Virginia and Truckee Railroad

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The Virginia and Truckee Railroad is a privately owned heritage railroad, headquartered in Virginia City, Nevada. Its private and publicly owned route is 14 miles (23 km) long. When first constructed in the 19th century, it was a commercial freight railroad which was originally built to serve the Comstock Lode mining communities of northwestern Nevada.

Engine No. 18, Baldwin 2-8-2 built in October 1914. Photo at Tunnel #4, 2011

V&T train near collapsed Tunnel #1, around 1940, and the same view in 2014, both photos showing the shoofly (detour) around the collapsed tunnel

Restored V&T railroad

Virginia & Truckee RR 13, "Empire," before restoration. Its last owner was the Pacific Portland Cement Company in Gerlach, NV, in the 20th century.

Virginia City, Nevada

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Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, and the largest community in the county. The city is a part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.

View of Virginia City, July 2016

View of Virginia City, Nevada, from a nearby hillside, 1867–68

Artist depiction of Virginia City, c. 1875

Aerial view of Virginia City in 1925