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Scenic railroad that operates between Boulder City and Railroad Pass using restored 1911 era passenger cars. Air conditioned in summer, heated in winter. Operates Sa Su year round. Engineer for an hour allows you to be your own engineer or rent the entire train for a birthday or wedding.
The Nevada State Railroad Museum Boulder City is a railroad museum in Boulder City, Nevada which is an agency of the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs. The museum campus is one-mile long by a city block wide with a visitor center, outdoor displays, a heritage railroad as well as a 7.5" gauge live steam railroad. The museum campus occupies the former Boulder City rail yard, and the heritage railroad operates on the Boulder Branch Line which both were built to support construction activities at the Hoover Dam. The State of Nevada obtained the tracks and right of way from Union Pacific Railroad in 1985.
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Paddle the Colorado River from the base of Hoover Dam to Willow Beach Arizona, hike to hot springs from the river. Paddle to island beaches for a swim at Lake Mead.
Tells the story of the construction of the Hoover Dam and origins of Boulder City.
Offers the chance to jump out of a perfectly good airplane and get a great view of Lake Mead at the same time.
Straddling the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona, this was the world's largest dam when completed in 1935, and instrumental in generating power and providing irrigation via Lake Mead, which was created behind the dam. Even though through traffic no longer crosses the dam, instead crossing a bridge just downstream that opened in 2010, tourist traffic (and occasional employee traffic) to the dam can still be quite bad so plan your trip with extra travel time.