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)

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)

McCloud River Railroad #18 on the V&T

Former Northern California transplant, McCloud River Railroad 2-8-2 #18 heads north having charged through Tunnel #4 with a freight bound for Virgi... (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)

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

Thar's gold in them thar hills! At least there was...

Today, the Gold Hill depot and freight station (built in 1869) serves as one of the few surviving reminders of the Railroad: Virginia & Truckee
Locomotive: Depot
Location: Gold Hill, Nevada, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Lerro Photo Charter
Photo Date: February 05, 2014

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)

A V&T steam powered freight out of Carson City, NV arrives on the scene early one frigid February morning led by McCloud River Railroad transplant, 2-8-2 #18. Before the train arrives at Gold Hil... (more)

On a frigid February morning in the Nevada desert, a steam powered V&T freight climbs the grade out of Carson City en route to Virginia City, NV. Having "logged" an unimaginable number of miles, ... (more)

Railway above the clouds. With a sea of lingering morning clouds in the valley just below her, the former McCloud Railway #18 hauls a short freight across the fill that spans the eastern e... (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)

Passing the pit. In the midst of a long, steady climb out of Carson City, the former McCloud #18 lifts the pops as she hauls a short freight past the gaping Overman Pit, en route to Gold Hi... (more)

Glory Days. In a scene reminiscent of the glory days of the V&T, Locomotives 29 and 18 charge out the east portal of the "Yellow Jacket Tunnel", pouring gorgeous plumes into the desert sky.... (more)

V&T 29 storms pass the original Gold Hill Depot.