The Nevada Northern Railway in Ely is truly the little railroad that could. Founded in 1905, the railway served for its first 80 years as a working railroad for the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, ...

Railroads have been some of the most important developments in the history of the state of Nevada. It was railroads that connected the many scattered growing cities and mining districts to create ...

ELY — The Nevada Northern Railway Museum is a highlight of Ely, with its interactive experiences showing guests the inner workings of a locomotive system. What many guests may not realize is the ...

One of the things Mark Bassett noticed on his first visit to the Nevada Northern Railway Museum some 25 years ago was the lack of warning signs, glass cases and velvet ropes protecting the artifacts. ...

It was the search for stars that brought me to the town of Ely on a weekend in May. A friend and I had booked tickets for the Nevada Northern Railway, which runs on select summer evenings from mid-May ...

I had never heard of the town of Ely at the intersections of Highways 50, 6, and 93 in what could be described as central- eastern Nevada until my buddy, Paul, told me about the annual Silver State ...

Ely, Nevada — located about 240 miles from Las Vegas — is much like the mines that made it, nearly broke it and partially sustain it today: It doesn’t look like much on the surface, but scrape away ...

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Visit: Museum open daily 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (4 p.m. on Sundays) except Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Jan. 2. Check website for full schedule of train rides and events; ...