Doubleheader at Crown Point. V&T Locomotives #29 and 18 double-head a short freight of heavy loads past one of the most famous locations on the reconstructed Virginia City Line. You'll note that fill on which the train is running has a different color than the surrounding terrain. That's because the entire fill is built on mine tailings. This is the historic location of the Crown Point Ravine. Before 1935, this entire filled area was a deep ravine, which was spanned by a spectacular, 85 foot-high, 350 foot-long, wooden trestle, known as Crown Point Trestle. This trestle was a signature feature of the railway from 1869 until renewed mining activity in the 1930s led to its removal in 1937 and the creation of the fill you see now. No sooner was the fill completed and the tracks re-installed, when the V&T's business again declined and the rails were completely removed in 1941. Tracks for the present-day Virginia & Truckee tourist line were re-laid in as part of Phase 1 of the Nevada State reconstruction effort in 2005.
