The 1909 built Alco pulls up to the water plug in the East Ely yard. This was the second Saturday of the NNRy's Winter Steam Photo spectacular, and while the 93 was confined to the yard due to ho... (more)

1909 built Alco simmers in the dark recesses of the NNRy's engine house on a cold snowy night in February But, far from a nightmare, this particular Friday the 13th was more like a dream! The go... (more)

The quarters are cramped and the hazards abound as we watch the crew of Nevada Northern's Steam Wrecking Crane A go about the business of clearing a derailment. In front of them, there is rotati... (more)

Caked with heavy, wet snow, a Kennecott Copper ore train leaves the East Ely Yard for the mines out at Keystone. Under various names and liveries, the Nevada Northern Railway existed to support ... (more)

With a fresh load of coal in the bunker, Nevada Northern's Locomotive #93 heads for the switch that will put her hopper train on the main line for the trip out to Keystone. The trip will likely ... (more)

Nevada Northern's Consolidation #93 runs light across the fill between the East Ely Yard and the Lackawanna Crossing on a February morning. Living in the Northeastern US, the heavy tree cover pr... (more)

Nevada Northern #93 enters the engine house, it's stack being positioned under the roof vent; during the annual Winter Photo Freights excursions.

A night hostler chats with a young boy in the East Ely Engine House of the Nevada Northern Railway, long after the rest of the crew has gone home. This is just one of the many scenes staged duri... (more)

After dropping a hopper train, Nevada Northern's #93 reverses in the East Ely Yard to pick up a local freight consist. Although the early morning snow has lightened up considerably, the visibili... (more)

When a derailed hopper has the yard tied up in knots, who ya gonna call? Ya call out "The Big Hook", that's who. In this scene, Nevada Northern's Steam Wrecking Crane A makes short work ... (more)

Steeped in Blue

A lonely lantern hangs on the door latch of Nevada Northern wooden freight car #1025.

An Nevada Northern hopper train pulls up to the water plug in the East Ely Yard before heading out to the mines. The blinding February snows may have most Nevada residents hunkered down, but it ... (more)

Nevada Northern's Locomotive #93 sails past some of the many old ore docks on the Keystone Branch enroute to the mines district. The light run this morning is a locomotive rental...an opportunit... (more)

An overnight snow had just ended and sunshine was breaking over the peaks east of Ely when Nevada Northern's Consolidation #93 left the engine house to take a lucky renter for a ride out to Keysto... (more)