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The museum operates a [[heritage railway|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, the caboose and to operate trains (subject to reservations and availability).<ref name=":0">{{cite web | url = http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/servlet/lvrj_ProcServ/dbpage=cge&gid=01233001050987469588539959&pg=01315001051039402649762789 | title = Nevada State Railroad Museum and the operation of the Nevada Southern Railway | accessdate = 2009-03-02 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715175503/http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/servlet/lvrj_ProcServ/dbpage%3Dcge%26gid%3D01233001050987469588539959%26pg%3D01315001051039402649762789 | archivedate = 2011-07-15 }}</ref>
This ride features a preserved former [[Union Pacific]] [[EMD GP30]], No 844, which necessitated the renumbering of steam locomotive [[Union Pacific 844|844]] to 8444 from 1962 to 1989
As part of the [[Interstate 11]] project [[Nevada Department of Transportation|NDOT]] has replaced the bridge over [[US Route 93]] that was taken out of service in 1998 during the widening of Highway 93 into [[Interstate 515]]. Nevada Southern is now in talks with Union Pacific and the city of [[Henderson, Nevada|Henderson]] to construct a railyard and station so the train can turn around without making any backup moves making trips 14 miles instead of 7.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bouldercityreview.com/news/historic-reconnection-final-railroad-spike-relinks-boulder-city-henderson/|title=Historic reconnection: Final railroad spike relinks Boulder City, Henderson|date=2018-04-18|work=Boulder City Review|access-date=2018-04-21|language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2018, a grade separation was put in place at the former grade crossing near [[Railroad Pass Casino]], effectively linking Boulder City and Henderson together.<ref>{{cite news |title=CEREMONY FRIDAY TO MARK RECONNECTION OF HISTORIC RAIL LINE BETWEEN HENDERSON, BOULDER CITY |url=http://nvculture.org/museums/2018/04/10/ceremony-friday-to-mark-reconnection-of-historic-rail-line-between-henderson-boulder-city/ |accessdate=February 25, 2018 |work=Nevada Division of Museums and History |date=April 10, 2018}}</ref>
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