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The Clock is Ticking - Help Put Us Over the Top!<br /> <br /> We raised $287,609, almost 70% of our goal! We have $128,391 yet to go in just six days! Can I count on you to help put us over the top! Become a member or renew your membership here <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnnry.com%2Fmembership%2F&amp;h=AT0io6JQbzC4rg_zt1XMqNTfDE5gy17q-J0bfXYD-yHbF1ZLgR80vkn2_iA7zn2_XbR3q2n0geNjsn_d_kSAaqAk0d0fuZTKNLleNNP33dBiAXl2ErXX9mM0OthKlqtqLEuiLBYL8dPTjGLn30atWYVWLQ" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy">https://nnry.com/membership/</a> and you can make a matching donation here <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnnry.com%2Fdonate%2F&amp;h=AT3EaUjAnkjeyUH9nDDHHB4LPc1LheNF38KqkJMA2gzpPWjA4jUyJoW_aGCQYtcOA8JyVGg6kHXjzyF4hH2Ca7aFTw3fFj3VKYQZl0WGgEYP3VptzP4iuN208AUle1R-4Qh8eQ-w-ACaTr62ei11_uaGlw" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy">https://nnry.com/donate/</a><br /> <br /> When you’re operating a 19th century railroad, near the ends of the earth, think I’m kidding, there is a sign heading out of town that states, “Next Gas 167 Miles”! You have to have determination and this is proven by our motto, “The difficult we do immediately. The impossible, takes just a little longer.” <br /> <br /> Here’s where we’re at, we have had three of our original steam locomotives in operation, Locomotive 40, 81 and 93; all of the are older than century, and as such all three have developed issues that are repairable but expensive to fix. <br /> <br /> Currently we have Locomotive 93 but in operation with temporary repairs. She is going to need a new inner boiler throat sheet, siphon tubes and superheater units. The repair bill on Locomotive 93 is estimated at $146,000. If you become a member or renew your membership <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnnry.com%2Fmembership%2F&amp;h=AT3lNJjgNeB6RF04Bt-WeSY_9Rh-meL6MZKqqHznlEL7M-z1oO7FogbcuqEmRbGe_XdyRKfWHZQ73cp1Oi2NQT--n7Qk82SAUnisRc4YXbMO005NmsD4z9Fq6aZnFv8ynGxibCHNtY368ZhHp0K0gRZW_A" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy">https://nnry.com/membership/</a>, it is matched by our Save America’s Treasures grant. Kick in some additional money to our Phoenix Dare <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnnry.com%2Fdonate%2F%23phoenix&amp;h=AT08lRf1OQEvU5Rj5vlYwl8w2IN_a05QaMmeVuJesOQjRpm8aRU-KVPZBW2qJVtxGXOSeB0bpiYfb9fOCPmMuJiBB1mHS2EjvCqOrN1pwRquwy6LpEMJES0SJiuLyVZXAVv_CPYMSHD0788Ex3hzElNZ8w" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy">https://nnry.com/donate/#phoenix</a> and your donation will be matched by The First National Bank of Ely!<br /> <br /> Meanwhile our staff and volunteers are hard at work on Locomotive 81 to address her issues. We got hit with a triple whammy by her! First, she sheared her Bissell post. A 2.75-inch piece of steel that looked like a hot knife had gone through butter. Then we found loose rivets on her boiler shell that have to be replaced. To replace the rivets, boiler tubes had to come out as shown below. <br /> <br /> And this brings me to the biggest challenge facing the museum, where do you find the people who can do hot riveting? Once an incredibly common skill, it is used infrequently now, but it is a vital necessary skill that we need to learn to keep our steam locomotives running. So, when we do the hot riveting, we will use it as a training exercise which will increase the cost of the repair. <br /> <br /> You might say we are caught in a Catch 22 to learn hot riveting, we need to hot rivet. Learning is going to take time and mistakes will be made. That means some of the rivets will need to be done again. It is expensive, but this is what your what your membership and donations pay for, keeping century-old equipment operating and training the next generation just how to do that!<br /> <br /> The other major repair that we need to do on Locomotive 81 is to replace the boiler knuckle. Huh? I bet you never knew that a boiler had such a thing. The boiler knuckle is where the rear flue sheet is riveted to the crown sheet. After 106 years, its just worn out, the knuckle faces a 2,000-degree fire on one side and is cooled with water on the other side. The repair, cut out the knuckle and install a new one. As you can imagine, going to Auto Zone is not an option! This will have to be hand crafted and sized to fit, it will be an expensive proposition. <br /> <br /> If you become a member or renew your membership <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnnry.com%2Fmembership%2F&amp;h=AT2P8VRKVjiG2aryroHz0Ji1nSmsS-ykT0X9ypdXZzUhJ570f2vYqE7PpAAD8DeITZgJZoxdkODgRGJWuSLEQE-6L-Ef1eqp1u5GZIxpXeSnPpG8NBgmXB1fc7GVN_qNxquBlakV-J-IXtwSVCvQ-I-TyQ" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy">https://nnry.com/membership/</a>, it is matched by our Save America’s Treasures grant. Kick in some additional money to our Phoenix Dare <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnnry.com%2Fdonate%2F%23phoenix&amp;h=AT0H8z_qFmN9DlGHqGmDiDDVevsafTU2UxVZTSNiAFF3-o2fYXMiCu5bvQq0E0DA6hGuPBRhFrAi1X0kxYxrNpoWYoCryVsUuhvsuZW5dvq2vjdCxK5kG8xMWRwIUTRPr04jUJ27u1N4OEF83hZ_bHpQ0g" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy">https://nnry.com/donate/#phoenix</a> and your donation will be matched by The First National Bank of Ely!<br /> <br /> Then there is Locomotive 40. With all of the excitement caused by Locomotives 81 and 93, we have fallen behind on Locomotive 40. And to compound that problem, we found issues with her six drivers. First, we found cracks on her 69-inch driver wheels. Bummer, but repairable. To make repair the wheels, the tires had to come off and this is where we found our second problem. When we took the tires off, shims rained down. This is legitimate but since we are going to do her wheels we might as well get rid of the shims. <br /> <br /> In the picture, the tire is off Locomotive 40’s wheel, the black strips sitting on the floor are the shims that were in between the tire and the wheel. We found this on Locomotive 93, when we did her running gear. It’s repairable but expensive. We want to raise $100,000 for Locomotive 40’s boiler and wheel work.<br /> <br /> If you become a member or renew your membership <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnnry.com%2Fmembership%2F&amp;h=AT2Ymp4c3WZ-_J6aFmagUq5fe7tOMVks7WqOigyFdpLcic5WhNvzM5jrmjQ7MrBMvR93H613USf7xsbIP-dmoH8ta3yEq16p3psGnM_279yQyRLNRUvNrHQuaVEWS0BrzfBcT-qXNPUubGMkAXmYifZnEIUWhuI0aUwp67s" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" data-lynx-mode="async">https://nnry.com/membership/</a>, it is matched by our Save America’s Treasures grant. Kick in some additional money to our Save America’s Treasure grant <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnnry.com%2Fdonate%2F%23americatreasures&amp;h=AT1M5Fu51fF0jMvWyvCOuXkGx9GBHacFtQvj5_jXce95sZEuaCU-2VM5jVZL7S6X6m_ieQ0Mv6P1tXXoQvaYLj_WmVn0EGYyok5xHn4h06GUof_a5cJ1x1vUdSClXruATt-jNpDMWMxQTH83zL9vQvnu6Q" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy">https://nnry.com/donate/#americatreasures</a> for Locomotive 40 and that is matched too! <br /> <br /> Finally, we want to raise $75,000 for the railroad’s archives. You might think, “Who cares about a bunch of old paper. Why does it need preserving. Its not cool like an operating steam locomotive.” Au contraire, without preserving the paper record of the railroad, keeping the steam locomotives operating just got magnitudes more difficult and expensive! <br /> <br /> In the paper record we have the original blue prints of the locomotives. Thanks to this paper record, we can have new parts manufactured which is very helpful as in the case of the bissell post.<br /> <br /> The paper record is a treasure trove of information that covers all aspects of not only the railroad but they are also tied into the national events such a sending Japanese-American citizens to Internment Camps during World War 2 and more recently the effects of atomic testing on residents of rural Nevada. <br /> <br /> We still have a lot of work to do finish up the archive project. Our goal is to raise $75,000 for the archives. If you become a member or renew your membership <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnnry.com%2Fmembership%2F&amp;h=AT0rzJ871w6gO9DF9twXUJRshgEAjZyGgHRj8rxxqJfuSbpOBtcYII286LO7H9Z-8K2ZD_G0IY3d8mWBkI3YerF8knCr9uDWD_-jORPr5NO6YWQvocKxrDOphMuPfS22OQG1PGLAMm2ZhZTW1ILXQE5wNA" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy">https://nnry.com/membership/</a>, it is matched by our Save America’s Treasures grant. Kick in some additional money to our Save America’s Treasure grant <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnnry.com%2Fdonate%2F%23americatreasures&amp;h=AT3gwiVmo7mdQKBjfjEUbVkR5p2GMv5aSTd1W32tBXnOFyxWm6P6VxiEBwlRDY3rmGcE5o3xpYFjmf9YoBfD1XkxRI5lAWdnT4xV3uDC2dB_N0GLHuorxO9xRL-8eK4jZZ6JNalqblXp5DX8WK7lfQtwcQ" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy">https://nnry.com/donate/#americatreasures</a> for archives and that is matched too!<br /> <br /> To keep these marvelous machines operating, I need YOUR help! Either become a member or renew YOUR membership today to do so visit our website <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnnry.com%2Fmembership%2F&amp;h=AT2AzJJdvg-RdsoX-OD8ITlfDzhGvad0pvQy6HSaWPftr0NaKm0B6ykMHFh0BU-Y8wWoob_yafSncJ6pHsz9rX0pRNnAghfnZekGq6EP2XAeu5oKmepIrN_fema1bG7C_52orAJaCUuO8SrYrWEk-nf8HQ" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy">https://nnry.com/membership/</a> <br /> <br /> PHOENIX DARE - STEAM LOCOMOTIVE CHALLENGE COINS - Ensuring the continued operation of our three National Historic Landmark steam locomotives is a very costly, herculean challenge; one that we can accomplish! Overcoming this herculean challenge will mean extraordinary financial help; over and above membership contributions.<br /> <br /> To encourage this extraordinary financial help, we have created three Challenge Coins, one for each locomotive #93, #81 and #40.<br /> <br /> The Challenge Coins are only available to people who make an extraordinary donation above their membership contribution to the Phoenix Dare fund <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnnry.com%2Fdonate%2F%23phoenix&amp;h=AT29k_PStcCmXzWZ_wX07ONB0id9kLMiDYXTavWBfbuzRBfrul1a-6djjO3jwKeZHpxnQIol0s03k4grl6EkshcULliN3uRK1EOuvdQgVEGka9TLz3FtM5SWdeDLRi5ufI5O5EKClPrskH9jktin557LrA" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy">https://nnry.com/donate/#phoenix</a> or our Save America’s Treasures <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnnry.com%2Fdonate%2F%23americatreasures&amp;h=AT0HHh8G9FSfBLpvjgkCeb_ZjSYiDz1Y5BTHTZNhXHtUkHEmUyiOQFZV8OPIaktWEyqurJSvyl8Q7S8BfzqeA0pyAhK8A0zCmp9Cl8fZfUAFML-l4_FtZcJ7uRzbQl1TpqDF1UEHdgYgmlzuC-uKF9nLzA" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy">https://nnry.com/donate/#americatreasures</a> for Locomotive 40<br /> <br /> The minimum donation levels to receive the coins are: $50+ for the Locomotive 93 coin; $100+ for the Locomotive 93 and 81 coins and $500+ to receive all three coins - Locomotive 93, 81 and 40. <br /> <br /> One final word, the Nevada Northern Railway Foundation has achieved the Platinum Seal of Transparency Rating on Candid (formerly Guidestar), the world&#039;s largest source of information on non-profit organizations. This rating puts the Foundation in the top 0.1% of charities nationally in terms of transparency.

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