Re: NNG: Nevada Northern

For many years I volunteered at Ely in the 1980'a and 1990's and one of the first things I did was fire patrol duties in the hi-rail truck. It amazed me as we were about a mile behind and we would come across a good patch of rabbit grass and sagebrush on fire. I live in the Seattle area and the first time I did this I had a cold and with the elevation change and smoke it was not a lot of fun. One other time I was in Ely the 40 had Earl as the engineer and a grate dropped out and the engine was put away and Alco No. 109 was used for the rest of the day. While at dinner a bunch of us decided to fix the grate which we were able to do and as a thank you for my help I fired the 40 up to Ruth and back. For years I fired oil burners and after shoveling coal on that one trip I was glad I didn't do it every day.

Richard Wilkens