Looking high wide and handsome as they used to say, newly restored #81 races north out of the yard with what was probably a pretty typical NN passenger train.

Framed by the last stubborn leaves this work train is easing forward dropping the last stick of welded rail for the inside of the curve at MP 403. I guess we’ll see the rail gang in a few weeks... (more)

Not the star of the show but looking good in the chill desert air No. 93 is pulling our railfan chase train to a location for photos of the new kid on the block, number 81. This Nevada Northern R... (more)

Yard outlined by the vastness of eastern Nevada. The newly restored steamer looks a little odd with those pumps mounted on the smokebox and a little anachronistic, them being one-lung machines.

A short freight has come along just in time to bring Nevada Northern’s hi-rail inspection vehicle to a stop before one of the wig-wag signals protecting motorists even in 2021.

Well, not really UP, but WAMX, waiting to be put in service or maybe a parts supply for the others sitting by the shops, already relettered. Great to see oldies get a new lease on life. Yard off... (more)

After a fantastic weekend on Nevada Northern we decided to hit Monarch Pass and the OK panhandle just for grins. Coming out of the panhandle Woodward is a great place to spent the night. In the... (more)

In the high desert weather is uncertain and at this juncture has decided to become chilly, windy and flecked with rain but it creates a steam era atmosphere that is incomparable. Newly resuscitat... (more)

Looking jaunty after her long sleep and decorated in as-delivered green this beauty rolls a short ore train into town on a “Trains” magazine photo weekend. There’s nothing like the sound of... (more)

EB mixed freight crossing the hump in downtown, passing the moribund former Southern States grain terminal.

Okay, yeah you’ve got redbarns, heck, we’ve got red barns too. This unit screams “WASH ME”. Image is everything.

After sitting in the siding awaiting separation from the train in front of him this eastbound has finally gotten clearance and has left the place that’s so small the town square is a triangle, m... (more)

When I pulled up my screens I saw this guy lingering at Glade. Figuring that he had been #2 of two trains in the hole and was waiting for separation I dashed out of the house and hot-footed it ea... (more)

WB mixed freight, shorter than usual and no DPUs today.

On a nice spring day EB intermodal #23G with 1100 is holding the main for a meet with giant WB mixed freight #127. Today they’ve managed to avoid Maple St. This is not popular with the local c... (more)