Reading and Northern 425 roars into the tunnel in Nesquehoning. A pair of ear plugs was a good investment against 425's exhaust.

V&T #29 approaches Hayward's Siding, an 875 ft. long passing siding in Silver City, NV, with a short freight bound for Virginia City.

Virginia & Truckee's two operational steam locomotives simmer outside the engine shop after a hard days work.

Virginia & Truckee's #18, former McCloud River, leads a small freight past a short siding in Gold Hill, NV passing the remnants of an old mining structure just behind.

V&T #29 proceeds northbound with a short freight heading west around one of the many horseshoes curves spanning the line. They say the shortest point between two locations is a straight line, tho... (more)

Double header on the V&T at Gold Hill - One of my favorite vistas along the line and a favorite photo from a two day charter with Lerro Productions at the V&T featuring former Longview, Por... (more)

Paralleling Homestead Road to the right, V&T #29 heads north with a freight bound for Virginia City, NV. Just ahead is the State Route #341 overpass which spans a cut where Tunnel #5 (also known ... (more)

Virginia & Truckee No. 29 captured with a fast freight in a pan at 1/8th in Silver City, NV.

It is possible that amusement park rides such as "The Whip" of 1914 and the "Wild Mouse" of the 1960's were inspired by the V&T - a line proclaimed to be the "crookedest shortline in America". Th... (more)

Leased power at the V&T:: California native Mikado, McCloud River Railroad #18, is seen here at Gold Hill, NV, blasting through Tunnel 4 with a freight bound for Reno, NV on a beautiful Win... (more)

McCloud River No. 18 serves as motive power for a freight captured here at Scales just west of Silver City in American Flat, NV. At one time there were, in fact, scales located here used to weigh... (more)

V&T engines, first #18 and finally, #29, are brought inside the engine house at the end of a busy workday.

An early morning V&T freight led by former McCloud River #18 leads a freight north climbing the grade over a fill at the east end of Overman Pit en route to Virginia City. This massive, open-pit ... (more)

A V&T freight led by McCloud River #18 progresses north at American Flat around one of several horseshoe curves along the line. It's easy to lose your way along the the V&T, a line proclaimed to ... (more)

Gold Rush!!!

Virginia &Truckee #29 (former Longview, Portland & Northern Railway #680) leads McCloud River #18 in a double-header over a pass at Gold Hill, NV, in a race to Virginia Cit... (more)