Arriving at Bartle on the way to Burney. In the next four years steam excursions will wnd and most of the railroad dimantled. ... (more)

McCloud Railway 2-8-2 #18 and 2-6-2 #25 on the wye at Bartle

McCloud Railway 2-8-2 #18 and 2-6-2 #25 on a photo run South of Bartle

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)

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)

First light at Scales. The first rays of sunlight filter through some morning clouds and snow showers as a short V&T freight makes the climb from Carson City to Virginia City on the "C... (more)

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.