Steamscape: The Overman Pit. A V&T Freight, en route to Virginia City, Crosses the high fill on the edge of the Overman Pit, just after dawn on a cold winter morning.

Although the scene ... (more)

Last light of the afternoon found V&T 29 on a photo freight in the middle of the Nevada desert. Lerro Productions photo charter.

Find the train. The magnificent landscape dwarfs a V&T photo freight on a Lerro photo charter. At about 5 miles and nearly an hour's elapsed time to set up, this was an attempt to set a record ... (more)

Heading for Virginia City and going past deserted mine workings

It's been a few years since I visited the RRMofPA, and I was surprised to see V&T 20 and PRR 5741 have been fenced and roped off, making this photo of museum equipment that much harder to capture.... (more)

Steamscape: American Flat. The Virginia & Truckee Railway's Virginia City Train runs north (compass west) around the horseshoe curve, above the long-abandoned mill complex known as American... (more)

Historic Gold Hill Depot. The V&T Train from Mound House pulls away from the historic Gold Hill Depot, bound for Virginia City, roughly a mile and a half to the north. In the late 1800s an... (more)

Former McCloud River Railroad #18 darkens the blue Nevada sky, as it heads upgrade for Virginia City on the restored Virginia & Truckee Railroad.

Former Mccloud River Railroad #18 blasts upgrade above Hayward's Siding on it's way to Virginia City. This train is running on the restored Virginia and Truckee Railroad.

Former McCloud River Railroad #18 is about to enter Tunnel #4 on the restored Virginia and Truckee Railroad. These tracks are owned by the Virginia and Truckee Railroad which has operated over muc... (more)

Former McCloud River Railroad #18 storms upgrade near Hayward's Siding on the restored Viriginia and Truckee Railroad.

Former McCloud River Railroad #18 blasts out of Tunnel #2 on the restored section of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad. This tunnel originally completed in 1869 when the line opened, was dynamited... (more)

Former McCloud River Railroad #18 leads a Virginia & Truckee train up grade near American Flat, NV. While the logging mikado still wears the paint of it's former owner, it is now the property of t... (more)

McCloud River Railway #18 leans into a curve at Mound House. Despite the short train, the 90 ton logging mike was slipping heavily on the steep climb to Virginia City.

Wheels, Rods, Lights and Mirrors: The California State Railroad Museum's dazzling display of V&T #13 "Empire" looks like something borrowed from a Detroit Auto Show.