No Posing Here. The NNRy is very much a working railroad museum. Well before sunrise, the volunteer engine crews are already on the job, getting their charges ready for the day. A... (more)

Headin' For Cobre. Emerging from Tunnel 1, #40 brings her passenger train downhill as she comes into Ely from Keystone. Unfortunately, today Ely is as far as she will go, since the... (more)

Overpowered. With power on either end of the one car in today's train, NR-2 heads south over Mill Cove, approaching New London Submarine Base. Two units are used because there will... (more)

Hiline Junction. 93 gets a roll on through Hiline Jinction, a few miles north of Ely. From here, the branch that the train is on ran northeast to reach the copper concentrator on t... (more)

Up The Creek. Returning from a cleanup job somewhere up the line, #93 brings the wreck train across Steptoe Creek on the way back to Ely. Only a few more miles separate the train f... (more)

By A Nose. With MEC 606's factory-original snoot nose leading the way, NMED heads west through Shirley. The crew are making full use of the passenger train speeds this trackage is ... (more)

The Original Text Message. Harkening back to a time when Ely was bigger than the tiny water stop known as Las Vegas, the ground man hoops up orders to #40's crew, granting them trac... (more)

Something New. Two things in this scene took a little getting used to for this photographer. One is the MBTA locomotive without the traditional ghetto bars over the windshields. T... (more)

Temporary Stablemates. With Guilford having acquired newer six-axle power, the remaining GP9s have been largely put out to pasture, like #71 here on lease to Horizon Milling. With ... (more)

Leaving Town. On the outskirts of Ely, #40 climbs up towards Tunnel 1, heading for the mine at Keystone. Near this spot is where the original main line, later downgraded to a branc... (more)

The Building Tunnel. One of the more interesting features of Boston railroading is the Grand Junction Branch's building tunnel under one of MIT's many research buildings. MBTA's Te... (more)

Face Off. Nevada Northern stable mates 40 and 93 square off in front of the coal tower at East Ely. #40 had just returned from the morning's trip with the passenger consist. Siste... (more)

Is It Time Yet? The morning's shooting in the East Ely yard complex has been completed, and all concerned are anxiously waiting to head out on the line. Engineer John Tyson sits in... (more)

Call The Wrecker. NN 93 leads the wreck train uphill, heading towards the mine at Keystone. The Steptoe Range form a dramatic backdrop as the train climbs the fill that allows the m... (more)

Heading Home. Catching a brief sucker hole in the cloud cover, Metra 2129 departs the Windy City for Fox Lake with commuters lucky enough to be able to get out of work early on a Tu... (more)