NORTHERN NEVADA RAILWAY: The dreamers who built Nevada
The trains that helped build the west - were built by dreamers. The Northern Nevada Railway in Ely, Nevada was part of that. And people are still coming to Ely to find their dream.
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ELY (KTNV) â The trains that helped build the West were built by dreamers. The Northern Nevada Railway in Ely was part of that and people are still coming to Ely to find their dream.
The Northern Nevada Railway Museum is one of the dirtiest museums on the planet. Itâs meant to be. Visitors mill about wherever they want while a staff of 20 go about their iron-working duties.
Northern Nevada Railway: How railroads helped build Nevada
Railroads helped build Nevada in the 1800 s. Las Vegas was originally a water stop for steam engines between Southern California and Salt Lake City.
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ELY (KTNV) â Railroads helped build Nevada in the 1800s. Las Vegas was originally a water stop for steam engines between Southern California and Salt Lake City. In northern Nevada not far from Great Basin National Park thereâs a window into that past, a tribute to steam locomotives the Northern Nevada Railway.
There are but a handful of working steam locomotives in the US today, but Ely has 3 of them, all surviving relics of the last century.