Nevada Southern Railroad Museum
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Nevada Southern Railroad Museum is a railroad museum in Boulder City, Nevada.
The museum functions as a branch of the Nevada State Railroad Museum and is located on the tracks that were installed to support construction activities at the Hoover Dam. The state obtained the tracks and right of way from the Union Pacific Railroad in 1985.
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[edit] Heritage railroad
The museum operates a heritage railroad 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 and to operate trains.