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.

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)

V&T #29 at Tunnel #4

Former Longview, Portland & Northern Railway #680 blasts out of the east portal of Tunnel #4, also known as "The Yellow Jacket Tunnel", with a freight bound for Vi... (more)

V&T #29 leads a freight out of the west portal of Tunnel Number 2. The tunnel was originally constructed in 1869 and at 568', it is the longest of 6 tunnels on the V&T between Carson City and Vi... (more)

Virginia & Truckee's #29 leads a freight into Gold Hill, NV passing the remnants of an old mining structure just south of the depot.

A V&T freight led by 2-8-0 #29 (former Longview, Portland & Northern Railway #680) whips around the Gold Hill depot /freight station while en route to Virginia City, a mile or so further north. ... (more)

A short V&T freight led by 2-8-0 #29 arrives in Gold Hill, NV. A shell of it's for... (more)

The "V" in V&T. A southbound V&T Freight departs the little city on the hill that puts the "V" in V&T. This is the legendary Virginia City, once known as the "Ri... (more)

"Tunneling" to Virginia City. A V&T freight double-header bursts out of the east portal of the "Yellow Jacket Tunnel", with V&T #29 in the lead, and #18 playing the rol... (more)

Steamscape - Hayward's Siding. V&T #29 claws her way past the south switch at Hayward's Siding, with a short freight bound for Gold Hill and Virginia City. Historically, Hayward's Siding ... (more)

With the the State Route 341 Overpass just ahead, a northbound V&T freight is but a few hundred yards from making its entrance into Virginia City on a crystal clear February afternoon.

A tale of 7 tunnels: The former Tunnel #5! The old V&T Virginia City Branch included 7 tunnels, 5 of which lined the route from Carson City to Virginia City. The last of these, and ... (more)