Bucket list alert! You’ve been promising yourself that one of these days, you are actually going to operate a steam locomotive, as the engineer! Well, scratch that dream off your list. Today’s the day, sign up now to Be The Engineer at the Nevada Northern Railway National Historic Landmark! https://nnry.com/n0892a Let’s face it, none of us are getting younger, now’s the time to sign up! What’s it like to be the Be The Engineer at the Nevada Northern Railway National Historic Landmark? Its an imm

Watching one of the railroad’s steam locomotives leave the 1907 engine house never gets old. This is Locomotive 81 backing out, getting ready to start the day. And this is just one of the exciting occurrences that you can experience when you visit the Nevada Northern Railway National Historic Landmark. Visit the railroad is an immersion experience. It is our obligation to operate the railroad that makes the Nevada Northern Railway Museum so distinctive. Instead of relics in glass cases, exhibits

Ealier today our crews put the last set of drivers back under locomotive 81. The driver set weighs about 14,000 pounds. This processes took almost 2 hours to complete, here is half an hour of the process in an one minute timelapse. What you are seeing is our crews jacking up the wheel set to where they can chain it in place. Because the jack can't lift the wheel high enough to get it in place, wood blocks have to be set in place to finish the process of lifting the wheel set up. We invite you to

May is National Historic Preservation Month. The theme is People Saving Places. The Nevada Northern Railway National Historic Landmark only exists today because of the combined effort of thousands of people who became members of the Museum. During National Preservation Month, I invite you to become a member of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. Its easy, either give us a call (775) 289-2085 or online https://nnry.com/membership/ As this video explains it takes a small army of people to keep ste

🚂 Excursions are coming up at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum! Don’t miss your chance to ride the rails and take part in our hands-on history experiences. Check them out today—we look forward to seeing you! #NNRY #RideTheRails #HistoricTrains #RailroadHistory #SteamLocomotive #TrainLovers #Railfan #AllAboard #PreservingHistory #VintageTrains #TrainExcursions #RailwayAdventure | Nevada Northern Railway