Steptoe Valley Mining & Smelting 0-4-0ST No. 3
East Ely, Nevada, United States 		Location: Nevada Northern Railway Museum car shop
Status: Stored
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Photo Copyright © Jeff Terry
Here are the notes for Steptoe Valley Mining & Smelting No. 3, a 0-4-0ST located in East Ely, NV. If you have additional information about this locomotive, and would like to share it, click the Add Note button.
Posted: Nov 2, 2025 @ 09:11:31 by P51
the goal is to start the restoration of #3 after all of the other steam locomotives are operational again.
Posted: Jan 25, 2021 @ 12:01:04 by Luke
This Locomotive ran on the Niles Canyon RR in 1989
Posted: Apr 1, 2019 @ 16:04:23 by
Status should be restoration.
Posted: Nov 10, 2011 @ 10:11:20 by Doug Bailey
Dear Mr. Ninneman, I cannot tell you how much I appreciated your note (very little actually). The photo for Steptoe Valley No. 3 was taken inside the car shop at the Nevada Northern in East Ely, and was delivered there by truck in December 2010. Ergo, you could not have seen the locomotive elsewhere, two months ago, since it has been in East Ely for almost 11 months now. Additionally, the locomotive has not been converted to burn oil. It came from the factory as a coal burning locomotive, still has its firedoor, its grates, no oil reservoir or any sort, and no burners. So, wrong again. We do check our facts, which is fortunate. Otherwise I might have posted the inaccurate information you provided to our database. And for your information, the sources for this information are Jeff Terry, the photographer who provided the photo of the locomotive at the Nevada Northern, and Mark Bassett the director of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum.
Posted: Nov 9, 2011 @ 13:11:16 by Mike Ninneman
The Steptoe #3 is NOT at the NNRy. It is still dismantled at Brighside yard on the Niles Canyon Railway of Fremont California! Check your facts! I saw her in peices last time I was there(which was 2 months ago!) And she converted to burn OIL!
Posted: Dec 26, 2010 @ 19:12:52 by hyde seybold
ATTENTION THE LOCOMOTIVE HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE NEVADA NORTHERN RAILWAY WHERE THEY PLAN TO RESTORE HER TO OPERATION
Posted: May 9, 2005 @ 13:05:04 by Ed Kelley
Locomotive is stored, inoperable.
Posted: Jul 16, 2004 @ 23:07:35 by Chris Lindsey Elpatric
Status changed to restoration.