-0 No. 93 pulls a short freight over Steptoe Creek fill near East Ely, Nevada on a cold February 8, 2004. NNRy operates these special photo train... (more)
On a quiet February 7, 2005, morning, a lonely crossbuck guards a rarely-used grade crossing on the Nevada Northern Railway at East Ely, Nevada.
It’s beginning to snow as nightfall settles in over East Ely, Nevada, on February 6, 2005. Nevada Northern 2-8-0 No. 93 rests on a track in the yard as NNRy Alco RS3 No. 109 brings a freight tra... (more)
Nevada Northern’s beautiful ten wheeler #40 along with it’s 2 car passenger train sits in the East Ely yard next to the freight house. #40 was built by Baldwin in 1912 and has been on the line... (more)
Nevada Consolidated Copper Co. #93 is putting a replica wreck train together in the East Ely yard. The occasion is the winter photo shoot of the NNRy Museum. That 100 ton steam wrecking crane in t... (more)
Nevada Northern's KCC 40 pulls a 2 car passenger train near East Ely, NV, on the Keystone Branch. Feb 9, 2019.
Steam weekend 2019.
93 approaches Lackawanna Ave with a mixed freight
1980 found me in eastern Nevada doing my usual geologic work. Equipment problems on the drilling rig gave me a couple of days of free time, so I spent some of it checking out the Nevada Northern R... (more)