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)

Off To The Races. Its 7:30am, and #93 is emerging from the engine house to begin the day with a trip up the valley to McGill Junction. As she heads to her train, she lays down an i... (more)

First Light. Once the sun climbed high enough to get over the buildings in the East Ely yard complex, both engines emerged from the barn. #40 would then return to her stall while w... (more)

Tucked Away. Its Sunday afternoon, and the Nevada Northern Railway's engine crews have completed their switching. With all of the line's restored rolling stock safely stashed away,... (more)

Early Riser. Long before sunrise, NNRy volunteer Karl Dodge briefly pauses in between his many tasks. To his left is his charge, NN 2-8-0 #93, lettered for Nevada Consolidated Copp... (more)

Early Morning Chill. With the air still cool not long after sunrise, #40 can make a enormous plume of salt-and-pepper exhaust. Unfortunately it would warm up a bit as the day wore ... (more)

Easy Does It. While we were out on the line with engine 93, the NN crew brought out Wrecking Crane A, fired her up, and gently derailed a car. With the crowd gathered around to wat... (more)

Interloper. A diesel occupies the yard at East Ely, while the NN's two steam locomotives sit in the enginehouse. But not to worry, steam fans - this was a Friday afternoon, and bot... (more)

Smoke Show. Its 7am, and #40's crew has been on duty since 3:30, building the fire in preparation for a day on the high iron. When she finally emerged from the engine house, the co... (more)

Ladies In Waiting. Nevada Northern locomotives 40 and 93 lie in wait inside the enginehouse. I arrived before sunrise to photograph the engines, and their crews were on duty long b... (more)

Every year during the annual Nevada Northern winter photo shoot, the steam locomotives take the spotlight. But what about the diesels? Where else will you find an operable RS-2 and RS-3 running ... (more)

A Kennecott ore train heads east from East Ely on the mainline toward Hiline junction and the hiline branch to McGill. All recreated by the Nevada Northern museum of course.

It's Alive! Looking a bit like something out of a sci-fi movie, Nevada Northern's 100-Ton Wrecking Crane A swings into action at the site of a minor yard derailment, during the 2010 Winter ... (more)

No. 40 rolls downgrade out of the tunnel on the NN branch between East Ely and the mines at Ruth/Copper Flat. The Nevada Northern was a common-carrier, so the consist is appropriate, even on a bra... (more)