It's late afternoon in the East Ely yard and activity is picking up, as NN #40 brings in a mixed train from Cobre, while Alcos RS-3 #109 and RS-2 #105 get ready to depart with a string of empty or... (more)
The sun is just about to drop below the mountains west of Ely, as NCCCo #93 steams past the RIP building headed for the engine house. Due to a recently developed bearing issue #93 was confined to... (more)
NCCCo #93 brings a string of empty ore cars into the East Ely yard. In the two decades I've visited the NN, #93 has been lettered for three different entities - "Nevada Northern", "... (more)
There's been a wreck on the Nevada Northern up at the mine in Ruth and NN steam Wrecking Crane A, its tender and assorted other cars have been called out to set things right. A beautiful simulati... (more)
On a gloomy winter morning in the Steptoe Valley, Nevada Northern's 4-6-0 #40 is on the main line from Cobre approaching Hi Line Junction with a mixed train headed to Ely. The Hi Line tracks whic... (more)