The Steptoe Valley Nevada - a photo on Flickriver

The Steptoe Valley Nevada

            The January 1978 edition of Trains magazine was devoted to a series of articles by Ted Benson on Nevada - stunning imagery and all B&W of course.

One of the articles was about the hard times at the Nevada Northern Railway when low prices and pollution at the McGill smelter spelt the end of copper production in the area.  I didn't think that we would ever see trains here but as fate would have it the railway revived for a period between 1995 -1999 when BHP acquired the Robinson mine and trains ran again on the original 1909 60 lb rails and probably on a few original ties too.  Subsequently there is still mining but the copper moves by road.

In the days before the internet I'm not sure how we read about the line (probably CTC Board magazine) but here we are on Thursday March 26 1998 sitting on a hillside in the middle of nowhere waiting for 7 hours before there is a glimpse of a train on the horizon. NNR 204 and 205 (EX SP SD9's) are in the Steptoe Valley with empty ore hoppers from the connection with UP at Shafter returning to Ely NV. It would be another 40 minutes before the next image.

Taken on: March 26, 1998

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