Nevada State Railroad Museum
The Nevada State Railroad Museum, located in Carson City, Nevada, preserves the railroad heritage of Nevada, including locomotives and cars of the famous Virginia and Truckee Railroad. Much of the museum equipment was obtained from various Hollywood studios, where they were used in movies and television. The museum is operated by the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs. Opened in 1980, it was originally named the Virginia & Truckee Railroad Museum, often shortened to V&T Railroad Museum, but was renamed the Nevada State Railroad Museum in 1985.[1]
Museum activities consist of operation of historic 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge and 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad equipment, including train rides, handcar rides, lectures, an annual railroad history symposium, changing exhibits, and a variety of special events. The Museum also has an ongoing research and restoration program. The Museum's most recent exhibit is the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad. This event, referred to as 'the Golden Spike' took place in Promentory Point, Utah in 1869. The museum has the last surviving piece of rolling stock that was at that event, Coach #17. This was the private coach of Leland Stanford and it carried the gold spike from California and silver spike from Nevada to Promentory Point.
The Wabuska Depot, a historic station from Wabuska, Nevada was relocated to the museum grounds. The building is still used as a working railroad station where tickets for the museum train rides are purchased.
Collection
Standard Gauge Steam Locomotives
Locomotive | Type | Built | Retired | Acquired | Notes | Image |
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Dardanelle & Russellville #8 | 4-4-0 "American" | Cooke Locomotive & Machine Co. 1888 | 1945 | 1987 | Static Display | |
Virginia & Truckee #1 "Lyon" | 2-6-0 "Mogul" | H.J. Booth 1869 - Replica NSRM 202? | 2019 | Under Counstruction | ||
Virginia & Truckee #18 "Dayton" | 4-4-0 "American" | CP's Sacramento shops 1873 | 1938 | 1978 | Static Display | |
Virginia & Truckee #22 "Inyo" | 4-4-0 "American" | Baldwin 1875 | 1926 | 1978 | Operational | |
Virginia & Truckee #25 | 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler | Baldwin 1905 | 1955 | 1971 | Operational | |
Virginia & Truckee #27 | 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler | Baldwin 1913 | 1948 | 1993 | Static Display, On loan to Comstock History Center |
Narrow Gauge Steam Locomotives
Locomotive | Type | Built | Retired | Acquired | Notes | Image |
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Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming #1 "Glenbrook" | 2-6-0 "Mogul" | Baldwin 1875 | 1937 | 1981 | Operational | |
Dayton, Sutro & Carson Valley #1 "Joe Douglass" | 0-4-2 "Olomana" | Porter 1882 | 1904 | 1994 | Static Display | |
Southern Pacific #8 | 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" | Baldwin 1907 | 1955 | 1975 | Static Display, On loan to Sparks, NV |
Motor Locomotives
Locomotive | Type | Built | Retired | Acquired | Notes | Image |
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NSRM #99 "Dinky" | 7-Ton | Davenport 1924 | 1988 | 1988 | Operational | |
Motorcars
Locomotive | Type | Built | Retired | Acquired | Notes | Image |
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Chicago Great Western #1000 | McKeen Motor Car | 1910 | 1964 | Parts Donor | ||
Virginia & Truckee #22 | McKeen Motor Car | 1910 | 1945 | 1996 | Operational | |
Virginia & Truckee #99 | ||||||
See also
- Nevada Southern Railroad Museum – a museum located in Boulder City, Nevada.
References
- "Preservation [regular news column]: Name Change for V&T Museum". Pacific RailNews. October 1985. p. 31. ISSN 8750-8486.
External links
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