Yosemite and More

I took a vacation and my first visit was the Nevada Northern Railway. One of the main attractions of the Railway are the three steam engines. Unfortunately for me they were all out of service and in parts in the shop. The Nevada Northern came to being after the Kennecot Copper mine in nearby Ruth shut down. The rolling stock (railroad engines, etc) yard and equipment  were donated and the Nevada Northern Railway came to fruition. Almost everything at the Railway are original to the mine and it's operation. Diesel engines aren't a big draw for me but they did have one show stopper. The original mine at Ruth was reopened and named the Robertson Mine.  When I visited it many years ago, before the reopening, the pile of excavated rock was about up to the second tier you see now. I found the various colors intriguing Being a male dominated business I'm guessing this sign is fairly new. I changed a lot of the photos to Sepia and Black and White to  give more of an old timey fee...

I went on a little vacation earlier this year to North Eastern Nevada and the Nevada Northern Railroad in Ely Nevada. My timing wasn't very good. The engines were in the Roundhouse, and excursions were only on the weekends. I was allowed to pretty much wander around wherever I wanted and was  actually invited into the roundhouse and maintenance facility. Here's one of the two photos of steam engines I'm going to post. It's #81which had just gone through a rebuild and inspection and ,of course, was going to run the day after I left.  You'll have to go through a bunch of other photos before you get to #93 With the engines in the roundhouse I wandered around the yard. These two towers are iconic at the Railroad. However neither one is used anymore. This backside view shows a little of high country color. No the tower isn't leaning or falling over, the photographer was. The depot warehouse is both colorful and quite large. With 56 buildings on site they can't ke...

Don't know what these pins are used for but I like the contrast between them and the rusted metal siding. The side-light from a 6am sunrise adds a wonderful contrast to the corrugated metal. Go, See, Enjoy. Dave

After a beautiful sunset --     http://photoblog.eye2eyephotostudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Nevada-Sunset-00209.jpg.       The next morning I awoke to this. My vacation was starting out very well. Go, See. Enjoy. Dave

I just got back from vacation. One of the places I visited was the Nevada Northern Railway in Ely, Nevada. I got this photo just before they ran me off for being to close to the engine, like it was suddenly going to jump into gear and run me over. Go, See, Enjoy Dave