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. ...

Thus, a recent drive across central Nevada included a mandatory visit to Ely’s Nevada Northern Railway Museum. Ely was one of numerous mining towns that in the early 1900s benefited from short-line ...

All aboard for excursions through tunnels and past mountains views to Robinson Canyon and Valley Vista. There are even ...

The 150th anniversary commemorating the completion of the rail line and subsequently connecting the Queen of the Comstock to San Francisco attracted hundreds of people to the Nevada State Railroad ...

Union Pacific's legendary Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, built to conquer mountains, is making 19 whistle-stops in five states including Nevada this summer during ...

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; ...

Wannabe engineers are warned steam locomotive cabs are hot, dusty, noisy, and lack seats, while diesel cabs are enclosed, relatively quiet and have seats. Hard-core train buffs have an opportunity to ...

Although trains have become an outmoded form of public transportation in much of the United States, riding the rails remains near the top of our to-do list. Thus, a recent drive across central Nevada ...