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Nevada State Railroad Museum Boulder City

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which offers passenger excursion trains using historic railroad equipment on a 7-mile, 45 minute round trip. Operations began in 2002, and the museum also offers the opportunity for passengers to ride in the locomotive cab, the caboose and to operate trains (subject to reservations and availability).
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to 8444 from 1962 to 1989. It weighs approximately 125 tons and has a turbocharged V16 engine that develops 2250 hp. It was donated to the museum and refurbished in Union Pacific colors.
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that was taken out of service in 1998 during the widening of Highway 93 into
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No. 844: The primary road power of the heritage railroad
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Under restoration; owned by Dynamic Rail Preservation
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Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
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Index


Union Pacific
EMD GP30
railroad museum
Boulder City
Nevada
Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs
Hoover Dam
Union Pacific Railroad
heritage railroad
Union Pacific
EMD GP30
844
Interstate 11
NDOT
US Route 93
Interstate 515
Railroad Pass Casino
Baldwin
Harriman
Consolidation


UPRR
Baldwin
Mikado


PALCO
HVRX

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