Standard Gauge Short Line
Standard Gauge Short Line – The Nevada Northern Railway was built over a century ago to service what would become one of the largest copper mines in North America.
Today, several of the original coal-fired standard-gauge steam locomotives that were ordered and delivered new to the railroad over 110 years ago are still in operation! The Nevada Northern Railway is the best-preserved example of a standard-gauge short-line left in North America.
Standard Gauge Short Line
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Wow,! Century old standard gauge short line ! Thanks for sharing with excellent photos ☺️
You are very welcome, thank you 😊
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These images have the flavor of the old west
Simpler times they say. 😊
I love the older trains There’s something romantic about them 🤣😎🙃
There is, when traveling was more fun. 😊
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Love that yellow caboose.
You don’t see them much anymore 😊
You don’t see cabooses at all other than old trains and a few private trians. Speaking of gauges, when we lived in Spain I helped some railroad workers with English. They were working on a project to standardize the rail gauges in Spain to be the same as the standard gauge in the Euro Zone. The Iberian gauge was wider, so train cars had to be unloaded and reloaded to at the border with France.
That is so interesting, have you heard of the train called Big Boy 4014, it still runs out west mostly I think. It does run across country also I think. I sure would like to see that one.
I’ve heard of but not scene Big Boy 4014. The middle shot in this post is a private train that passes through town every now then: https://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2017/5/under-the-bridge-through-the-wire. They gave tours of the cars for a sizable chunk of change. I opted not to do it. The railyard building in the 3rd photo was the largest steam locomotive maintenance facility in the country. My neighbor, who is a retired machinist from the railroad, started learning his trade working on steam locomotives at the railyard in 1958 when he was 19 years old.
When the railroad completely changed to diesel-electric locomotives in the early 60s, the railyards were abandoned. The plan was to tear it down as part of urban renewal in the late 60s and early 70s. Historic preservation folks stopped the demolition of the main buildings, but the urban renewal brutes managed to demolish the round house and turntable before the historic preservationists interviewed. The railyards are used for movie sets these days, so if you have seen movies like the more recent Terminator, Gamer and a other action movies, you have seen the inside of the railyard buildings.
Amazing the history of these trains, especially the 4014, it was made to haul heavy loads back in wwII I think it was.
A train club has been restoring a steam locomotive that sat in a park for years. I think they have it back on the tracks now.
Such beautiful trains. To bad that they use coal…
Thank you, Sandra. Have a great day.
You also Francine, thank you 😊
Nice images Sandra.
What is “Standard Gauge” standing for ?
Have a lovely day and many greets.
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), The distance between the inside edges of the rails is defined to be 1435 mm
I love hearing and seeing the old steamers, they bring back great memories of my childhood. They are so much more exciting than our electrics.
I know what you mean, I just love the older trains. 🙂