Paired with an original Virginia & Truckee combine, 4-4-0 #12, "Genoa" is on display inside an 1884 Phoenix Bridge Company truss bridge at the California State Railroad Museum. Both &qu... (more)

One of my favorite Virginia & Truckee locomotives, "J. W. Bowker" is a 1875 product of Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co. Currently on display beneath the train shed of the reconstructed Central Pacif... (more)

Purchased soon after the Virginia & Truckee connected to the Central Pacific, 2-6-0 #13, "Empire", was delivered from M. Baird & Co. in 1873. Since 1981, "Empire" has been on display inside the C... (more)

One of the most famous steam locomotives in Hollywood, Virginia & Truckee #22, "Inyo, has starred in at least 35 film and television productions. Perhaps most notably, "Inyo" masqueraded as the W... (more)

Having just boarded a few last-minute passengers, Virginia & Truckee McKeen Motor Car #22 glides away from the Wabuska depot at the Nevada State Railroad Museum.

With a load of Western Pacific Historical Society Convention attendees on board, venerable McKeen Motor Car #22 backs out onto one leg of the wye at the Nevada State Railroad Museum. With the sho... (more)

On a beautifully sunny Nevada day, Virginia & Truckee McKeen Car #22 (Not to be confused with Baldwin #22, "Inyo") trundles along the line at the Nevada State Railroad Museum. With repairs from ... (more)

Hammering uphill at Scales. The former McCloud Railway #18 hammers uphill on the reconstructed Virginia City Line, passing the historic location of the station known as "Scales."... (more)

Comstock: MP 46.6. A V&T Freight traverses the wide, sweeping horseshoe curve at American Flat on a chilly winter afternoon, en route to its destination at Virginia City, roughly 5 rail mil... (more)

Steamscape: New Yellow Jacket Mine area. A V&T morning freight rounds the long curve north of the Yellow Jacket Tunnel, and will shortly reach more or less level track on the last mile of ... (more)

A California transplant on the new V&T. The former McCloud Railway Locomotive #18 charges out of the east portal of Tunnel #4 with a photo freight on the reconstructed Virginia & Truckee l... (more)

Doubleheader at Crown Point. V&T Locomotives #29 and 18 double-head a short freight of heavy loads past one of the most famous locations on the reconstructed Virginia City Line. You'll n... (more)

Another glorious Comstock morning. A V&T freight approaches the mining town of Gold Hill, NV on a cold winter morning in February. Although just a shadow of its former self, the town of G... (more)

Steamscape: The Overman Pit. Under a partly sunny sky, a short V&T Freight makes the lonely trek across the high fill spanning the Overman Pit Mine, just south of Gold Hill, NV. On this f... (more)

Charging toward Gold Hill. Our V&T Freight is working hard as she emerges from a shallow cut and approaches the Overman Pit, just prior to reaching Gold Hill, NV. After literally running c... (more)