Nevada Northern 81 leads the Steptoe Valley Flyer through the scenic, snow-covered Steptoe Valley.

Nevada Northern 81 charges out of the Rock Cut with the Steptoe Valley Flyer on a beautiful February afternoon.

Nevada Northern 81 smokes out the engine house as the morning sun beautifully lights the locomotive.

Nevada Northern 81 steams up in the engine house early in the morning.

Trainmaster Con Trumbull poses on recently-restored Kennecott Copper Corporation 801 while Nevada Northern 81 poses to its right in East Ely.

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.

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.

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)

NNRY 81 is finally under steam again after a comprehensive restoration. To celebrate the railroad partnered with Trains Magazine to charter a special weekend photo shoot. Coincidentally Trains is ... (more)

NNRY archivist Con T. works on the front of locomotive 81 during one of our night photo shoots.

October 17, 2020. Steam flows through the cylinders of NNRY 81 for the first time in 65 years! The pistons and running rear have not yet been installed on the locomotive so many decades of rust an... (more)

October 17, 2020. For the first time in 65 years, the Nevada Northern Railway has three locomotives under steam. Locomotive # 81 is the latest addition to the roster. Although the running gear and... (more)

Hidden away in the Nevada Northern shop complex is this 1917 Baldwin 2-8-0, No. 81, which is awaiting restoration. This is the only surviving NNRy steam locomotive equipped with a stoker.