Open Space. Leaving the South Rim, the GCRY winds its way through Coconino Canyon. Eventually, however, the scenery levels out and becomes the open desert seen here at Willaha sidi... (more)

Pride And Joy. #93 might be the muscle of the NN fleet, but #40 is their baby. Here, she soaks up the limelight during a night photo session before being put to bed for the night. ... (more)

The New Way And The Old Way. Rolling along the highway that made it obsolete, NN's passenger train returns to Ely. U.S. 50 now gets workers to the mine and copper ore to market, bu... (more)

Grande Style. I can think of few better things to see from my hotel room than the flying Rio Grande, like a beacon in the night over Salt Lake City. The former depot, still ... (more)

Backyards And Fences. NN's passenger train rolls through the backyards of Ely as it approaches the yard limits. In the past, #40 would have headed for the SP at Cobre, but today sh... (more)

Tree Huggers, Stay Clear. In a once-commonplace scene that would surely make the blood of today's tree huggers boil, NN93 puts on a great smoke show in the high desert northeast of ... (more)

High Desert Haulers. Nevada Northern rostermates 40 and 93 simmer quietly under the East Ely coal tower. Both once made their living connecting Ely and its copper mine with the out... (more)

Moonlight Sonata. At the end of a weekend that featured back-to-back 16-hour days on the high iron, GCRY 4960 finally comes home to roost at the Williams shop. Before she gets put ... (more)

Downhill From Here. In the days before widespread ownership of cars, this was how most of the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company's employees got to and from work. Leaving the mine,... (more)

Going Up. Two of the Mount Washington Cog Railway's locomotives sit at the bottom of the hill, waiting to ascend into the clouds that hover somewhere around the timber line. It was... (more)

Cover Shot. Leaving the Providence area in a hurry, train 167's motor rips across Apponaug Cove. If the location looks vaguely familiar, its because Amtrak used it for the cover of... (more)

Off Kilter. No, this not a case of Horizon Unlevel. #9 was built in 1908 by Alco in Manchester with cab and boiler at an angle. On the flanks of Mount Washington, where the grade ... (more)

Home Safe. With the winter photo special weekend concluded, engines 40, 93, and 204 are all tucked safely inside the East Ely engine house until spring, when they'll be awakened aga... (more)

Its Cold On Top. When we arrived at the summit, the fog was so thick that when standing next to #9's tender, you couldn't see the far end of our coach. Those photographers who brav... (more)

I Love The Smell of Coal Smoke in the Morning! With the sun just coming up over the shop buildings, #93 sits in front of the engine house, getting ready for a day on the high iron.