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]

The museum collection includes a variety of local historic passenger and freight equipment

Tourist train at the museum

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
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
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
NSRM #99 "Dinky"	7-Ton	Davenport 1924	1988	1988	Operational

Motorcars

Locomotive	Type	Built	Retired	Acquired	Notes	Image
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

1. "Preservation [regular news column]: Name Change for V&T Museum". Pacific RailNews. October 1985. p. 31. ISSN 8750-8486.

External links

• Nevada State Railroad Museum