A time-honored tradition: The Burning of Rome. Back in the 1940s, when legendary railroad photographers Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg spent their days photographing operations on the Virgi... (more)

Out of the Tunnel: A photo freight rolls out of Tunnel 2 on the reconstructed Virginia & Truckee. Restoring this tunnel was one of the most expensive projects in the reconstruction project.... (more)

Way Above: V&T number 29 approaches Gold Hill station with a freight consist in tow.

Steamscape: Gold Hill Depot. After a brief stop to exchange crew members, V&T Locomotive #29 barks loudly as she drags her short freight up the very steep grade that begins the last mile of... (more)

Through the Curve: V&T number 29 passes through an S curve on a portion of the reconstructed Virginia and Truckee Railroad. This freight train was operated as part of a Lerro Productions ph... (more)

Into the Tunnel: A Photographer's photo freight extra climbs the grade toward Virginia City on the old Virginia and Truckee. The train is approaching tunnel number 4 on the railroad.

Sunrise over Gold Hill. The first warming rays of sunlight bathe the chilly landscape of Gold Hill, NV, as a short V&T freight makes its way north toward the mining mecca of Virginia City. ... (more)

Sunrise at Scales. Just moments after the sun crested the hills to the east, a V&T freight charges north past Scales on its morning run to Gold Hill, and ultimately, the mining town of Virg... (more)

Up Grade at Gold Hill: Number 29 passes the Gold Hill depot with a freight train as a curious bystander looks on. This scene was part of a Lerro Productions photo charter.

Through the Tunnel and up the Mountain: V&T number 29 thunders out of tunnel number 4 on the old Virginia & Truckee as it hears upgrade toward Virginia City during a Lerro Productions photo... (more)

A UP stack train crests the grade at Erie

in a plume of smoke and snow, Nevada Northern engine 40 emerges from one of two tunnels along the line at Nevada Northern Railway

A UP stack train tackles the mountains south of Vegas in Sloan, one of 4 trains seen today. Note the abandoned tunnel to the left of the lead motor.

On the edge of Vegas. A westbound rolls into the Las Vegas valley seen at "Valley" The BNSF motor was the only "run through motor" seen the entire trip.

Nevada Northern Railway engine 93 Breathes of steam and clouds within the chambers of her engine house before a days work on the railroad. The sky light windows and bay doors create some dramatic ... (more)