It was the search for stars that brought me to the town of Ely on a weekend in May. A friend and I had booked tickets for the Nevada Northern Railway, which runs on select summer evenings from mid-May ...

Thus, a recent drive across central Nevada included a mandatory visit to Ely’s Nevada Northern Railway Museum. Ely was one of numerous mining towns that in the early 1900s benefited from short-line ...

Visit: Museum open daily 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (4 p.m. on Sundays) except Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Jan. 2. Check website for full schedule of train rides and events; ...

Thus, a recent drive across central Nevada included a mandatory visit to Ely’s Nevada Northern Railway Museum. Ely was one of numerous mining towns that in the early 1900s benefited from short-line ...

Although trains have become an outmoded form of public transportation in much of the United States, riding the rails remains near the top of our to-do list. Thus, a recent drive across central Nevada ...