It's a process. Members of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum's Engine House Crew fire up the dual, smoke-box-mounted air pumps on Baldwin Consolidation #81, as they finish up the complex r... (more)

Wrapping up another chilly day in Ely. With the day's operations concluded and the sun dipping low in the afternoon sky, Nevada Northern's beefy Consolidation #93 passes the Repair In Place... (more)

Big Hook on the move. Nevada Northern's heavy Consolidation #93 hauls a work extra southbound on the Ore Line, headed for the Mines District to clean up an accident scene. She's pictured h... (more)

Passing Hi Line Junction. A lonely Nevada Northern Switch Tender waves a southbound special passenger operation through the switch at Hi Line Junction (MP 135) as it continues on its journe... (more)

Fueling up for the run to Cobre. Nevada Northern's Consolidation #81 sits at the coal tipple in the East Ely Yard, taking on fuel for her morning "Steptoe Flyer" passenger run to ... (more)

Pinning on "The Flyer". With morning servicing completed, Nevada Northern's Consolidation #81 stands in front of the railroad's coaling and water towers in the East Ely Yard, read... (more)

Got Alcos? The Nevada Northern Railway certainly does. You are looking at NN Locomotives #109 (closest), a 1950 Alco RS-3, and #201, a recently-repatriated 1951 Alco RSD-4. In addition ... (more)

Steamscape: Lower Tunnel. Nevada Northern's Baldwin Consolidation #81 charges out of the Lower Tunnel near MP 141.8, as she hauls a short passenger consist south (compass west) through Robi... (more)

Ely-bound empties. Nevada Northern's big Alco freight hog #93 slows to yard speed as she approaches Lackawanna Crossing (approx. MP 139.5) northbound with a string of empty ore-hoppers dest... (more)

Frosty cold East Ely. Spouting majestic clouds of snow white steam, the Nevada Northern Railway Museum's two coal-burning Consolidations emerge from the East Ely engine house to a sparking ... (more)

Good morning East Ely! With a loud hiss of steam from their cylinder cocks, Nevada Northern Consolidations #81 and #93 emerge from the East Ely Engine House to bright sunshine and very cold... (more)

Passing the freight house. Just a few yards west of the East Ely Depot sits the Nevada Northern Railway's spacious freight house. Although much of the freight traffic on this railroad was... (more)

It's alive. When I started attending the Nevada Northern Railway Museum's annual photo shoots in 2008, Steam Locomotive #81, a 1917 Baldwin Consolidation, was the queen of the East Ely Engi... (more)

Cleaning up a little mishap. The Nevada Northern Railway's 100-ton Steam Wrecking Crane A makes short work of a empty derailed ore hopper that ended up on the ground during switching moves ... (more)

Steamscape: An active East Ely Yard. Even at mid-day, the Nevada Northern Railway's East Ely Yard is still abuzz with activity as Consolidation #81 steams in front of the engine house, bein... (more)