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  2. Nevada Northern Railway - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Nevada Northern Railway Museum - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. KNCJ - Wikipedia

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    KNCJ (89.5 FM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported, public radio station in Reno, Nevada.Owned and operated by the University of Nevada, Reno, it plays classical music during the week with jazz on weekend evenings.

  5. Virginia and Truckee Railroad - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Heber Valley Railroad - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. KCNV - Wikipedia

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    KCNV (89.7 FM) is a listener-supported public radio station broadcasting a Classical music format. Licensed to Las Vegas, Nevada, the station is owned by Nevada Public Radio and features programming from American Public Media, National Public Radio and Public Radio International. [3]

  8. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Nearly 40 percent of the nation’s juvenile delinquents are today committed to private facilities, according to the most recent federal data from 2011, up from about 33 percent twelve years earlier. Over the past two decades, more than 40,000 boys and girls in 16 states have gone through one of Slattery’s prisons, boot camps or detention ...

  9. List of museums in Nevada - Wikipedia

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    This list of museums in Nevada encompasses museums which are defined for this context as physical institutions, (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for ...