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The Nevada Northern features a 56-acre rail yard and steam train excursions on more than 30 miles of track in and around Ely. Museum open daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day ...

Open year-round for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The find Rail fans come to town to journey back in time aboard the Northern Nevada Railway (1100 Avenue A, East Ely; [775] 289-2085).

A train narrator said that at Ely’s peak, the railroad, which originally came through the center of town, saw 60 ore trains, 32 passenger trains and two freight trains each day.

Passenger excursion train service is offered between Ely, Ruth, and McGill using period equipment pulled by historic steam and diesel locomotives. In April 2006, Nevada’s National Historic Landmarks ...

Special excursions this summer train “robberies” on Sunday and again July 26. The railway, a national historic landmark, is in East Ely, about four hours north of Las Vegas.

At 1 p.m. Saturday, a Pat Nixon Centennial Flyer Steam Train ride will be conducted by the Northern Nevada Railway. And at 6 p.m. Saturday, a commemorative dinner will be held at the Bristlecone ...

Within a decade, the 56-acre train yard, nearly 70 buildings incorporating the depot and complex of machine shops, plus about 70 units of rolling stock, were donated to an Ely non-profit foundation.

Named in 1878, Ely, which sits at 6,437 feet, was a stagecoach station until 1906, when the discovery of copper sent it into the boom-and-bust cycles common to mining towns. Today, one of its ...