Nevada Northern RailwayThe 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. |
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Acknowledgments | 6 |
Copper Mining Moves a Mountain | 25 |
Delivering and Smelting a Mountain | 49 |
Freight Service Carries the Goods | 73 |
A Century of Passenger Service | 95 |
National Historic Landmark and Railroad Museum | 117 |
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| Titel | Nevada Northern Railway Images of Rail |
| Autoren | Mark S. Bassett, J. Joan Bassett |
| Ausgabe | illustriert |
| Verlag | Arcadia Publishing, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0738574759, 9780738574752 |
| Länge | 128 Seiten |
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