Feather River Shortline #8 in Gold Hill at the Gold Hill Depot

This is a quick video showing the Feather River Shortline #8 at the Gold Hill Depot near Virginia City, Nevada. The #8 was repaired/restored by the Virginia and Truckee Railroad in Virginia City, Nevada.

First you see the #8 in the distance over Engineer Jerry Hoover's shoulder. As we pass by the Gold Hill Depot on the #29, you see the #8, closer, in all its primered glory. Then you see a quick fair use shot from a Channel 8 newscast of the #8 being run on the day it was delivered in later 2008. This shot is from John Tyson's journal. This is newsworthy and worthy of some fair use commentary. John Tyson is the "President" of the Feather River Shortline, despite the fact that this non-profit corporation has never been registered in Nevada, and is suspended in California. John told me last year he had reinstated Feather River Shortline in CA, but as with other cases we was not telling the truth.

In addition to being a reporter at Reno's Channel 8, John is also a V&T Commissioner. At a recent meeting, he had Kim Fegert, his CMO, stand up there and claim all sorts of outrageous things, including a claim that the locomotive was damaged heavily by the V&T Railroad. The Virginia and Truckee Railroad was using the #8 with permission of a guy named Boynton. When Boynton had a falling out with the museum in Portola, he took the locomotive to Virginia City apparently without the agreement of all the members of Feather River Shortline. For a more detailed history, see http://www.goldhillnv.org/Locomotive_8_History.pdf.

When Boynton died, Michael Tackett became the Feather River Shortline #8's caretaker. Kim Fegert claimed that the negotiations between FRSL and the Virginia and Truckee Railroad are what killed Tackett. Regardless, Tackett's wife appointed John Tyson as President, and Tyson is now trying to get the Nevada Commission for the Reconstruction of the Virginia and Truckee Railway Commission to let him run the #8 on the new tracks being built down to Carson City.

John has offered to fund-raise with the #8, despite the fact that he can't legally do so without reinstating FRSL in CA and registering FRSL as a foreign corporation in Nevada. As it is, #8 remains an asset of Feather River Shortline of California, but the remaining legitimate members have not taken action.

As you can read in http://www.goldhillnv.org/Locomotive_8_History.pdf, this locomotive was never supposed to leave Plumas County, California. At the same time, it doesn't seem like it's going anywhere soon.

Once it was delivered to Gold Hill, it was shrink-wrapped for the 2008-09 winter, and for this winter of 2009-10, it remains exposed to the elements. It has been painted with primer and awaits a better fate.

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[TheDeputation]

why isnt she in he shops

[virginiatruckee]

@TheDeputation Because there are no shops in Gold Hill.

Long story short, the V&T returned the locomotive to the supposed reps of Feather River Short Line. They have it parked here in Gold Hill. Since they made up a bunch of crap at a public meeting and claimed the V&T returned the locomotive in bad shape, they can hardly go back to the V&T now. It was part of a legal settlement. Now these characters are trying to simply get the Feather River Shortline to be legal in Nevada.

[PhilbruProduction]

Beautiful images. Cheers. 5*

[virginiatruckee]

@PhilbruProduction A bit late in answering, thank you very much!

[Strasburg1991]

so what will the 8s future be like??

[madrabidfireman]

R.I.P#8

[TheDeputation]

@virginiatruckee what about V&ts shops and so will she run on V&t at all soon

[trainfart]

Beautiful shots!

[DouglasSteam40]

@orangetrain66 The SP 1251 or V&T #30 is still in pieces and currently is awaiting "time" to be put back together. The shop crew is currently tied up with doing heavy repairs to V&T 18 and restoring passenger coaches.

[orangetrain66]

anyone know about sp 0-6-0 #30

[orangetrain66]

@virginiatruckee okay thanks