Nevada Northern Railway

"At The Throttle"
by Mark Bassett, Executive Director

also featuring

Tracks Through History

—a selection of reflections & research, including guest submissions, examining the history of the Nevada Northern Railway—

Originally published in the weekly edition of the Ely Times

Mark Bassett is the Executive Director of the White Pine Historical Foundation, operator of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. He can be reached at the museum (775) 289-2085 ext. 7 or e-mail: director@nnry.com

Bringing Freight Back to the Rails	17 Mar 2010
Snow, Steam and Pink Shower Caps	10 Mar 2010
A Steaming Miracle	10 Feb 2010
Starting with a Bang	27 Jan 2010
Twelve Days of Christmas at the NNRy	23 Dec 2009
Climb Aboard	09 Dec 2009
Polar Express Steams Up	25 Nov 2009
Ghosts, Ghouls, UFOs, Trains, and Preservation	14 Oct 2009
The Queen is Steaming Again	23 Sep 2009
Working in the 19th Century in the 21st Century	02 Sep 2009
The E-Ticket Ride Continues	29 Jul 2009
Telling the Story	15 Jul 2009
Experience History and Technology Hands On	17 Jun 2009
This Place Matters	10 Jun 2009
A National Treasure	27 May 2009
Nothing Like It	20 May 2009
The Little Engine That Could	06 May 2009
Buildings of the Nevada Northern Railway	29 Apr 2009
Official Nevada State Locomotive 40	08 Apr 2009
Our Second Century of Steaming	01 Apr 2009
2008 in Review	25 Mar 2009
No. 93—One Lucky Steam Locomotive	04 Feb 2009
Locomotive 93 Returns to Service	14 Jan 2009
A Nevada Northern Railway Christmas	10 Dec 2008
Nevada Northern Railway Museum Is Alive and Kicking	19 Nov 2008
Volunteering for W-O-R-K	12 Nov 2008
Are You a Member?	29 Oct 2008
Still Steaming and Open!	15 Oct 2008
Good News about Repairs to Loco 93	23 Jul 2008
Track Rehabilitation	16 Jul 2008
The Best of Nevada	25 Jun 2008
Project Updates: Steam, Diesel, & Track	18 Jun 2008
Steaming by the 4th of July	21 May 2008
Season Starts With Volunteers' Help	16 Apr 2008
Volunteers Keep the Trains Rolling	26 Mar 2008
Steam Locomotive Repairs Lead List of Preservation Projects	05 Mar 2008
21st Century Steam	20 Feb 2008
Shoot-outs, Preservation, and the Polar Express	30 Jan 2008
Challenges and Changes	09 Jan 2008
Volunteers Recognized	21 Nov 2007
All Aboard for the North Pole	07 Nov 2007
Haunted Train Scary; Workload Scarier	31 Oct 2007
Scary Times Along the Nevada Northern Railway	10 Oct 2007
Teen RailCamp 2007	26 Sep 2007
Time Warp Photography	19 Sep 2007
We Did It! Replacing the Gleason Creek Bridge	12 Sep 2007
I Finally Got To Blow the Whistle!	05 Sep 2007
It Does Come In Threes	29 Aug 2007
Saving Our Bacon	18 Jul 2007
Challenges	11 Jul 2007
Engaging the Younger Generation	27 Jun 2007
2012 Was a Great Year	13 Jun 2007
Changes Big and Small	30 May 2007
Pssst…Wanna Buy a Bridge?	16 May 2007
The Museum as a Duck	09 May 2007
Where's the Museum?	02 May 2007
New Old Passenger Cars	27 Apr 2007
Going to Camp	13 Apr 2007
Where Do Our Visitors Come From?	06 Apr 2007
I've Been Working on the Railroad	30 Mar 2007
Water, Sewer, and History	23 Mar 2007
Perils of Progress at the Nevada Northern	09 Mar 2007
Shop Talk	02 Mar 2007
2007 Winter Photos	23 Mar 2007
Time Warp Photography	09 Feb 2007
Steam and Toilets	02 Feb 2007
*Outfit Car 06—The Journey Continues*	26 Jan 2007
A Journey with Outfit Car 06	12 Jan 2007
One Day—December 16, 2006	22 Dec 2006
Facing the Future	15 Dec 2006
Do You Know the McGill Depot?	08 Dec 2006
If the Shop Could Talk	01 Dec 2006
*Lost in Plain Sight*	24 Nov 2006
Preservation of the Nevada Northern Railway	17 Nov 2006
All Aboard for the North Pole	03 Nov 2006
Become a Time Traveler	27 Oct 2006
What Are We?	20 Oct 2006
Centennial Recap	06 Oct 2006
*Three Cheers for Requa!*	29 Sep 2006
A Centennial Invitation	22 Sep 2006
Preserving Nevada	15 Sep 2006
Capturing a Dream — Part II	01 Sep 2006
Capturing a Dream — Part I	25 Aug 2006
An Open Letter to Dirty Jobs	04 Aug 2006
One Picture	21 Jul 2006
*Nevada Northern Locomotive No. 20*	14 Jul 2006
Steaming Daily	30 Jun 2006
Reflections	23 Jun 2006
Still Steaming	16 Jun 2006
The Race — Part II	26 May 2006
Nothing Like I Imagined—Fire and Water	12 May 2006
Museum Update	05 May 2006
Where There's Smoke There's Pollution?!?	28 Apr 2006
Must a Teenager Die on the Tracks?	21 Apr 2006
*The Adventure of the Displaced Depot*	07 Apr 2006
The Race	31 Mar 2006
The View from Overseas	24 Mar 2006
Nothing Like I Imagined	17 Mar 2006
Museum Update	03 Mar 2006
Time Travelers Wanted	17 Feb 2006
*Steam Locomotives of Copper Flat*	03 Feb 2006
Just Don't Stand There...Volunteer	20 Jan 2006
Five Hundred Years Gone in Five Minutes	06 Jan 2006
New Year Resolutions	30 Dec 2005
The Twelve Railroad Museum Days of Christmas	23 Dec 2005
Where's the Museum?	16 Dec 2005
Getting Our Shop Together	09 Dec 2005
The Eye of a Newt	02 Dec 2005
Annual Report — Part II	25 Nov 2005
Annual Report — Part I	18 Nov 2005
The Polar Express	11 Nov 2005
*Nevada Northern Railway Mysteries — Part II*	04 Nov 2005
*Nevada Northern Railway Mysteries — Part I*	21 Oct 2005
A Saturday in October	14 Oct 2005
Ashpit	07 Oct 2005
Conundrum	30 Sep 2005
Keeping the Railroad Running	23 Sep 2005
Museum Update	16 Sep 2005
*Steaming in the Silver State for a Century — Part II*	09 Sep 2005
*Steaming in the Silver State for a Century — Part I*	02 Sep 2005
Nevada Northern Wrecking Crane 'A'	19 Aug 2005
Steaming Daily	05 Aug 2005
A Dubious Honor	15 Jul 2005
Big Projects, Small Projects	08 Jul 2005
Making History	01 Jul 2005
*More Good Old Days on the Nevada Northern*	24 Jun 2005
101 Trains	03 Jun 2005
Come Celebrate Long Steel Rails	27 May 2005
Saving the Enginehouse/Machine Shop Complex — Part II	20 May 2005
Saving the Enginehouse/Machine Shop Complex — Part I	06 May 2005
Trains — A Study in Momentum	29 Apr 2005
Spring Museum Update	22 Apr 2005
Assembly Bill Introduced to Benefit Museum	08 Apr 2005
*Old Slobbermouth — Locomotive 80*	01 Apr 2005
The Ghost Railway and Photographs	25 Mar 2005
The Queen of Steam — Photos	11 Mar 2005
The Queen of Steam — Part III	11 Mar 2005
The Queen of Steam — Part II	04 Mar 2005
The Queen of Steam	25 Feb 2005
*The Good Old Days on the Nevada Northern — Part II*	18 Feb 2005
*The Good Old Days on the Nevada Northern*	11 Feb 2005
I Want You to Volunteer for the Nevada Northern Ry.	04 Feb 2005
*Large Wheels, Missing Locomotive*	28 Jan 2005
Time Machine Found at Railroad Museum	21 Jan 2005
*Snow and the Nevada Northern Railway*	14 Jan 2005
Down the Track at the Shop	07 Jan 2005
Preservation Paradox — Part II	24 Dec 2004
Preservation Paradox	17 Dec 2004
A Tribute to Jack Anderson	10 Dec 2004
Steam & Cinders 2005	03 Dec 2004
Is This Anyway to Run a Railroad?	19 Nov 2004
All Aboard the Polar Express for the North Pole	12 Nov 2004
Getting Ready—Cleaning and Painting	05 Nov 2004
Shooting the Nevada Northern in 1970	29 Oct 2004
Fall Museum Update	22 Oct 2004
A Busman's Holiday — Part II	08 Oct 2004
A Busman's Holiday	01 Oct 2004
Planning for the Future	24 Sep 2004
Balance and Tradition	17 Sep 2004
Winter Photo Opportunities on the NNRy	10 Sep 2004
Coaling Tower Dig	03 Sep 2004
Shiny Rails	27 Aug 2004
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles	20 Aug 2004
A Peek at 2005	23 Jul 2004
*Ping-Pong Special*	16 Jul 2004
Can't See the Forest	09 Jul 2004
Boxcar Fever	02 Jul 2004
*Reachable Past — Part II*	25 Jun 2004
Poetry in Motion	18 Jun 2004
A Life Wasted Chasing Trains	11 Jun 2004
Reachable Past	05 Jun 2004
Still Steaming	29 May 2004
Museum Update	15 May 2004
Volunteer Training	08 May 2004
Off and Running for 2004 with Half-Price Tickets	01 May 2004
Any Track, Any Time, in Either Direction	24 April 2004
Elbow Grease and Determination	17 April 2004
Steaming into the Internet	10 April 2004
Railroad Museum Secret Exposed!	03 Apr 2004
Be a Time Traveler at the NN Railway Museum	27 Mar 2004
Spring Update at the NN Railway Museum	20 Mar 2004
Come Celebrate Long Steel Rails	13 Mar 2004
Centennial Plans	06 Mar 2004
*Making Tracks—Where's Ely Junction?*	28 Feb 2004
Winter Activities	21 Feb 2004
Keeping Them Steaming—Welcome Jack Anderson	07 Feb 2004
*Uniqueness and Exploration*	31 Jan 2004
The Yin and Yang of a Railroad Museum	24 Jan 2004
Strategic Plan Summary	17 Jan 2004
*Snow and the Nevada Northern Railway*	10 Jan 2004
2004 Off and Running	03 Jan 2004
The Spirit of Steam	27 Dec 2003
It's 8003!	20 Dec 2003
The Nevada Northern Railway and the IRS	13 Dec 2003
Santa and the Nevada Northern Railway	06 Dec 2003
Cable Cars and the Nevada Northern Railway	22 Nov 2003
Photographers and Winter Steam	15 Nov 2003
All Aboard the Polar Express	08 Nov 2003
Railroads & Photography: 150 Years of Great Images	01 Nov 2003
*Uniqueness of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum*	25 Oct 2003
Projects and Accomplishments	18 Oct 2003
Tom Sawyer and the Nevada Northern Railway	11 Oct 2003
Not Just Any Old Ash Pit	04 Oct 2003
Hey Buddy, Want to Rent a Locomotive?	27 Sep 2003
Apples and Paint — Part II	13 Sep 2003
Apples and Paint	30 Aug 2003
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles	23 Aug 2003
Why buy the Nevada Northern Railway?	16 Aug 2003
Running Trains and Crystal Balls	09 Aug 2003
Off and Running the Trains	28 Jun 2003
*Saving Coach 5*	21 Jun 2003
Heritage Tourism	14 Jun 2003
To Be A Museum or Not To Be A Museum	17 May 2003
Saving America's Treasures	10 May 2003
*The Ore Line — Part II*	03 May 2003
Who Rides and How Do They Find Out?	26 Apr 2003
A World Class Museum	19 Apr 2003
Carson City and the Next Generation	29 Mar 2003
Economic Development & the Railroad	22 Mar 2003
Volunteer Programs	15 Mar 2003
B&O Railroad Museum Disaster	08 Mar 2003
A Diamond in the Rough	01 Mar 2003
Unsung Heroes	22 Feb 2003
Museum Projects & Work Weekends	15 Feb 2003
Steam, Smoke and Photographers	08 Feb 2003
*The Ore Line — Part I*	25 Jan 2003
New Year Planning	11 Jan 2003
Steam Sells — Part II	04 Jan 2003
Birth of a Railroad	21 Dec 2002
Looking Back, Looking Ahead	14 Dec 2002
Going to Carson City	30 Nov 2002
*Connections*	23 Nov 2002
Highball for Another 100 Years	16 Nov 2002
Railroads, Romans & the Space Shuttle	09 Nov 2002
Why Preserve?	02 Nov 2002
Taking 93 to the North Pole	26 Oct 2002
Trains & Taxes	19 Oct 2002
Projects Three — Machine Shop & Engine House	12 Oct 2002
Projects Three — Locomotive 40	05 Oct 2002
Projects Three — McGill Depot	28 Sep 2002
Volunteers Rule!	21 Sep 2002
A special memorial	14 Sep 2002
Steam Sells!	07 Sep 2002
An Olympic Achievement	31 Aug 2002
How to raise $5 million in five years	24 Aug 2002
Anyone have $5 million on 'em?	17 Aug 2002
Museum's more than just train rides	09 Aug 2002

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"At The Throttle" by Mark Bassett, Executive Director

also featuring

"At The Throttle"
by Mark Bassett, Executive Director