The Nevada Northern Railway is a non-profit 501(c) historical
foundation that depends on your memberships, donations, and volunteer time to accomplish its mission.
As Of: 4:01pm 30°F … Wind: 6 MPH from the SW … Mostly cloudy throughout the day. Tomorrow: Foggy in the afternoon. Low: 20, High: 34 7 day: No precipitation throughout the week.
Railcam weather updated hourly via DarkSky.com. Join (locomotive couples to the train) and Return times can vary by approx. 10 minutes.
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You can plan on it!
Off the beaten path, in a good way
You deserve a great vacation this year! Let's start tonight
to put some plans together.
Explore someplace new this Summer.
Take a quick look at all there is
to do up here in the Rural Inter-Mountain West.
Winter Photo Spectacular
Feb 19-21 and Feb 26-28 2021
A weekend of vintage locomotives and rolling stock staring in special photo run-bys and night scenes.
You will return with new memories, new friends, and photos of a lifetime.
Be in the photo line this year.
Still Photography Workshop
Feb 6 - 9, 2020
An intensive instructional workshop lead by professional photographers focusing on teaching and practicing advanced photographic techniques.
Find out how to get the most this year from your camera.
Be the Engineer
Climb up to the Real Thing!
You are at the throttle, taking control of a full-size, standard-gauge steam locomotive
from Ely up toward the old Ruth Mining District.
This is the experience of a lifetime.
Hear from others who have done it.
1956 HyRail Car
Take a Spin on the Rails
You can drive or ride in our restored 1956 Pontiac HyRail Maintenance Vehicle. Venture out on the mainline up mountain grades and through tunnels.
Find out how.
Gifts
Official Railroad Merchandise
The perfect gift for anyone who has been
here, or wishes they were here! We will box up a memory
and send it to you today.
Browse through our
General Store.
Fast Facts
OPEN DAILY:
EXCEPT Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Day, New Years Day, and Jan 2nd.
HOURS:
Ticket Desk and General Store open 8am-5pm (4pm on Sundays, later on days when trains depart later).
For a walking tour arrive one hour or more prior to closing.
Full train schedule here
WHERE: In the mountains of Central Nevada. 245 miles North of Las Vegas, 245 Miles Southwest of Salt Lake City, 300 miles East of Reno.
Set your GPS for
1100 Avenue A, Ely, NV 89315 (at the end of E.11th Street, off of US 93).
WHY: Acclaimed as the best preserved and most original example of an American railroad facility. Passenger train rides operate on the original main line,
many behind one of our original working steam engines.
PHONE: 775-289-2085 or 866-40-STEAM (866-407-8326)
Welcome to the official webcam and weather-cam for the Nevada Northern Railway in East Ely, NV.
This webcam view is the railroad's main yard.
To the left is the administration building, and just behind (barely
visible) it is the East Ely Depot, built in 1907.
Down at the far
end of the yard you can see the Master Mechanic's Office, the Enginehouse.
To the right of that, but closer, is the Repair-In-Place building that was used for
repair, and in some cases, construct rolling stock.
On the far right are two coaling towers. The concrete one is the
original. The wooden one was constructed a few years later when the
railroad started to purchase automatic coal stokers for the newer
locomotives. Coal stokers required "stoker grade" coal, which was more
consistent in size, and thus more expensive. Thus, the need to
separate "stoker" coal from "runt" coal.
This railcam scene is very similar to what you would have seen at this very spot 100
years ago today! Very little has changed. We invite you to visit and
see all of this for yourself. Wave to your friends back home via the
webcam when you are here enjoying history with us.
The Nevada Northern Railway is a National Historic Landmark and nonprofit museum.
Most of the original Nevada Northern locomotives, rolling stock, track and buildings are being preserved as part of our ongoing mission.
The track was laid over a century ago through the Great Basin of Nevada to
service one of the largest copper mines on the continent. Two of the original steam locomotives
that were ordered for the railroad over a century ago are still in operation today. It
has been said that the Nevada Northern Railway is the best-preserved example of
a standard-gauge short-line left in North America.
This is the place to come a variety of railroad experiences. Yes, we
have train rides from East Ely up toward the old Ruth Mining District.
There are specially themed trains, and, of course, don't miss the seasonal
Haunted Ghost Trains and our Polar Express trains to visit the North Pole.
TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence - 5 years in a row
Best Event in Rural Nevada - The Polar Express - 5 years in a row
Nevada State Treasure - Best Preservation Effort in the West - Attraction of the
Year
Best Place to Take the Kids in Rural Nevada - Recognized 8 times
Best Museum in Rural Nevada - Recognized 7 times Best Tour in Rural
Nevada - New award category in 2017
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Just finished rail camp. Two big thumbs up, would do it again in a heartbeat.
Admin:
Rick, thanks for the kind words about the Rail Camp. It was great to have you here participating with us for the week. Hope to see you again down the line.
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Just finished rail camp. Two big thumbs up, would do it again in a heartbeat.
Rick, thanks for the kind words about the Rail Camp. It was great to have you here participating with us for the week. Hope to see you again down the line.