One more, again, very nice video, the engine is actually owned by the Nevada Commission for the Reconstruction of the Virginia and Truckee Railway, who then leases it to the Virginia and Truckee Railroad. The Railroad has been running for nearly 35 years with no tax money, the government project, originally budgeted at $10 million looks like $70 million before they're all done.
It will get even more confusing, after many years of a legal trademark fight, the VTRR is licensing their name to govt
at 0:47 you can make out the engineer, I thought it would be Charlie! Then at 1:27 I don't recognize the fireman either. I thought the V&T guys ran the train for the movie, they must have used the local crew on this run?
Thanks for posting!
One question, you say a brief stay at Yreka, I thought it went there in the 1950's, blew a steam box and sat under a tarp for decades, before returning to McCloud under Jeff Forbis in the 1990's. Abused, neglected, runs but needs work. A work in progress!
One more, again, very nice video, the engine is actually owned by the Nevada Commission for the Reconstruction of the Virginia and Truckee Railway, who then leases it to the Virginia and Truckee Railroad. The Railroad has been running for nearly 35 years with no tax money, the government project, originally budgeted at $10 million looks like $70 million before they're all done.
It will get even more confusing, after many years of a legal trademark fight, the VTRR is licensing their name to govt
virginiatruckee 1 year ago
at 0:47 you can make out the engineer, I thought it would be Charlie! Then at 1:27 I don't recognize the fireman either. I thought the V&T guys ran the train for the movie, they must have used the local crew on this run?
Thanks for posting!
One question, you say a brief stay at Yreka, I thought it went there in the 1950's, blew a steam box and sat under a tarp for decades, before returning to McCloud under Jeff Forbis in the 1990's. Abused, neglected, runs but needs work. A work in progress!
virginiatruckee 1 year ago
is this engine already at the virginia and truckee railroad?
imagreatbigman 1 year ago
@imagreatbigman Yes, and she just steamed up for her first revenue run as well recently.
railfan101 1 year ago
Got to love the stream of water exiting the safeties and the engineer opening the cylinder cocks to prevent too much priming!
DouglasSteam40 1 year ago