Photos of the Railroads in the West

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The Glenbrook engine and its crew of the Carson and Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company. From the east shore of the lake, the engine took lumber up to the flume which shipped thousands of trees from the crest of the Eastern Sierras to the Comstock in Virginia City.

The Joe Douglass of the Dayton, Sutro, & Carson Valley railroad carried tailings from the Douglass Mill to the dumping grounds in Gold Canyon from 1882 to 1896.

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Virginia & Truckee Railroad Engine No. 11, The Reno, prepares to depart from the Virginia City passenger depot. The locomotive was manufactured by Baldwin in 1872 and was used for freight, snow-plowing, and pulled private cars.

A gaily decorated Virginia & Truckee Engine No. 17, The Columbus, helped Virginia City celebrate Independence Day, July 4th, 1892.

Crew member, Harry Cain with Engine No. 12, of the Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroad, circa 1908.

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1910 Southern Pacific Dining Car Cookbook--
Limited Quantity Reprints, 1998, 30 pages, [with cook's original fingerprints) .............................$ 78.00

RAILROADS OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA
by David F. Myrick, Volume 1-North, 472 pages;
Volume 2, South 496 Pages.
A comprehensive record of more than 80 railroads, and a faithful regional history. Principal mines and mills and their production are detailed, with the personalities, who created them.
An accurate, reliable travel guide for explorer of railroad routes of yesteryear.
660 rare photos of long-vanished trains, towns, and mines, and 120 maps, contribute to this magnificent two-volume compendium.
................................................................................................... $83.50 each
VIRGINIA & TRUCKEE: A story of Virginia City and Comstock Times, by Lucius N. Beebe & Charles Clegg, 68 pages, 6 X 9 illus., maps.
This fast-moving account of the famed V&T is amply illustrated with photos of rolling stock interspersed amid a tightly-written text. (The Randolph Scott Movie, "Carson City," depicts the adventures and purposes of the founders of the V & T. It can be seen on AMC and/or ENCPLEX cable channels every now and then.)
........................................................................................ $7.95.

The Virginia & Truckee in its heyday.

The Old V&T on display in San Francisco, circa 1950.
Virginia & Truckee Railroad's No. 11, The Reno prepares to leave Virginia City, about 1885. (Note the smoke stack difference which usually means it is burning wood. A straight stack burns coal.)
Number Eleven helping repair a derailment. circa 1900.

Engineer, Owen F. Oviatt, (far right) leans on Mike, a locomotive that provided passenger service between Rochester and Lower Rochester, Nevada, about 1915. Mike consisted of a Winston automobile frame and motor built onto two light railtrucks. The Cab was handmade.

Virginia & Truckee locomotive No. 25 arrives in Carson City with a Lions Club excursion, circa 1946.

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Photos of the Railroads in the West

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The Glenbrook engine and its crew of the Carson and Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company. From the east shore of the lake, the engine took lumber up to the flume which shipped thousands of trees from the crest of the Eastern Sierras to the Comstock in Virginia City.

The Joe Douglass of the Dayton, Sutro, & Carson Valley railroad carried tailings from the Douglass Mill to the dumping grounds in Gold Canyon from 1882 to 1896.

Click the graphic to enlarge it.

Virginia & Truckee Railroad Engine No. 11, The Reno, prepares to depart from the Virginia City passenger depot. The locomotive was manufactured by Baldwin in 1872 and was used for freight, snow-plowing, and pulled private cars.

A gaily decorated Virginia & Truckee Engine No. 17, The Columbus, helped Virginia City celebrate Independence Day, July 4th, 1892.

Crew member, Harry Cain with Engine No. 12, of the Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroad, circa 1908.

Click the graphic, above, to enlarge it.

1910 Southern Pacific Dining Car Cookbook--
Limited Quantity Reprints, 1998, 30 pages, [with cook's original fingerprints) .............................$ 78.00

The Virginia & Truckee in its heyday.

The Old V&T on display in San Francisco, circa 1950.

Virginia & Truckee Railroad's No. 11, The Reno prepares to leave Virginia City, about 1885. (Note the smoke stack difference which usually means it is burning wood. A straight stack burns coal.)

Number Eleven helping repair a derailment. circa 1900.

Engineer, Owen F. Oviatt, (far right) leans on Mike, a locomotive that provided passenger service between Rochester and Lower Rochester, Nevada, about 1915. Mike consisted of a Winston automobile frame and motor built onto two light railtrucks. The Cab was handmade.

Virginia & Truckee locomotive No. 25 arrives in Carson City with a Lions Club excursion, circa 1946.

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Photos of the Railroads in the West

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The Glenbrook engine and its crew of the Carson and Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company. From the east shore of the lake, the engine took lumber up to the flume which shipped thousands of trees from the crest of the Eastern Sierras to the Comstock in Virginia City.

The Joe Douglass of the Dayton, Sutro, & Carson Valley railroad carried tailings from the Douglass Mill to the dumping grounds in Gold Canyon from 1882 to 1896.

Click the graphic to enlarge it.

Virginia & Truckee Railroad Engine No. 11, The Reno, prepares to depart from the Virginia City passenger depot. The locomotive was manufactured by Baldwin in 1872 and was used for freight, snow-plowing, and pulled private cars.

A gaily decorated Virginia & Truckee Engine No. 17, The Columbus, helped Virginia City celebrate Independence Day, July 4th, 1892.

Crew member, Harry Cain with Engine No. 12, of the Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroad, circa 1908.

Click the graphic, above, to enlarge it.

1910 Southern Pacific Dining Car Cookbook-- Limited Quantity Reprints, 1998, 30 pages, [with cook's original fingerprints) .............................$ 78.00

The Virginia & Truckee in its heyday.

The Old V&T on display in San Francisco, circa 1950.

Virginia & Truckee Railroad's No. 11, The Reno prepares to leave Virginia City, about 1885. (Note the smoke stack difference which usually means it is burning wood. A straight stack burns coal.)

Number Eleven helping repair a derailment. circa 1900.

Engineer, Owen F. Oviatt, (far right) leans on Mike, a locomotive that provided passenger service between Rochester and Lower Rochester, Nevada, about 1915. Mike consisted of a Winston automobile frame and motor built onto two light railtrucks. The Cab was handmade.

Virginia & Truckee locomotive No. 25 arrives in Carson City with a Lions Club excursion, circa 1946.

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1910 Southern Pacific Dining Car Cookbook--
Limited Quantity Reprints, 1998, 30 pages, [with cook's original fingerprints) .............................$ 78.00

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