Nevada Northern Railway (Images of Rail)

The Nevada Northern Railway is the sole survivor from a grand era when railroads served mines throughout the state. Built in 1905€“1906 to develop the incredible copper deposits of the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company in White Pine County, it was€•and still is€•a workaday railroad. Although its primary purpose was to haul ore, it eventually served the community with a daily passenger train between East Ely and Cobre until 1941. Over 4.5 million people rode the trains, and a mountain of copper ore was moved. In 1983, the Nevada Northern Railway ceased operating, and two years later the entire ore line, including the railroad€s yard and shop facilities in East Ely, was donated to the White Pine Historical Railroad Foundation that now operates the railway as a museum. Instead of relics in glass cases or repainted old equipment on static display, the museum preserves a working steam railroad, delighting train enthusiasts year-round with passenger service and special seasonal excursions.