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The Nevada Northern Railway (reporting mark NN) was a railroad in the U.S. state of Nevada, built primarily to reach a major copper producing area in White Pine County, Nevada. The railway, constructed in 1905–06, extended northward about 140 miles (230 km) from Ely to connections with the Western Pacific Railroad at Shafter and Southern ...
East Ely Depot, built in 1907 for the Nevada Northern Railway. The Nevada Northern Railway Museum is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located in Ely, Nevada, owned by the State of Nevada and operated by a historic foundation dedicated to the preservation of the Nevada Northern Railway.
Ely is a tourism center, and is home of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. The railroad museum features the Ghost Train of Old Ely, a working steam-engine passenger train that travels the historic tracks from Ely to the Robinson mining district. Ely is the nearest city to the proposed site of the Clock of the Long Now on Mount Washington. [17]
The disused line between Ely and Cobre was acquired by the city of Ely in 2006. Former BHP Nevada #204 was part of a contest by the Nevada Northern Railway Museum to design a locomotive to celebrate the United States Semiquincentennial. [3] BHP Nevada #204 will be renumbered as #250 and repainted in the winning design for the 2026 celebrations.
Nevada Historical Society: Reno Washoe History website, history and culture of Nevada Nevada Museum of Art: Reno Washoe Art: Nevada Northern Railway Museum: Ely: White Pine: Railroad: Historic railroad yard complex, heritage railroad, includes the East Ely Railroad Depot Museum Nevada Southern Railroad Museum: Boulder City: Clark Railroad ...
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Ely 39°15′34″N 114°52′11″W / 39.25944444444445°N 114.86972222222222°W / 39.25944444444445; -114.86972222222222 ( Nevada Northern Railway, East Ely White Pine
Though the railroads connecting the first transcontinental railroad to the mines in Austin and Eureka have long been removed, the railroad to Ely is preserved as a heritage railway by the Nevada Northern Railway and known as the Ghost Train of Old Ely. [27] Here US 50 departs the historical routes of the Lincoln Highway, Pony Express, and State ...