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Sponsor a specific part of the restoration of Locomotive 40. It's an Iron-Clad way to have lasting satisfaction - knowing that you made a difference here!
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.
It is with great sadness that Dirt, the beloved Mascot of the Railroad has
passed away.
Find out more about his life here..
You deserve a great vacation this year! Let's start tonight
to put some plans together.
Explore new territory this Summer!
Take a quick look at all there is
to do up here in the Rural Inter-Mountain West.
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
Welcome to the official webcam and weathercam for the Nevada Northern Railway in East Ely, NV. This webcam view is the railroad's main yard.
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.
We also have Hand-On adventures, including "Be the Engineer",
"Ride with the Engineer", and
Railroad
Reality Week which is our Summer hands-on railroad camp for teens and adults.
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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There's a good short article about the Nevada Northern Railway Museum in our local Frederick Maryland News-Post newspaper, in the April 23-24 2022 edition. First I'd heard about your interesting museum. The author of the article is Justin Franz with the Washington DC Post.
Nice story in trains mag
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.