The V&T Steam Line-Up. During our 2020 Lerro Productions Charter on the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, we were fortunate to be able to get a quick look at both of the line's steam engines tog... (more)

Virginia & Truckee #29. There were 27 locomotives originally built for the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Nine of these locomotives survive, all of which are in museums. When Robert Gray be... (more)

The crookedest short-line in America. Just north of American Flat Tunnel, a V&T Freight runs compass south as it races toward the mining town of Gold Hill....which is visible above and dire... (more)

Steamscape: Crown Point. The reconstructed Virginia & Truckee Railroad is one of my favorite steam operations in all of the US. Why? Well, because it is one of the few places where you c... (more)

Tunnel #4: The "Yellow Jacket' Tunnel. V&T Locomotive #29 bursts out of the East Portal of Tunnel #4, known on the original V&T as the "Yellow Jacket Tunnel", as she runs th... (more)

Long shadows at Donovan. The alpine sunset is fast-approaching and the afternoon shadows are getting very long as V&T Locomotive #29 takes a freight north past Donovan, en route to Gold Hil... (more)

Steamscape: Crown Point Fill. V&T Locomotive #29 charges north with her freight across the wide-open plateau that is the Crown Point Fill. The geography in the town of Gold Hill, NV has bee... (more)

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)

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)

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)

All together for the first time! Here's a "family portrait" of all 5 surviving locomotives from Maine's historic, 2-foot, common carrier railroads. Although our event was dubbed ... (more)

One last sunny run-by at MP6. Milepost 6 is arguably one of the best photo locations at the WW&F Museum. There are at least three completely different shots you can take in this stretch, d... (more)

A 2-Foot, 3-Way Meet at Top of the Mountain. Trains representing 3 of Maine's historic, 2-foot gauge, common carrier railroads meet in a winter wonderland at Top of the Mountain, at the WW&... (more)

SR&RL #6 Returns after 96 years! Just an hour or so before sunset, WW&F Locomotive #9, sits dressed as her former self, Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes #6, posing for photographs while sitting... (more)