In the promos for the Nevada Northern Winter Photo Shoots, they tell you you're going to freeze your butt off...and that becomes reality as you stand around the East Ely Yard in the dark with the ... (more)

With the sun so low in the sky that even the sagebrush are casting long shadows, Nevada Northern's Alco #109 tows her historic, 1870s era consist back to the train shed. In moments the Steptoe ... (more)

A Nevada Northern local freight heads west toward Keystone into a setting sun.

Nevada Northern Locomotive #109 eases a hopper train past the ore docks at the Keystone Wye.

Nevada Northern Baldwin #40 pulls up to the coaling tower with a disabled Alco diesel in tow......oh, how I wish. In actuality, this photo depicts an RS-3 dragging the cold #40 from the Machine ... (more)

Nevada Northern's Steam Wrecking Crane A provides the backdrop as two railroad employees take a mid-morning break in the East Ely Engine House.

A Nevada Northern ore train departs Ely for the mines on the Keystone Branch Line.

Nevada Northern Locomotive #109 approaches the tunnel on the Keystone Branch with a photo special. In the consist are an RPO/Baggage Car and Coach dating back to the 1880s.

Cracked axles.... As of February, 2008, both of Nevada Northern's steam locos are sidelined with condemning cracks in their driver axles. Here, we see Consolidation #93 sitting on the Machine S... (more)

The snow covered mountains surrouding Ely, Nevada serve as a backdrop for this view of a Nevada Northern work train. This train includes NNRy's 100-ton "Big Hook", an operable, steam-powered wr... (more)

The NNRy's East Ely Engine House holds several treasures that almost never see the light of day. This photo depicts "Rotary B", an Alco-Cooke steam powered rotary snow plow built in 1907. Rota... (more)

A rolling historical perspective of the Nevada Northern Railway... Alco #109, a 1950-vintage RS-3, pulls a train consisting of an RPO/Baggage Car and Coach dating back to the 1880s....that were ... (more)

Substituting for Baldwin #40..... Nevada Northern Alco #109 does its best impression of a steam locomotive as it pulls an ore train toward the photo line at Lackawanna Crossing, just west of Ely... (more)

Nevada Northern Locomotive #109, an Alco RS-3, pulls a string of ore hoppers southbound toward the tunnel on the Keystone Branch.

The Nevada Northern Winter Photo Shoot for Feb 8-10 was pretty much a diesel show this year. One day before the shoot, an ultrasound inspection detected serious cracks in at least one axle on #4... (more)