The other trip the Nevada Northern operates is toward the west, into the mining district and is referred to as Keystone. This is a much more interesting trip, passing by numerous mining operations, through two tunnels and even a brothel where the employees come out and wave. This trip is also more interesting because it is normally pulled by a steam locomotive, either #40 or #93. Both these locomotives are veterans of the Nevada Northern and there are others being restored even now. The engine shop I mentioned earlier is crammed with huge machine tools. I can't say what repairs they couldn't handle there but I would guess they are few. In 2006 the whole railroad was designated a National Historic Landmark. The Secretary of the Interior referred to it as "the best-preserved, least altered, and most complete main yard complex remaining from the steam railroad era."
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