In 1882, Joe M. Douglas bought a small railroad from Frederick Birdsall. The railroad ran in Dayton Valley, carrying ore tailings from Gold Canyon to a nearby mill with a connection to the Carson and ...

CARSON CITY — Wendell Huffman recalls the first time he saw the old train passenger car he considers one of the most significant artifacts in American railroad history. Known as Coach 17, it was ...

Located 700 km northeast of Las Vegas, South Railroad is a key asset for Orla as the Vancouver-based miner works to reach annual gold production of 500,000 ounces. The project covers 250 sq. km on ...

The Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City offers visitors a unique glimpse into Southern Nevada’s colorful history, dating back almost one hundred years. Preserving the heritage of the Boulder ...

CARSON CITY — A railroad museum in Carson City is facing expensive flood damage repairs. Mud and puddles remain almost a month after water hit the Nevada State Railroad Museum, reported the Nevada ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A new visitor's center could soon be coming to the Nevada Railroad Museum Boulder City. That's after state lawmakers passed the Capitol Improvement Bill. That bill provided over $23 ...

With the opening last Sunday of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum, Nevada County’s role in 19th and 20th century railroad history became well documented. Not only was the western county ...

BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — Boulder City officials are asking state lawmakers to provide funding to expand the Nevada Southern Railroad Museum and build an urban park. The Las Vegas Sun reports ...

Nevada is a sprawling state with most of its people in two population centers. But beyond the reaches of Las Vegas and Reno is a land filled with attractions and history. Some of them, of course, ...

BOULDER CITY (FOX5) — The Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City has sold out its Christmas train rides for the second consecutive year, capping nearly a quarter-century of holiday excursions ...

On May 10, 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad was completed with the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Point, Utah. This followed an intense year of construction of the Central Pacific ...

Open up any Nevada history book and you might be remiss if it fails to mention the Comstock Lode, Virginia City, or mining. When miners discovered both gold and silver in the Virginia City foothills ...