The Nevada Southern Railway is actually part of the Nevada Division of Cultural Affairs. The facilities, the rolling stock and four employees are all funded by the State of Nevada. Much of the work needed to restore the equipment is done by a bunch of volunteers that call themselves the Friends of the Nevada Southern Railway. Coming from Texas where the state government is working as hard as they can to get out of the tourist railroad business I find the arrangement intriguing. The folks there do a great job, the cars I rode in reflected a lot of work. The ride they offer is limited by the small amount of track they have but was interesting none the less. They have a covered shed now to display some of their extra rolling stock and maybe one of their steam engines and have plans to build a museum building near their two track engine house. Oh BTW, the conductor noticed my interest in the caboose and offer me a caboose ride on the return trip.
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