Ely Nevada Night Train

In the tiny town of ely about four hours north of las vegas one of the brightest cities in the world.

Ely nevada night train. Nevada northern railway event calendar vacation ideas for railfans historians and explorers. Like many of these special trains this annual train is generally a sell out so book early. Where can you see fireworks shot off a moving steam train. If you want to hop aboard nevada s star train this summer you ll have to act quickly by snagging tickets online.

Get your front row seats to the fireworks. Great basin national park and the nevada northern railway in ely nv are teaming up to offer the nnrw s star train. The train does not travel into or from great basin national park. The fireworks express at the nevada northern railway leaves the depot at 4 30 p m.

Ely nevada is home to the nevada northern railway museum. Note that the trains depart from and return to ely nv with national park service rangers on board. The ride starts at 7 30 p m. Ely s nevada northern railway teamed up with great basin national park to create a stargazing experience that is bound to blow you away and you definitely don t want to miss out.

Great basin s dark sky rangers will be onboard to talk trivia give out prizes and answer questions. Take a night train on a stargazing adventure in nevada lonely planet. Riders begin their journey at the train station in ely and ride the historic northern train route through ely. Christmas santa s reindeer flyer.

Night sky star train. How to get to ely nv. Food and lodging in ely. Most all of our trips head southwest through two tunnels and up real mountain grades through robinson canyon up toward the ruth copper mining district.

The great basin star train takes you to a dark place in north central nevada to see what our ancestors saw before light pollution wiped out most americans views of the night sky. The nevada northern railway museum depot and general store is located at 1100 avenue a ely nv. Fireworks are set off after nightfall. We are open daily except thanksgiving day christmas eve and day new years day and jan 2nd.

Ticket desk and general store open 8am 5pm 4pm on sundays later on days when trains depart later. You will depart from our east ely nv depot as all of our passenger trains have done now for a over a century. The railway itself is a national historic landmark. Vacation ideas around ely.

Ely is the closest town to great basin national park 1h west so it makes a logical hopping off point for an extended visit to the park.