Carson City to Virginia City by Rail - The Virginia & Truckee Railroad
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- The Virginia and Truckee Railroad, the infamous Northern Nevada shortline, survives today as a tourist railroad, with trackage rebuilt from Virginia City, to Carson City!!
During the operation season, weekend trains from Carson City to Virginia City are ran, following the original right-of-way. Former McCloud River Railroad #18 is the typical sight for this run, and is featured in this video.
This video starts at the Virginia and Truckee's Eastgate Depot in Carson City, following the original mainline to Scales Siding, and up into Virginia City.
After the northbound chase, and a four hour layover, we capture the #18 depart the shop complex, take on water, and chase the southbound return to Carson City. We begin the return at the F. Street crossing, proceeding down to Gold Hill, and eventually the crossing at Linehan Road, in Mound House.
After arriving at the Eastgate Depot, we capture #18 couple back to its train, before moving back up to Linehan Road. After testing breaks, the deadhead return charges up grade as it races towards Virginia City, at Mound House.
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Featuring: @silversagerails
5-26-24
I visited this engine in the 70 s and 80 s stored in the Yreka Western engine shed. She was covered in dust and had a cracked cylinder but I told her many times that she would run again. Thanks Again to Jeff Forbis and crew for bringing her back to life.
Thanks for this! VERY glad to see the V&TRR is back!
😢 Great video! Thanks for sharing...
Listen to the Chugging Sound, ❤ It 😂
I wish it actually went into Carson City. So sad that the Nevada State Railroad Museum - with its almost pathetic little circle of track - couldn't somehow be linked to this. The end of the ROW (albeit without track) is only a few miles away.
Would not make any difference operationally for the Museum if there were a connection. Much of the historical equipment being operated at the Railroad Museum is only possible to be actually operated because it is all on Private Property. As soon as you cross a public right of way or off of private property all equipment becomes subject to current FRA Rules.
Which means you would be unable to actually experience riding in a wooden coach built in the 1870s but would have to look at it as a static display like at so many other museums.
Money No Object, a connection between the Museum trackage and the V&T Commission depot at Eastgate would be nice to have, but isn't practical given current land use, the multiple public streets that would need to be crosses [all requiring very expensive automated signal protection] and the cost to acquire the necessary Right of Way.
The title is deceiving.. this does not go to Carson but rather only Mount House...
Though it appears and feels that way, the Eastgate Depot does reside in "Carson City"
Address Proves Such: 4650 Eastgate Siding Rd, Carson City, NV.
Great Video! The 18 seems like a great locomotive!