Nevada Northern 40 and 93 are steamed up at dawn inside the East Ely engine house, being readied for another day out on the line.

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.

A Freight Train Without Freight. NN 109 pulls her short train up to the mine. Unfortunately, this is basically a passenger train, because the mine's concentrated copper ore is ship... (more)

Leaving Town. With his engine putting on a smoke show, engineer John Tyson opens up #40's throttle and eases the passenger train away from East Ely.

Almost Back. Passing Hiline Junction means the crew of this NN freight are almost home. East Ely lies just a couple miles ahead; of course, it would take us quite a while to get th... (more)

Yard Limits. There's no yard to speak of at Hiline Junction, only the Hiline Branch diverging from the main line. Still though, the yard limit marker made a nice photo prop when #9... (more)

The Loadout. Returning downhill from Keystone to Ely, #40 leads her passenger train past an old loading platform. Small mines in the area, not large enough to have their own tipple... (more)