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Additional supply relief came in 1869 with the completion of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad (V&T).
With charming attractions, a small city in Nevada's sprawling landscape offers the perfect base for a natural escape to the ...
Thee historic Virginia & Truckee Railway is operating again between Carson City and Virginia City. It took four years of work and nearly $40 million, including $2 million in federal stimulus fu ...
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada State Railroad Museum has acquired a 1907 Virginia & Truckee Passenger car from the Southern California Railroad Museum, with the car arriving at the museum in Carson ...
Nevada became known as the "Sliver State" when the largest discovery of silver occurred during the Comstock Lode in 1859, in ...
All aboard—and cheers! I know that isn’t the traditional call made by a train conductor, but I hope to hear it one day soon on the Virginia and Truckee Railway’s wine train, called the Toast of the ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 29. -- A well-founded report has reached Bristol that the Southern Railway has taken over, or is about to obtain, the Virginia Southwestern Railway.
In May of 1872, the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia built the No. 11 Reno for the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. The cost $12,500.
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) -In the opening scene of “Killers of the Flower Moon” most eyes are on Leonardo DiCaprio. But those with the Virginia and Truckee Railroad had their eyes transfixed on the ...
Operating for 80 years, Virginia & Truckee Railroad is Nevada’s most famous short line, which connects Reno with Carson City, Virginia City and Minden.
The unique history of Truckee, CA, with a walking tour, neighborhood snowshoeing and more.