The Nevada Northern Railway is a National Historic Landmark. National Historic Landmark Status is the highest honor that the federal government can bestow on an historic site. National Historic Landmarks are so designated because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating and interpreting the heritage of the United States just like Locomotive 81 has been doing on these same tracks since March 1917! And what makes the Nevada Northern Railway raise to such a high level is our comple

Steamer Saturday Here’s a video of #93 shoving a train in the yard during one of our winter photo shoots. | Nevada Northern Railway

For the past 109 years, Locomotive 93 has operated on these tracks. During the day, she would haul the ore trains between Ruth and McGill. She was also the back-up locomotive for Locomotive 81 on the trips between Ely and Cobre. Today she hauls the excursion trains between East Ely and Keystone. In I invite you to ride behind her, on Saturday she will be pulling the 1:00 pm excursion and the 4:30 pm Steptoe Valley Flyer. On Sunday, she will be hauling the 9:30 am excursion. Visit our website at

May is National Historic Preservation Month. The theme is People Saving Places. The Nevada Northern Railway National Historic Landmark only exists today because of the combined effort of thousands of people who became members of the Museum. During National Preservation Month, I invite you to become a member of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. Its easy, either give us a call (775) 289-2085 or online https://nnry.com/membership/ As this video explains it takes a small army of people to keep ste