Whether hauling trains or switching in the yard, the primary power at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum these days is this 1956-vintage SD9. Not native to the Nevada Northern, she's an ex-South... (more)

Former Kennecot Nevada Mines Alco RS3 was built in 1950 to serve originally at the Ray Mines in Arizona and was transferred to Nevada in 1970. She hauled ore from the mines above Ruth to McGill ... (more)

Looking down the street at the 1907 built East Ely depot designed by Fredrick Hale and constructed from locally quarried sandstone. Rising beyond across the yard can be seen the water tower and c... (more)

Standing on a side ramp affords a head on view of the brutish looking 1909 Alco as she steam west (railroad south). Rising beyond as the east buttress of the Steptoe Valley are the 11,000 ft peak... (more)

Details...more details....tucked in the corner of the machine shop in the East Ely engine house is this original enginemen's call board. One can only assume that the conductors' board was elsewhe... (more)

Can you find what's out of place? There is something in this photo giving away the fact that it's not a half century earlier. Regardless, this few looks down from the stairs that lead to the ove... (more)

The 1909 vintage Alco steams beside the Roadway Machine House in the East Ely yards.

On the first full day of the second weekend of NN's steam in the snow photo shoot the crew put on a show not to dissapoint. Though the 93 was confined to the yard with bearing problems a substant... (more)

A faded logo calls out the heritage with pride on a dark cold night. This adornment is on the tender of the NN's long out of service steam rotary plow deep stored in the back of the engine house.

Yet more details....the Nevada Northern simply overwhelms the senses. Deep in the heart of the engine house this ancient coal stove burns brightly providing a modicum of warmth on a frigid night.... (more)

Former Kennecot Nevada Mines Alco RS3was built in 1950 to serve originally at the Ray Mines in Arizona and was transferred to Nevada in 1970. She has pulled into the engine house from a bitter s... (more)

More Details...it's what makes the Nevada Northern truly a time warp. It is like nowhere I've ever been. A vintage tall stand switch rises from the snow as an equally ancient light pole looks on.... (more)

Details...it's what makes the Nevada Northern like no other tourist railroad. It truly is living history. A vintage Adlake lock adorns the side of a fully restored and operational 1912 AC&F wood... (more)

The night photo shoot is over and 1909 vintage Alco #93 has dumped her ash and now pulled back into the house to slumber for the night. Facing off with her is an Alco sibling of more recent vinta... (more)

The old light fixture on the east wall of the Air Brake Testing House seems to be attempting to capture the plume of smoke as the 1909 vintage Alco steams in front of the East Ely engine house.