The Nevada Northern Ry muesum may close because of the 1.4 million dollar renovation of the freight building. The state of Nevada has chosen to do this because of the small budget of the muesum and the reason that the muesum " doesn’t make barely any money".
I hope the steam engines find a nice home.
I Truly Hope that the necessary funding is found to save the Nevada Northern, I had the Pleasure of doing their Engineer For a Day program in July of 2007. I ran their 4-6-0 #40 and their SD-9 #204, with the Hopes of going back in the future and running their 2-8-0 #93, and and one of their Alco RS’s(3’s IIRC).
Their EFD program (Engineer For a Day) is something that I would reccoomend to anyone, while not inexpensive, especially in Today’s economic situation, it is something that will never be Forgotten, and there are unfortunately Darn Few other places that a Railfan can rent and operate a live Steam Locomotive.
If this is something that You have ever wanted to do, DON’T wait and miss this unique opportunity.
Doug
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Hey Challenger 3980, New Haven I-5 and everyone else: The Nevada Northern Railway Museum is NOT shutting down. The Nevada Northern Railway DEPOT Museum IS in danger of being shut down. Unfortunately there’s a big difference between the two, with the latter being owned by the State of Nevada, replete with wise politicians and plenty of your money to spend. The Nevada Northern Railway Museum (NNRy) is the 60+ buildings (including enginehouse and support shops, coal tipple, and water tower), three steam locomotives (4-6-0 #40, 2-8-0 #93, and 2-8-0 #81), several diesel locomotives (including RS-2 #105, RS-3 #109 and SD-9 #204), a steam-powered snowplow (currently not operable), and steam wrecker “A” (operable!), along with a shop full of heavy machinery, and a yard full of various ore cars and other equipment. Granted, the 40 and 93 are currently laid up with major running gear woes (the 81 has yet to be restored to running condition), the 105 is laid up account some pretty serious traction motor issues, and the current economic mess of things nationwide have contributed to a serious case of “lack-o’-cash,” but the Nevada Northern Railway Museum is still in business and still one of rail enthusiasts best kept secrets. On the downside, if the Depot Museum closes, no one knows what will become of the railroad records dating back to 1905. Chances are they will end up in Carson City at the State Railroad Museum. Sure, they’ll be preserved, but they won’t be where they “belong.” Finally, attention everyone – don’t send any money or credit card numbers to reserve your loco 93 EFD date or any trip involving steam: the 93 is a long way away from running again and there have been recent tales of NNRy taking money for trips it can’t deliver, then offering only credit (not refunds) for whenever the 93 is running again.
As the previous poster said, the Nevada Northern Railway Museum will not be closing, the East Ely Depot Museum might be if the state cuts its budgeting. Right now 93 is getting fixed and it is hoped it will be running by the photo shoots in February. 40 would be next in line for extensive repairs once 93 is fixed.
From our paper last week (or mabee the week before)
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At the Throttle
Are you a NNRy member yet?
By MARK BASSETT
I am often asked, “How can you afford to operate a steam-era railroad in rural Nevada in the 21st century?” Well, there’s no two ways about it, it is a monumental undertaking. The size and the scope of the railroad are unbelievable. So how do we do it?
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The first wheel center is now on the first axle. The complete rebuild of the 93’s running gear was made possible in part because of member contributions. |
