🚂 Did You Know? The Nevada Northern Railway was originally built to haul copper ore from the mines in Ruth to the mill and smelter in McGill—about 20 miles away. Think of it as a steel-wheel conveyor belt, running 24/7/365. Little switch engines would bring ore cars up to Copper Flat, where they were gathered into long ore trains. Once ready, the train rolled downhill toward Ely. And here's where it gets wild—rather than stopping to attach the caboose, crews would let it follow the train and co