Nevada Northern 81 leads the Steptoe Valley Flyer through the scenic, snow-covered Steptoe Valley.

Nevada Northern 81 charges out of the Rock Cut with the Steptoe Valley Flyer on a beautiful February afternoon.

Nevada Northern 81 smokes out the engine house as the morning sun beautifully lights the locomotive.

Nevada Northern 81 steams up in the engine house early in the morning.

Trainmaster Con Trumbull poses on recently-restored Kennecott Copper Corporation 801 while Nevada Northern 81 poses to its right in East Ely.

#81 steams towards the ready track on a brilliant Nevada morning

The main engine house at the Nevada Northern is only heated by the steam from warming locomotives and this coal fired stove. In the perfect encapsulation of the railroad, the stove was apparently ... (more)

Nevada Northern #81 rolls past a brilliant mountain view with the Steptoe Valley Flyer passenger train

A steam freight chuffs out of East Ely yard, while the massive Nevada Northern shop complex looks on. Scenes like this easily take a visitor back to the early 1900s.

Locomotive 81 has the Steptoe Valley Flyer at track speed as it passes a phonebooth at a passing track

In a scene that has occurred many times over the past 100+ years, Kennecott Caboose 22 awaits the morning call to duty on a chilly night in East Ely, Nevada.

Baldwin Locomotive works built both #801 and #81, though you couldn't tell by just looking. The two Baldwin graduates sit on display in the East Ely yard during the Winter Photoshoot weekend at th... (more)

Joining the mainline at High-line Junction, Nevada Northern #81 rolls past the switch stand with a mixed freight in tow. The switch target is meant to alert railroad crews as to the direction of t... (more)

In a brisk snow squall, Nevada Northern #81 handles a mixed freight bound for Ely, Nevada. This shot was taken as part of the Nevada Northern's annual winter steam spectacular. Spectacular does no... (more)

Nevada Northern Railway Steam Wrecking Crane A © 2023 Steve Crise Outtake from the February 3rd night photo shoot.