VIRGINIA & TRUCKEE RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Drawing by Richard C. Datin from the Stephen Drew Collection.
Established in 2009, the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Historical Society is dedicated to the promotion of research and presentation of the history of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, 1869 -1905, the Virginia and Truckee Railway 1905-1950, and the affiliates, the connecting rail lines and the Comstock area in general, as well as aiding in the preservation of artifacts of this period including Virginia & Truckee locomotives, rolling stock, equipment, buildings, and documentary materials. Join now!
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POSTINGS
Jul 3:The first casting is made in the foundry of the V&T’s Carson City Shops
Jul 11: Cattle fencing above Mound House is being upgraded from board fences to barbed wire
Aug 10: Virginia City grants the V&T a right-of-way for the new low-line spur track to the C&C works.
Aug 26: Failure of the Bank of California; President William Chapman Ralston drowns in San Francisco Bay.
Aug 30: Yerington restricts the speed of all V&T trains to 3 mph while crossing the Crown Point and Belcher trestles
Aug 30: The Reno enters the Carson shop for overhauling and repainting; it is replaced by the newly-shopped Genoa.
Aug: Grading begins on the more than one-mile spur to the new Caledonia and Overman mines in Lower Gold Hill
Aug:A 20 by 40-foot V&T combination depot opens at Huffakers to serve the traffic generated by Mackay & Fair’s new Pacific Wood, Lumber & Flume Company..
Sep: The V&T’s approximately 2,000-foot-long spur track is completed to the Rock Island mine on American Flat.
Sep: Steel rails are being laid from Lake View through Washoe Canyon.
