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Excursion train hauled by locomotive No. 40, in 2005. #40 was purchased new in 1910 for $13,139. In a series of donations beginning in 1986, Kennecott transferred the entire Ore Line, as well as the railroad's yard and shop facilities in East Ely, to the White Pine Historical Railroad Foundation, a non-profit organization that today operates the property as the Nevada Northern Railway Museum ...
The railroad, originally owned by the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, was transferred to the Kennecott Copper Company in 1933 when it took over Consolidated's mining operations. Passenger service on the Nevada Northern stopped in 1941, [16] and the depot was used for Kennecott offices until 1985. The state of Nevada acquired the depot in ...
Northern" was a well-known code word among railroad workers for an establishment serving alcohol. [4] On March 20, 1931, [5] the Northern Club received the first Nevada gaming license. [6] [7] This was also the first gaming license issued to a woman, Mayme Stocker. [5] By 1941, Bugsy Siegel and Dave Stearns were operating the club. [8]
The Nevada Northern Railway – McGill Depot in McGill, Nevada was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. [1] It is a one-and-one-half-story, Craftsman style railroad depot, built of concrete block walls on a poured concrete foundation. [2] It was constructed by the Nevada Northern Railway.
Photograph Number/name Build date Builder Class Wheel arrangement (Whyte notation)Disposition and Location Refs. CP 1 Gov. Stanford: 4-4-0: Static display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
There were many propositions starting as early as 1861 for railroads to service the area and decrease costs. Sharon eventually (with the addition of $500,000 in county bonds to move the railroad, equal to $16,955,556 today), envisioned a railroad to run from Virginia City, [2]: 136, 137 through Gold Hill where the first of the Comstock Lode was mined, passing the mills along the river, and ...
As of 2009 the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe's headquarters is located in Fallon, Nevada. [5] The tribe is governed by a seven-person tribal council, [ 3 ] with Len George serving as the Tribal Chairperson as of 2009 [update] .
Nevada Public Radio: Public News/Talk KTQQ: 88.1 FM: Elko: Radio 74 Internationale: Contemporary Christian KUEZ: 104.1 FM: Fallon: Big Horn Media, Inc. Soft adult contemporary KUNR: 88.7 FM: Reno: Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education: Public radio KUNV: 91.5 FM: Las Vegas: University of Nevada-Las Vegas: Jazz KUOL: 94.5 FM ...