It's a process. Members of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum's Engine House Crew fire up the dual, smoke-box-mounted air pumps on Baldwin Consolidation #81, as they finish up the complex r... (more)

Passing Hi Line Junction. A lonely Nevada Northern Switch Tender waves a southbound special passenger operation through the switch at Hi Line Junction (MP 135) as it continues on its journe... (more)

Fueling up for the run to Cobre. Nevada Northern's Consolidation #81 sits at the coal tipple in the East Ely Yard, taking on fuel for her morning "Steptoe Flyer" passenger run to ... (more)

Pinning on "The Flyer". With morning servicing completed, Nevada Northern's Consolidation #81 stands in front of the railroad's coaling and water towers in the East Ely Yard, read... (more)

Tunnel Vision

Steamscape: Gleason Creek. There are a number of spots on the active trackage of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum that photographers have tended to favor. This is my favorite, right here... (more)

Express train to Ruth. Nevada Northern's Locomotive #81 hauls a short express passenger train toward the Mines District at Ruth, NV, bringing personnel and light cargo to the extensive Kenn... (more)

Steamscape: Lower Tunnel. Nevada Northern's Baldwin Consolidation #81 charges out of the Lower Tunnel near MP 141.8, as she hauls a short passenger consist south (compass west) through Robi... (more)

Good morning East Ely! With a loud hiss of steam from their cylinder cocks, Nevada Northern Consolidations #81 and #93 emerge from the East Ely Engine House to bright sunshine and very cold... (more)

Passing the freight house. Just a few yards west of the East Ely Depot sits the Nevada Northern Railway's spacious freight house. Although much of the freight traffic on this railroad was... (more)

It's alive. When I started attending the Nevada Northern Railway Museum's annual photo shoots in 2008, Steam Locomotive #81, a 1917 Baldwin Consolidation, was the queen of the East Ely Engi... (more)

Steamscape: An active East Ely Yard. Even at mid-day, the Nevada Northern Railway's East Ely Yard is still abuzz with activity as Consolidation #81 steams in front of the engine house, bein... (more)

Newly restored Nevada Northern #81 departs East Ely, NV with the "Steptoe Valley Flyer" on a crisp October morning

An early morning visit to the Nevada Northern's engine house is always worth an o-dark-thirty wakeup call. Here is #81 getting some pre-departure TLC on a chilly fall morning. A few minutes from n... (more)

Nevada Northern #81 passes by the shop building during a Trains Magazine event. This track is the original main line which proceeded directly through downtown Ely before starting up Robinson Cany... (more)