wandering around the Nevada State railway museum.

[Anonymous]

on sunday morning we delivered a load to Reno, then found out that we didnt reload till the next morning. so, me and my co-driver decided to take the scenic route into California again. we headed down 395 through Carson City and decided to stop by the railroad museum. i had been there once, wayyy back when i was little and i wanted to see it again. luckily, their parking lot is big enough for us to stuff our 18 wheeler into. they have an excellent collection of beautiful Virginia & Truckee steam locomotives and several passenger cars on display, with a big ol shop filled with many more cars in desperate need of repair. they also had a beautiful display of what looked like G scale models of every locomotive that the V&T owned with descriptions and the history of each prototype. these are very beautiful models. after wandering around a while taking pictures (they didnt turn out very well due to having to use the flash and me not holding the camera steady [:D]) we stopped in the gift shop. i was very suprised at the great selection of railroad books and videos they had. some i have been trying to find for a while. i ended up with a couple of SP DVD's and 2 books, SP color guide to freight and passenger equipment and SP in transition (a must have book for all SP nuts, especially latter day SP nuts). of course you pay full retail there, but you can find some hard to find books and support the museum at the same time[:D].


here are a few of the locomotives they have lying around, looking beautiful.

NVSRM #8


V&T #18 Dayton (front)


rear


V&T #27


V&T #22 Inyo


V&T #25



and here are some pictures of some other cool stuff they had around.

Porter steam loco
http://akpierce.20m.com/nvrm%20porter.JPG

Tucson Cornelia & Gila Bend motorcar (you can take a ride on this one!)
http://akpierce.20m.com/nvrm%20tcgb%20motorcar%201.JPG
http://akpierce.20m.com/nvrm%20tcgb%20motorcar%202.JPG

UP/WP caboose
http://akpierce.20m.com/nvrm%20up%20caboose.JPG

a friendly wave from the engineer of ol #27
http://akpierce.20m.com/nvrm%20vt%2027%20cab.JPG

interior of a V&T coach
http://akpierce.20m.com/nvrm%20vt%20coach%20interior.JPG

outside of a V&T coach
http://akpierce.20m.com/nvrm%20vt%20coach.JPG

V&T Inyo drivers and Baldwin plate
http://akpierce.20m.com/nvrm%20vt%20inyo%20drivers.JPG

the controls of the Inyo
http://akpierce.20m.com/nvrm%20vt%20steamer%20controls.JPG

front view of the Inyo. these things are TALL!
http://akpierce.20m.com/nvrm%20vt%20inyo%20front.JPG

Live steam model of the V&T Reno
http://akpierce.20m.com/nvrm%20vt%20reno%20model.JPG

If any of y'all are ever anywhere near Reno you defnately need to stop by this place. it is just on the south side of Carson City on highway 395. if you are going south, it is on the right.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the pictures, NightCrawler. Carson City is off my beaten paths, and I have always wondered what the museum was like.

[DSchmitt]

Its not a large museum, but has a nice collection, good gift shop, and if you are there at the right time of the year a train ride. Well worth a visit.

[spankybird]

Great pics,[tup]

Looks like a great place to visit.[:D]

[Anonymous]

The last time I was there was about 8 yrs ago.They were having their equivilent of Railfair. The FD that I was a member of was asked to bring our 1874 Clapp & Jones steam fire pumper up to do demos. At the same time that we were squrting water, someone was running a small 0-4-0 around and caught an old wooden flat car on fire. We made the attack with our steamer and put out the fire.

[Anonymous]

Nice photos.

[espeefoamer]

Even though it is not very large, the Nevada State Railroad Museum is one of the nicest I have been to[:)].

[MP57313]

I've never been to the museum (have been past it), but the museum has an annex in Boulder City. It is southeast of Las Vegas past Henderson, along US 93. There are some other pieces of equipment out in the open there.