Nevada Northern Railway

The Nevada Northern Railway (AAR -report mark: NN ) was an American railway company in Nevada. Today, on a part of the network takes place a museum operation of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum.

Route network

The route of the Nevada Northern Railway runs from Cobre to the Union Pacific Railroad in a southerly direction through the Goshute Valley. In Shafter the route of the former Western Pacific Railroad is crossed. From there, the route continues south through the Goshute Valley and later through the Steptoe Valley, along the Goshute Lake until after McGill Junction. From there, the main route continues to Ely, a side road leads to the northeast by McGill. The west route goes via Ely hinauszuführende to open up the mines in Kimberley to Keystone with Ruth and Riepe Town. To better link the steel works in McGill is a direct route from Hiline Junction to McGill was built.

Through the Nevada Northern Railway Museum, the distance between Keystone on East Ely until after McGill and after Adverse operated. The section between McGill and Shafter is not currently entertained and busy. The section between Shafter and Cobre is shut down.

History

The discovery of major copper deposits near Ely beginning of the 20th century led to plans to build a railway route to this remote place. On May 29, 1905 by the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, a merger of several copper mines of the region, founded Nevada Northern Railway. The railway line was completed in 1906 and the traffic was recorded on October 1. With the commissioning of the steel works in McGill on April 12, 1908, the traffic between the mines at Kimberly and McGill was taken. The operation of these trains was carried out by the Nevada Consolidated Copper. 1933, the Kennecott Copper Corporation, this company and therefore the Nevada Northern Railway. On August 1, 1941, the passenger traffic on the entire route has been set. The 1948 incipient conversion to diesel operation was completed in 1952.

Most mines were closed until September 1978, and thus the transport of ore by McGill has been set. Tourist trains of Cobre about East Ely to Copper Flat drove the last time in May 1982. On 20 June 1983, the smelter was shut down and stopped in the sequence, the entire traffic on the route.

On October 19, 1985, the Kennecott Copper Corporation donated the East Ely Station, including the operating documents, the furnishings and 600 m station track the White Pine Historical Railroad Foundation. This laid the foundation for the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power planned to build a coal power plant in located at the track Cherry Creek. Therefore, the Authority acquired the section between Cobre and McGill Junction on 22 April 1987. In April / May In 1987, the White Pine Historical Railroad Foundation of the Kennecott Copper Corporation, the rest remaining operating assets of the Nevada Northern Railway, including the distance between McGill Junction and Keystone. The station and goods shed of East Ely are transmitted 1990 to the State of Nevada. This depends in the buildings one was opened in 1992 East Ely Railroad Depot Museum.

After the 1991 Magma Copper all mining rights have been acquired in the Kimberley region, the subsidiary Northern Nevada Railroad (NN) newly founded began on 1 January 1995 with the Erzverkehr on the route to Shelter. There, the trains were handed over to the Union Pacific. After magma was acquired by BHP, since 1996, the operation by the BHP Nevada Railroad (BHP ). With the renewed attitude of mining activity in 1999 and 9 July was the setting of the traffic.

The distance between Cobre and McGill Junction was acquired in 2006 by the city of Ely and White Pine County Historic Railroad Foundation for 1.5 million dollars. Condition were the plans of two energy companies to build each a coal power plant in this area, granted in exchange for the city a loan of $ 750,000. The construction plans have not yet been realized. Also on the purchase itself runs a not yet Ended litigation of V & S Railway

Vehicle park

The Nevada Northern Railway began operation in 1906 with three bought second-hand locomotives the wheel arrangement 2'B (No. 1) and 2'C (No. 2 and 3) and a new 2'C (No. 4) and a 1'D1 ' tank locomotive (No. 5). 1907 followed by two more locomotives of the wheel arrangement 2'C ( Nos. 7 and 8 ). For shunting procured the Nevada Northern 1910 a C- coupler (No. 6). More locomotives 2'C the wheel arrangement in 1909 and 1910 procured (no. 21 and 40). The tank locomotive was rebuilt in 1913 in a 1'D Train Locomotive. Another nine locomotives of this wheel arrangement were procured 1910-1917 (No. 81, 90-97 ).

The bought second-hand locomotives of the early years were 1931 retired by 1933. The remaining vehicles in 1920 was sold to the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, and from 1951 to 1954 replaced by diesel locomotives. The locomotives 81 and 93 were 1960/1961 the White Pine Public Museum is over, and came later to the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. Just the day to the museum associated with locomotive No. 40 was in continuous operation until 2002, before she had to undergo a restoration.

A 1952 procured EMD SD7 was the only diesel locomotive of Northern Nevada. The flow of traffic on the railway network was carried out by the Kennecott Copper Corporation acquired with 1948 to 1950 eight ALCO RS -2 ( Nos. 101 to 108), an ALCO RS-3 (No. 109 ) and an ALCO RSD -4 (No. 201) from the year 1951. Among these locomotives have been preserved in two East Ely and three more at other heritage railways.

Through the Northern Nevada Railroad were two GE 70 - ton switcher used. The acquisition of two ALCO MRS -1 was reversed in 1996 by the BHP Nevada Railroad. Instead, the Company adopted by the Southern Pacific Railroad used acquired EMD SD9E (No. 201-203 and 205 ) and EMD SD9R ( No. 204) and an ALCO RS-3 a.

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