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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 ...
The railroad can be seen from various points along U.S. Highway 189 between Heber City and Vivian Park and the whistle can be heard throughout the valley. Locomotive No. 618 was used in the 2006 film, Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy. [25] The locomotive soon turned 100 years old as of July 2007.
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
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]
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 ...
The Fitzgerald Hoard was a collection of casino chips, silver coins and collectables which had been stored in a warehouse in Reno, Nevada. The entire hoard was purchased by notable California coin dealer Ron Gillio. Named for casino owner Lincoln Fitzgerald, it included over 100,000 American silver dollars and masses of gambling paraphernalia.
Valley Railroad 40 is a preserved 101 class 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive, built in August 1920 by American Locomotive Company's Brooks Works for the Minarets and Western Railway. It was initially built as No. 101 for the Portland, Astoria and Pacific Railroad as part of their small order of locomotives.