The Nevada State Railroad Museum is a railroad museum in Boulder City, Nevada which is an agency of the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs. The railway is located on the Boulder City Branch Line, the historic railroad route installed to support construction activities at the Hoover Dam.
Locomotive Roster[]
| Number | Images | Heritage | Type | Builder | Built | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 844 | 
|
Union Pacific Railroad | EMD GP30 | Electro-Motive Diesel | 1962 | Operational | This is the engine that necessitated the renumbering of steam engine #844 to #8444 for a time. |
| 264 | 
|
Union Pacific Railroad | 2-8-0 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1907 | Static Display | |
| 1000 | 
|
Union Pacific Railroad | EMD NW2 | Electro-Motive Diesel | 1939 | Operational | It only operates on special occasions. |
| 2240 | 
|
US Construction Railroad | 30-ton switcher | Davenport Locomotive Works | 1936 | Static Display | |
| 12 | 
|
Eureka & Palisade Railroad | 2-8-0 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1896 | Stored | |
| 1855 | 
|
U.S. Army Transportation Corps | Model H12-44 | Fairbanks-Morse | 1953 | Operational | |
| 35 | 
|
Pacific Lumber Co. | 2-8-2 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1923 | Static Display | |
| 6976 | 
|
Amtrak | EMD SDP40F | Electro-Motive Diesel | 1977 | Operational awaiting paint | There are plans to return it to operation in its original Amtrak livery. |
| 231 | 
|
Amtrak | EMD F40PHR | Electro-Motive Diesel | 1977 | Operational; can only be MU'd by other locomotives due to lack of traction motors | Restored to original Amtrak livery |
| L-2 | 
|
Nevada Test Site | 25-ton switcher | General Electric | 1943 | Static Display | |
| L-3 | 
|
Nevada Test Site | 80-ton switcher | General Electric | 1964 | Static Display | |
|
Nevada Test Site | Speeder | Fairmont Railway Motors | mid-1950s | Operational |
Trivia[]
- The state obtained the tracks and right of way from the Union Pacific Railroad in 1985.
- The museum hosts a 71⁄2 in (190.5 mm) gauge railroad. The miniatures are 1/8th full size and accommodate children and adults easily.
- The tracks to the museum were severed in 2005 by the Nevada Department of Transportation as part of the widening of US 93. As part of the construction of Interstate 11 The Nevada State Railroad Museum, NDOT, and Union Pacific worked with Kiewit Construction Company to build a bridge over Interstate 11 and six miles of track and abandoned right of way was upgraded and replaced. The crossing gates on Old 93 and Dawson Ave were replaced and the old signals were removed and sent to the Nevada Southern Shops.