Discoveries America National Parks, Great Basin: Caves, Trains & Wide Open Spaces - DVD

Great Basin National Heritage Area - Great Basin National Park, Nevada. The park begins over a mile above sea level and reaches over 13000 feet at the pinnacle of Wheeler Peak. Explore mysterious subterranean passages on a ranger guided tour of Lehman Cave. Hike through the Bristlecone pine trees which can live to be 5,000 years old. Bask in the darkest of night skies. - Nevada Northern Railway National Historic Landmark. Experience a working museum where you can wander through old railroad buildings, watch 21st century trainmen and women repair 19th century equipment. Ride on a living, breathing, moving and steaming museum! Tour the East Ely Yard & Shop Complex while engineers prepare locomotives for travel. Learn from folks passionate about preserving this survivor from a grand era of railroading in the Silver State. The Nevada Northern Railway is one of the best-preserved examples of a standard-gauge short-line left in North America and one of the most complete rail facilities still in existence. Consisting of the original railway locomotives, rolling stock, track, passenger station, and buildings that served the historic copper mining region of Central Nevada for over a century. �