(KTNV) — In one Nevada community, the history of the American railway is kept alive and well. "Our trains are 100 and 150 years old ... stood next to a live steam engine, you could swear ...

Jim Rice had no particular interest in trains when he first got a job as a groundskeeper at Strasburg Rail Road in 1973.

The Nevada Northern Railway in Ely maintains a unique corner of American history by keeping turn of the 20th century train engines ticking.