Bypassing Tunnel #3. With a short passenger consist in tow, Virginia & Truckee Locomotive #29 hammers upgrade past the remains of Tunnel #3 and toward the west portal of the still-extant Tu... (more)

Tunnels to Virginia City - Part 1. With just over a mile to go to Virginia City, the V&T's Locomotive #29 bursts out of the East Portal of Tunnel #4 on a sunny winter morning. The original... (more)

Steamscape - Overman Pit. A Virginia & Truckee passenger extra crosses the fill at Overman Pit enroute to Gold Hill on a February morning. When a Nevada State Commission decided to pursue ... (more)

The light at the end of the tunnel is indeed a train. Taken during Pete Lerro's charter on the V&T (under carefully controlled conditions I probably should add).

Photo run at Tunnel #2

Feather River Shortline #8...and the new V&T...it's all a bit complicated. The operation of the new V&T is more complex than most tourist railroads these days. The Gray family has owned th... (more)

Steamscape: Gold Hill. The V&T's morning train from Mound House to Virginia City has just passed Gold Hill Depot and is now climbing the grade toward Tunnel #4, which is just out of view to... (more)

Steamscape: Crown Point. The V&T's morning train from Mound House to Virginia City climbs a steady 2.2% grade as it winds and twists through the Comstock Region of Western Nevada. Along t... (more)

The first runby on a Virginia & Truckee charter sponsored by Trains & Travel.

V&T 29 storms out of Gold Hill, NV towards Virginia City

V&T's #D1 90 Ton GE is backing downhill to Gold Hill with the train from Virginia City while 2-8-0 #29 waits at the depot with the train from Mound House

#29 has just taken water at Scales and is now heading for the North side of American Flat. For the time being, V&T is using the tender off their ex-SP 0-6-0 #1251 to provide water at Scales.

On the way to Virginia City, V&T #29 is on the North side of American Flats, nearing the Overman Pit and Gold Hill. It was the first day of scheduled operation over the recently reconstructed line... (more)

V&T D1 idles at the Gold Hill depot before returning to Virgina City.