Antelope & Western #1 on the loop. In the early morning of the final day of the July, 2022 "Great Western Steam-Up" at the Nevada State Railroad Museum, the little Antelope & West... (more)

Bluestone Mining & Smelting Co. #1. Visiting from the Roots of Motive Power Museum in Willits, CA is this 47-ton, 2-Truck Heisler Locomotive, built in 1916. Although she looks out of plac... (more)

Quite a line-up, indeed! Each day at the July, 2022 "Great Western Steam-Up" at the Nevada State Railroad Museum seemed to feature a new and interesting line-up of locomotives. With 15 ste... (more)

Narrow Gauge takes its turn. With Virginia & Truckee #25 and her standard gauge train holding on the main, the narrow gauge Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. #1 "Glenbrook" come... (more)

Eureka on the point. Eureka & Palisade #4, a beautiful, 1875 Baldwin, 4-4-0 narrow gauge wood-burner, rounds the curve at the north end of the Nevada State Railroad Museum's dual-gauge loop... (more)

Heading for the loop. With Nevada State Railroad Museum Pilot Barry Simcoe clearing from the gangway, Southern Pacific Locomotive #18 comes off the gallows-style turntable, backing northbou... (more)

V&T Survivor: #25. Topping off its tender cistern at the Nevada State Railroad Museum's water tank is one of the two surviving Virginia & Truckee Locomotives that can still operate. This ... (more)

V&T Survivor: #22 "Inyo" shines in the afternoon sun. Seen here returning to the museum shops after a special excursion during the July, 2022 "Great Western Steam-Up", V... (more)

V&T Survivor: #12 "Genoa". Named for a small town in Western Nevada, V&T Locomotive #12 is another one of the V&T survivors that hasn't seen daylight in a long time. Sent to the ... (more)

V&T Survivor: #18 "Dayton". This beautiful, 1873-vintage 4-4-0 is Number 18, Dayton. Unlike many of her sisters, she didn't come from back east. She was built in Sacramento, in th... (more)

V&T Survivor: #21 "J. W. Bowker". Here's a forward quarter view of V&T Locomotive #21, the J.W. Bowker, one of 9 original V&T engines which survive in preservation. Originally na... (more)

V&T Survivor: #11 "Reno".....back home in Nevada at last. Ending one of the sadder chapters in the storied history of the Virginia & Truckee Railway, the long-lost queen of that l... (more)

Last light at American Flat. On the evening of July 3, 2022, the Virginia & Truckee Railroad ran a special train for about 50 patrons, to help raise money for the restoration of the legenda... (more)

A "new" locomotive for the Virginia & Truckee. Sitting on a siding just south of the old freight shed building in Gold Hill, NV is the latest steam locomotive acquisition of the rebuilt Vir... (more)

Afternoon service. Members of the steam crew at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum perform some afternoon maintenance on their locomotive, after the conclusion of the day's passenger runs.... (more)