Nevada Northern 2-8-0 No. 93 works a freight over the Steptoe Creek fill east of East Ely, Nevada, on February 6, 2005.

Nevada Northern 2-8-0 No. 93 heads west approaching Steptoe Creek fill near East Ely, Nevada, on the afternoon of February 4, 2006. Hot on the heals of the freight is NN No. 40 with a short passen... (more)

A caboose. A rotary snow plow. Two steam engines. An outfit car. A coal tipple. A water tower. Blue skies. Fresh snow. What more does one need? Photo taken at the Nevada Northern's Winter... (more)

NN 93 pulls down one of the engine house tracks to be spotted for the nigh shoot at the Nevada Northern Winter Steam Spectacular. Remember, Safety First!

Times they are a changin'. In recent years, the demographics of the railroad crews at tourist railroads and museums have begun to shift a bit. It isn't just the boys who are playing with t... (more)

Roundhouse Ritual: The Alemite Grease Gun. In the hours before dawn, a volunteer member of the Nevada Northern shop crew uses a pneumatic grease gun to pack the rod bearings on Locomotive 9... (more)

Nevada Northern #93 shoves the NN rotary snow plow through the yard at East Ely.

NN 93 and NN 40 exit the East Ely enginehouse simultaneously into the cold air and bright sunlight of a gorgeous Nevada morning.

Winter ops in the Ely Yard. A light snow breaks out in the yard at East Ely as hostlers prepare the beefy Consolidation 93 for a hopper drag out to Keystone. In the background, the line's ... (more)

The Nevada Northern certainly knows how to put on a good show. This scene was captured during an organized night shoot with lighting by Steve Crise. www.alexramosphoto.com

The Nevada Northern, a tribute to railroading and a way of life long past, gathers its vintage equipment together every winter for groups of railroad photographers to experience, as Executive Dire... (more)

Steamscape: East Ely Yard. Overnight snow squalls have left a couple of fluffy inches on the East Ely Yards of the Nevada Northern Railway, as crews get a pair of freight trains ready for m... (more)

Haulin' empties. With a high desert snow squall breaking over the East Ely Yards, one of Nevada Northern's hefty freight hogs drags a string of empty hoppers through Lackawanna Crossing, en... (more)

Blowin’ a smoke ring
Only minutes from sunset, a Nevada Northern work extra pulled by 2-8-0 No. 93 smokes by at Hiline Junction siding, Nevada, on February 3, 2007. Amazingly, during ... (more)

Afternoon light streams into the Nevada Northern Railway enginehouse at East Ely, Nevada, on February 2, 2007. The front of NNRY 2-8-0 No. 93 almost looks like it is glowing from the sun rays filt... (more)