With a small freight train in tow the classic low-drivered Consoiidation passes the depot area.
Celebrating its return to service after many years and posing for a portrait during a gala weekend of excursions this locomotive looks spiffy with the green boiler jacket. The anachronistic singl... (more)
The morning desert sun illuminates the Currie Depot along Nevada Northern Railway. Sagebrush has begun to retake the tracks along with the rest of the once prosperous town.
Following a multi-year restoration, F40PHR #231 returns to Amtrak's Phase III livery at Nevada State Railroad Museum. Additional info and progress photos at http://www.dynarail.org
Engineer Bill Megill pulls the throttle on Nevada Northern 81 as it reverses through the East Ely Yard.
Turning away from the playa of the Smoke Creek Desert at Sano, the rails of Western Pacific's Fifth Subdivision (today Union Pacific's Winnemucca Sub) start up the east side of Sand Pass. Highligh... (more)
Nevada Northern 81 rests in the rock cut at the Keystone wye during a short stop before returning to Ely.
Maybe a tad off topic, but by definition a "passenger train," The MGM Grand-Bally's Monorail debuted in 1995, operating between the MGM Grand and Bally's hotels (which had been the MGM G... (more)
Nevada Northern 81 rests in East Ely after completing its excursion for the day.
Nevada Northern 81 works hard up the grade as it accelerates out of Ely at Lackawanna crossing.
Nevada Northern 81 whistles for a crossing at Lane City on the return trip back to Ely.
Nevada Northern 81 works its passenger train up the grade through Robinson Canyon on an overcast June afternoon.
Nevada Northern 81 coasts downgrade through Robinson Canyon on a cloudy June afternoon.
Nevada Northern 81 begins the return trip to East Ely as it departs Keystone with its train.
Nevada Northern Railway 2-8-0 93 pauses in the East Ely Yard with trainmaster Con Trumbull watching closely. 93 has a freight consist to kick off the first Winter Steam Photo Weekend of 2024. Loco... (more)