NNRY Sunset, Stars, and Champagne Train
2025-09-06 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-11 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-13 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-18 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Nevada Northern Railway, 1100 Avenue A, Ely, NV, 89301, United States
The Nevada Northern Railway offers a most unique experience and look forward to having you join us for a ride back in history here in the mountains of Central Nevada, this time for the Sunset, Stars, and Champagne Train! Venture out into the rural mountains of White Pine County for nothing less than picturesque views and our renowned dark skies, all while relaxing and socializing with bottomless champagne. Basic info about Nevada Northern Railway rides, including the Sunset, Stars, and Champagne Train can be found below.

Don’t miss the train! All Nevada Northern Railway trains depart from ELY, NV on-time, regardless of the weather, as they have for over a century now, so be at the depot ready for boarding 30 minutes before departure time.
Everyone needs a ticket
No passes or discounts are available on themed trains (other than Membership discount…see below)
Sorry, pets are not allowed on the trains or tours. Certified service animals are always welcome, but please take necessary precautions for this somewhat noisy, industrial environment.

Learn more about the Railway by clicking HERE!

NNRY Steam Train to Robinson Canyon
2025-09-07 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-09-08 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-14 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-09-15 09:30 - 11:00 | Nevada Northern Railway, 1100 Avenue A, Ely, NV, 89301, United States
NNRY Steam Excursion Train to Robinson Canyon
The NNRY’s Regular Steam Excursion Train through Robinson Canyon.
Book Your Ticket and More at www.NNRY.com!

NNRY Diesel Locomotive Train
2025-09-09 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-10 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-16 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-17 09:30 - 11:00 | Nevada Northern Railway, 1100 Avenue A, Ely, NV, 89301, United States
NNRY Diesel Locomotive Train
The NNRY’s Diesel Locomotive Train to the Valley Vista or Robinson Canyon.
Book Your Ticket and More at www.NNRY.com!

Leaping Learners
2025-09-09 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-09-16 10:00 - 11:00 | White Pine County Library, 950 Campton St, Ely, NV, 89301, United States
Leaping Learners
Ages 3 – 4
A Traditional Preschool Story Hour
10am – 11am

Robinson Canyon (Diesel)
2025-09-11 16:30 - 18:00, 2025-09-18 16:30 - 18:00 | Nevada Northern Railway, 1100 Avenue A, Ely, NV, 89301, United States
Robinson Canyon (Diesel)
Take a trip up Egan on a train pulled by a NNRY Diesel locomotive!
Details and tickets at www.NNRY.com!

WPC Library Chess Club
2025-09-12 10:00 - 11:00 | White Pine County Library, 950 Campton St, Ely, NV, 89301, United States
WPC Library Chess Club
Second Friday

Ely Renaissance Village OPEN
2025-09-12 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-13 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-19 10:00 - 16:00 | Ely Renaissance Village, 400, Ely, NV, 89301, United States
Ely Renaissance Village Open!
For the ultimate heritage experience of White Pine County, the Ely Renaissance Village may top the list.
Tour a total of nine houses, seven of which have each been themed after a different ethnic background that helped shape our community. The Village is made for vacation planning and is open Fridays and Saturdays in the summer. Check out the 360 video below, which allows you to click and drag different views as it provides you a feel for the site before visiting it in person: https://bit.ly/3hGMr5d

Learn More Here!

NNRY Excursion Train
2025-09-12 16:30 - 18:00, 2025-09-19 16:30 - 18:00 | Nevada Northern Railway, 1100 Avenue A, Ely, NV, 89301, United States
NNRY Excursion Train
The NNRY’s Regular Excursion Train through Robinson Canyon.
Book Your Ticket, Discover Which Train is Running, and More at www.NNRY.com!

NNRY Star Train
2025-09-12 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-09-19 19:00 - 21:30 | Nevada Northern Railway, 1100 Avenue A, Ely, NV, 89301, United States
For those of you who aren’t fortunate enough to live up here in the Rural Inter-Mountain West, you are missing our breathtakingly beautiful night sky. For those of you who live in these parts, you may not have taken the time lately to stop and gaze at the Heavens. Either way, plan a special night out with those beautiful stars of ours. This area has one of the darkest skies in the lower 48 states which provides the setting for our wonderful night skies, which is why there is the Nevada Northern Railway Star Train.
Nevada Northern Railway’s Star Train pulls out of Ely on selected Summer evenings with the Dark Rangers of Great Basin National Park aboard. These rangers love the night sky as much as we all do, but they probably know a whole lot more about stars than all of us put together. They will guide us on our journey to find interesting things up in the Heavens on this journey. We will stop the train away from town to take full advantage of the dark night skies. The National Park Service Rangers will have special telescopes set up for viewing the night sky, and will be there to tell us all about it.
Watch a video of the experience as covered on the CBS This Morning Show
What to expect:

Our trains feature on-board restroom, wheelchair accessibility, and snacks and beverages available for purchase.
The Star Trains are pulled by one of our vintage diesel locomotives, and leave around sunset, so you will have a chance to see the sun as it sinks down over the Steptoe Valley. It is a great time of day to admire the rural Intermountain West at its best.
It is usually clear up here at night, but the train will still operate and the Park Rangers will still be on-board with an astronomy show-and-tell regardless of what Mother Nature dishes up.
Would you also like to take the trip up toward the old Ruth Mining District on a train pulled by a steam locomotive? Who wouldn’t? We also have a steam-powered excursion train departing at 4:30 pm on Friday afternoons, and another one at 1:00 pm on Saturday. During the check-out process you can add a Four-Day pass at a reduced rate to go on additional train rides while you are here.
Note that the trains depart from and return to Ely, NV with National Park Service Rangers on board. The train does not travel into or from Great Basin National Park. Ely is the closest town to Great Basin National Park (1h west), so it makes a logical hopping-off point for an extended visit to the Park. Don’t miss the opportunity to explore the rest of the National Park, including Lehman Caves.

Learn more about the Railway by clicking HERE!

NNRY Excursion Train
2025-09-13 13:00 - 15:00 | Nevada Northern Railway, 1100 Avenue A, Ely, NV, 89301, United States
NNRY Excursion Train
The NNRY’s Regular Excursion Train through Robinson Canyon or Valley Vista.
Book Your Ticket, Discover Which Train is Running, and More at www.NNRY.com!

NNRY Roaring 20's Express
2025-09-13 16:30 - 18:00 | Nevada Northern Railway, 1100 Avenue A, Ely, NV, 89301, United States
Roaring 20’s Express
Pull out your Zoot suit and beaded fringe dresses for a swinging good time aboard the Roaring 20s Limited. Enjoy a 90-minute steam powered train ride aboard vintage 1920s passenger cars. Quench your thirst at the speakeasy onboard (alcoholic beverages available for passengers 21 and older, non-alcoholic beverages also available) while listening to big band hits. Along the route, watch out for the notorious local gangsters who have been known to hold up the train, not to worry, Pinkerton agents will be sure to restore law and order in no time!
Tickets and More Info at www.NNRY.com

American Graffiti FREE Showing
2025-09-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Ely Central Theater, 145 W 15th St, Ely, NV, 89301, United States
American Graffiti FREE Showing
Can’t wait to see the community turn out for American Graffiti Free Showing!
Where: Ely Central Theater
When: Sept 15, 2025 at 7:00pm
Vintage Chevrolet Club of America (VCCA) is coming through Ely, NV on their 19th Annual Southwest Fall Tour. As part of their visit, they have partnered with the Ely Central Theater and White Pine County Tourism and Recreation for a free showing of the 1973 film American Graffiti, and the whole community is invited!
There will be a donation booth set up at the front of the theater. All donations benefit a local charity of VCAA’s choice.
A giant group of vintage Chevrolets parked outside our iconic Ely Central Theater is not a sight you want to miss! Can’t wait to see the community turn out and welcome the club to town.
VCAA will be in Ely Sept. 14-19, providing a perfect lead-in to the racers that will be in town for Silver State Classic Challenge!

About VCAA’s 19th Annual Southwest Fall Tour:
September 14-19, 2025 | Ely, NEVADA 19th Annual Southwest Fall Tour. Join us on the “Loneliest Road in America” for a week packed full of a passel of Wild West Nevada adventures. Ride the Ghost Train of Old Ely (pulled by the steam engine!), tour the depths of Lehman Caves, visit the official Pony Express Site, gander at the heavens through the Park Ranger’s telescopes and maybe visit a couple ghost towns, and much more! Also, there will be a lot of driving of your vintage Chevrolets and GMCs, limited to 1912-54. Registration deadline is September 1, 2025. For more info, contact Dean Echols at 2049 N. Mohave St., Chino Valley, AZ 86323, 928-710-4325 or deanechols38@gmail.com.

2025 Great Basin Astronomy Festival
2025-09-18 - 2025-09-20 | Great Basin National Park, National Park, 100 Great Basin, Baker, NV, 89311, United States
2025 Great Basin Astronomy Festival
Join park rangers and amateur astronomers to experience out-of-this-world family fun and excitement at the 2025 Great Basin Astronomy Festival! Learn about daytime and nighttime astronomy while enjoying some of the darkest night skies in the nation.
Don’t have your own telescope? There will be many telescopes of different makes, shapes, and sizes for you and your family to use to look at the sun, stars, planets and other deep sky objects including nebulae and galaxies. With activities for kids of all ages, the whole family can enjoy this festival together.
Great Basin National Park is always happy to welcome visitors to the Great Basin to view the night skies together. Everyone can enjoy the night sky in their own way.
This year’s festival events will include guest speakers, phot workshops, tours of the Great Basin Observatory (GBO), and other fun programs for families.
The park is excited to welcome back amateur astronomer volunteers and their telescopes for an out of this world star party each night of the festival.
Due to limited parking, there will be a shuttle bus service from the Great Basin Visitor Center to the Lehman Caves Visitor Center. The shuttle bus service is free and will last from 7:30 to Midnight.
Learn All About This Event From the Park Itself by Clicking HERE!
Discover More of White Pine County HERE!

Silver State Classic Challenge - 2025
2025-09-18 - 2025-09-21 | Ely, NV, 89301, United States
Silver State Classic Challenge – 2025
For the past three decades, driving enthusiasts from around the world have gathered on the third Sunday September in the Nevada high desert for the one of the truly most unique automotive events. Traverse 90 to 120 miles of closed, two-lane public highway, comprised of long fast straights, sweeping corners, blind dips, even carving through a twisty canyon. The current course record stands at 219.6430 mph average speed, as recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records. The best part is, if you’ve got the nerve, a little cash, and a fast ride, you too can join them to run as fast as you can, legally, down a public highway.
The SSCC in September is our classic 90-mile, one-way event, with additional activities held in Ely, and the SSCC awards banquet after-party is held at the historic Sam’s Town Casino Hotel in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada.

Thursday:
Cars will be showing up in town for registration. Enjoy and watch them cruise!

Friday:
Parade of cars through the downtown at 5:30pm

Saturday:
Car show and judging at Broadbent Park, 9:00am-1:00pm

Sunday:
HWY 318 closes at 5:00am and doesn’t open until 4:00pm. Become a course worker!!!

The Silver State Classic Challenge, Inc. is a non-profit corporation with a dedicated volunteer Board of Directors and staff who annually host the Nevada Open Road Challenge (NORC) and Silver State Classic Challenge (SSCC) Open Road Racing events on a closed section of Nevada State Highway 318, renamed by the Nevada Department of Transportation as the Silver State Classic Challenge Highway.
SSCC events are based on time, speed, and distance. Classes begin at 95 mph, and increase in 5 mph increments up through the 160 mph class, with a 170 mph, 180 mph, and an Unlimited, top speed class. Vehicles start one at a time, in one minute intervals against a GPS timing clock, and attempt to break the beam at the finish line as close as possible to their speed class target time. First, Second and Third place trophies are awarded to the Driver and Navigator/Co-driver in each class, based on most accurate elapsed time targets achieved, as measured by SSCC timing equipment. Trophies are also awarded to drivers of our companion One-Mile and Half-Mile Shootout events, both held on race weekends in conjunction with our Open Road Racing events.
All first-time SSCC participants are considered rookies, and may enter classes ranging from 95 mph up to 110 mph, determined by their vehicle capabilities and safety equipment, and each Driver and Navigator/Co-Driver’s comfort level. All rookies must also attend an SSCC rookie driver school. Those with documented Open Road Racing or other equivalent racing experience, or those who hold racing licenses from select sanctioned racing bodies, may be eligible to obtain a waiver from rookie school.
All Details and Qualification Information About This Even Can Be Found HERE!
Know Where You'll Stay! Check Out Our Lodging Options HERE!

Caleb Montgomery FREE Concert
2025-09-19 18:30 - 21:00 | Broadbent Park
Caleb Montgomery FREE Concert
Silver State Classic Challenge, in partnership with White Pine County Tourism and Recreation, presents Caleb Montgomery Free Concert.
Where: Broadbent Park
When: The concert begins after the downtown procession of cars, approximately 6:30 p.m.
Continuing just off the Tour and Rec. Summer Concert Series, this free concert will carry much of the same vibe. Made for the community, families, and blankets in the grass.
We are very proud to be partnering with Silver State Classic Challenge for this free concert and seeing Caleb Montgomery live!
Silver State Classic’s parade begins at 5:30 p.m. and proceeds through the downtown on the Friday of the event. The cars will head directly into Broadbent Park, park for everyone to admire, and then be on display Saturday morning.
Caleb Montgomery FREE Concert

Caleb Montgomery, also known as The Cosmic Cowboy, is a rising Americana and progressive country artist from Susanville, California. Rooted in five generations of musical heritage and influenced by legends like Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers, and Pink Floyd, Caleb blends traditional country storytelling with bold, genre-bending sound. His debut album Food Stamps Don’t Buy Flowers made an immediate impact—reaching #1 on the Apple Music Americana Chart, #2 on the Apple Music Country Chart, #5 on iTunes Hot Country, and #22 on the Billboard Americana Chart. A two-time Josie Music Award nominee (Male Vocalist & Emerging Artist of the Year), Caleb is currently touring nationwide with his band The Wild West Show, building a passionate grassroots following across the U.S. With a new release on the horizon, Caleb is poised to become one of the defining voices in modern country music.

BLURBS
“A fresh force in modern country—Caleb Montgomery blends grit, soul, and psychedelic edge into a sound that’s as daring as it is timeless.”
“The Cosmic Cowboy rides again, and this time he’s taking the whole genre with him. Montgomery’s debut is raw, real, and remarkably refined.”
“With one foot in the honky-tonk and the other in outer space, Caleb Montgomery reimagines country music for a new generation.”
“Montgomery’s breakout success is no accident—his writing cuts deep, his performances electrify, and his voice feels like home.”
“A chart-climbing artist with the soul of a storyteller. Caleb Montgomery is what happens when tradition and innovation meet on the open road.”
Socials:
Instagram – @calebjoelmontgomery – https://www.instagram.com/calebjoelmontgomery/
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About Silver State Classic Challenge:
For the past three decades, driving enthusiasts from around the world have gathered on the third Sunday September in the Nevada high desert for the one of the truly most unique automotive events.
Traverse 90 to 120 miles of closed, two-lane public highway, comprised of long fast straights, sweeping corners, blind dips, even carving through a twisty canyon. The current course record stands at 219.6430 mph average speed, as recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records.
The best part is, if you’ve got the nerve, a little cash, and a fast ride, you too can join them to run as fast as you can, legally, down a public highway.
Discover More about This Year's Siver State Classic Challenge HERE!
