Locomotive 81 is officially back in service! This video captures a historic moment — her return trip down the hill with all of the bells and whistles. As you can see the crew is really excite about our success! There’s nothing quite like seeing her doing exactly what she was built to do! Thanks to Kathleen for catching this historic moment, filming must be in her blood! Built in 1917 for the Nevada Northern Railway, No. 81 has called Ely home her entire life. She was retired from service and don
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Locomotive 81 is officially back in service! This video captures a historic moment — her return trip down the hill with all of the bells and whistles. As you can see the crew is really excite about our success! There’s nothing quite like seeing her doing exactly what she was built to do! Thanks to Kathleen for catching this historic moment, filming must be in her blood! Built in 1917 for the Nevada Northern Railway, No. 81 has called Ely home her entire life. She was retired from service and don
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🚂 Locomotive 81 is officially back in service! This video captures a historic moment — her hooking up for her first train up the hill since returning to operation. There’s nothing quite like seeing her doing exactly what she was built to do. Built in 1917 for the Nevada Northern Railway, No. 81 has called Ely home her entire life. She was retired from service and donated to the community in 1960, spending 30 years on outdoor display. In 1990, she was returned to the railroad and tucked safely i
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🚂 Locomotive 81 is officially back in service! This video captures a historic moment — her hooking up for her first train up the hill since returning to operation. There’s nothing quite like seeing her doing exactly what she was built to do. Built in 1917 for the Nevada Northern Railway, No. 81 has called Ely home her entire life. She was retired from service and donated to the community in 1960, spending 30 years on outdoor display. In 1990, she was returned to the railroad and tucked safely i
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The Nevada Northern Railway is a National Historic Landmark railroad. This little video is just one example of why we are. It’s the original locomotives, Locomotive 81, (Baldwin 1917), Locomotive 93 (ALCO 1909) Wrecking Crane A (Industrial Hoist 1907) with the tool car, the boxcars from 1912, the Outfit Car from 1872 and Caboose 22 heading into the tunnel that was built in 1907. All original and all loving restored and maintained by the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. If you like what you see in
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The Nevada Northern Railway is a National Historic Landmark railroad. This little video is just one example of why we are. It’s the original locomotives, Locomotive 81, (Baldwin 1917), Locomotive 93 (ALCO 1909) Wrecking Crane A (Industrial Hoist 1907) with the tool car, the boxcars from 1912, the Outfit Car from 1872 and Caboose 22 heading into the tunnel that was built in 1907. All original and all loving restored and maintained by the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. If you like what you see in
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Since Locomotive 80 is being featured in Throwback Thursday, I thought I would post a tour video of her sister Locomotive 81. The railroad had three Locomotive 81’s. One was a pit locomotive, one was the freight locomotive that we are currently restoring and the third one was an electric locomotive used at McGill at the mill to switch the ore cars. Electric Locomotive 81 was made by General Electric. It is an 85 ton steeple cab locomotive. It was purchased new as KCC Chino Mines No. 58. It was t
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Since Locomotive 80 is being featured in Throwback Thursday, I thought I would post a tour video of her sister Locomotive 81. The railroad had three Locomotive 81’s. One was a pit locomotive, one was the freight locomotive that we are currently restoring and the third one was an electric locomotive used at McGill at the mill to switch the ore cars. Electric Locomotive 81 was made by General Electric. It is an 85 ton steeple cab locomotive. It was purchased new as KCC Chino Mines No. 58. It was t
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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
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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
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As you can see in the video Locomotive 81 is getting closer to the finish line! The shop crew brought her out today to check the timing of her valves. After they were done, it was decided to stretch Locomotive 81’s legs with a short runby. Locomotive 81 was purchased brand new by the Nevada Northern Railway Company from Baldwin Locomotive Works in April 1917. She was retired and donated to the community in the late 1950s. In 1960 she was put on display at the White Pine Public Museum where she r
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As you can see in the video Locomotive 81 is getting closer to the finish line! The shop crew brought her out today to check the timing of her valves. After they were done, it was decided to stretch Locomotive 81’s legs with a short runby. Locomotive 81 was purchased brand new by the Nevada Northern Railway Company from Baldwin Locomotive Works in April 1917. She was retired and donated to the community in the late 1950s. In 1960 she was put on display at the White Pine Public Museum where she r
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The Nevada Northern Railway National Historic Landmark is an amazing place. This video shows the shop crew testing the whistle on Locomotive 81. Locomotive 81 was removed from service about 1958. It was donated to the White Pine Public Museum and move there about 1960. For thirty years she sat outside, in 1990, she was moved back to the Nevada Northern Railway engine house. She sat in the corner of the engine house until we started restoring her. Slowly but surely, steady progress has been made.
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The Nevada Northern Railway National Historic Landmark is an amazing place. This video shows the shop crew testing the whistle on Locomotive 81. Locomotive 81 was removed from service about 1958. It was donated to the White Pine Public Museum and move there about 1960. For thirty years she sat outside, in 1990, she was moved back to the Nevada Northern Railway engine house. She sat in the corner of the engine house until we started restoring her. Slowly but surely, steady progress has been made.
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🚂 SUCCESS! LOCOMOTIVE 81 PASSED HER STEAM TESTS! 🔥 This afternoon, Locomotive 81 rolled one big step closer to returning to service! After three days of intensive testing, she passed ALL of her steam tests with flying colors. The final step is reassembly. Once complete, she’ll be officially signed off for service and ready to return to operations. Not bad for a 109-year-old steam locomotive—though we’ll admit, it’s been a long haul! A quick recap of the work completed: • Replaced the boiler kn
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Come take a ride behind Nevada Northern Railway Locomotive 81 this weekend! Locomotive 81 has been hauling trains here since 1917. Trains operate Saturday at 1:00 pm and Sunday at 11:00 am. For tickets give us a call (775) 289-2085 or online https://nnry.com/n1031a Today instead of freight trains, she hauls passenger trains and gives a taste of what it was like when steam ruled the rails. Now a National Historic Landmark, the Nevada Northern Railway has been operating since 1905. We are located
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Its early morning at the Nevada Northern Railway National Historic Landmark engine house. The steam crews have been in for hours getting Locomotive 81 ready for the day’s activities. Today there will be two Be The Engineer Experiences (Yes, you can actually one of our locomotives in a 14-mile round trip.) In between the Be The Engineer Experiences there is an excursion train. We decided to dedicate this weekend to Jim Wrinn, the editor of Trains Magazine, who passed away last Tuesday. He was a b
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So what year was this video taken? Color film was was used as early as the 1920s and Locomotive 81 was delivered in 1917. Also copper was a needed strategic medal during both world wars. Behind Locomotive 81 is a string of ore cars that were used to bring the copper ore from the mine and Ruth to the mill and smelter in McGill. Let us know in the comments, what year you think it was. We'll post the answer on Monday. | Nevada Northern Railway
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❤️ Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️ Here at the Nevada Northern Railway, we LOVE steam and historic preservation! Pictured here is Locomotive No. 81, built in 1917, pushing our 1907 Rotary Snow Plow, alongside our 1872 Outfit Car No. 06 and our 1909 Caboose No. 3 — a true lineup of living history! If you LOVE steam and historic preservation as much as we do, show your love by becoming a member of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. It’s easy — just click here: https://bit.ly/464RZQY The Nevada Northern
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Eight rivets from 1917 needed to be replaced on Locomotive 81's boiler. Kyle and Dan from Wasatch Railroad Contractors, gave our shop crew some training in riveting. This video shows the team work that is required to get just one rivet in. There are hundreds of rivets on the boiler, fortunately for us only 8 needed replacing. This is the action on the outside of the boiler. Dan is in the inside of the boiler as the bucker. In the next video we will show riveting from the buckers viewpoint. Our g
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LOCOMOTIVE 81 IS DONE! Yes, thanks to the combined efforts of a small army of members, supporters, volunteers and staff, I am proud to announce that Nevada Northern Railway Locomotive 81 is back in service!!! She joins her stable mate, Nevada Northern Railway Locomotive 93 as another operating steam locomotive here at East Ely Nevada! Locomotive 81 was purchased from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1916. She was constructed in March 1917 and delivered to the Nevada Northern Railway in April 1917
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We are working hard to get Locomotive 81 back up and running with the help of our wonderful members and their donations! 🫡🚂 • • • #nnry #nevadanorthern #nevadanorthernrailway #elynevada #nevada #travelnevada #train #trains #steamtrain #railroad #railway #whitepine #whitepinecounty #loneliestroadinamerica #greatbasin #viral | Nevada Northern Railway
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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
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We have been making lots of progress on Locomotive 81. I’ll be posting more on the progress that we have made in the coming week. As many of you know the Nevada Northern Railway has been very fortunate to still have the original machine shop and the machine tools. One of the questions we get is, “Do you still use the lathes, shapers and presses?” As this video shows yes we do, even the belt driven lathes. In this case they are lapping in the valve to one of the tender valve sumps from Locomotive
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NEVADA NORTHERN NEWLY RESTORED No. 81 - 2-8-0 - Ely - Nevada
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The GIT’R DONE 81 Campaign has two sides. One side is the money side. Funds have to be raised to do the work. The other side is work side, where the funds raised are put to work. This video shows that work being done. John Henry and Gary are installing the steam piston on the firemen’s side of Locomotive 81, up in the crane is Lennox. The work on Locomotive 81 is being done in our 1907 machine shop. The piston is being moved by our 1907 overhead crane. If you like what you see in this video, bec
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Nevada Northern Railway in Ely: 93 pulling alongside 81
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Nevada Northern Railway | 🚂✨ Locomotive #81 is on the move! ✨🚂 As you know, #81 has been undergoing extensive maintenance as we prepare to steam her once again.... | Instagram
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I’m sure you have heard the expression, blowing off steam! But have you ever seen it being done? This morning, Locomotive 81 and 93 were part of a photo shoot in front of the engine house. Before heading to her train Locomotive 81 needed to blow off some steam. Because of her boiler design she has two blow down valves. The fireman had to blow down both valves. This video gives you an idea of the tremendous power that is generated in a steam locomotive’s boiler. The Nevada Northern Railway is a N
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We are making real progress on the Locomotive 81. Locomotive 81’s cab has been sanded and painted. It was painted in the machine shop and video shows the cab heading back to the RIP Building. RIP doesn’t stand for Rest In Peace but rather during the day Repair In Progress. Today we have modified it a little with RIP standing for Restoration In Progress! Next up on Locomotive 81’s cab is the replacement of the interior cab word. Locomotive 81 is currently undergoing restoration, the last time she
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🔥 FIRST FIRE! 🔥 Last night—February 3, 2026—we lit a fire in Nevada Northern Railway Locomotive No. 81 for the first time in two and a half years. This marks the first major step toward returning No. 81 to active service! In addition to rebuilding her pilot truck, Locomotive 81 has undergone significant boiler work. Last night’s fire was the beginning of the careful testing process. The boiler is currently holding 2,000 gallons of water, which must be heated slowly to protect this historic mac
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Nevada Northern Locomotive Number 81 - Restored and running after over 60 years
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Locomotive 81’s repairs have taken longer and have cost more than we expected. To fund getting Locomotive 81 out the door and steamin’ once again, we are having a FLASH SALE on ALL GIFT CERTIFICATES for our Hands On History Experiences! Starting Thursday, August 15th at 9AM, the membership discount is doubling to 30% off when you purchase a Hands On History Experiences GIFT CERTIFICATE! So at 9:00 AM PDT you want to click here https://nnry.com/flash-sale/ and SAVE 30%! Please share far and wide!
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Steam Locomotive Cab Ride in the Snow: Nevada Northern 81
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A Twilight Top-Up of Nevada Northern No. 81
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It has been 65 years since three steam locomotives were steamed up together at the Nevada Northern Railway. What makes this video even more amazing is that it is the original steam locomotives all together! They are headed from the engine house to the coaling tower. The sun wasn’t cooperating but it is still a great thing to see three hot steam locomotives all coupled up together. Leading the parade was Locomotive 40, a 4-6-0 locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and delivered here in
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Nevada Northern 81: Winter Steam Spectacular
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