Virginia & Truckee #29

Virginia & Truckee #29

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[CGiordano464]

DO THEY ONLY HAVE 1 LOCO

[spfilms4449]

@CGiordano464 thay have a GE 44 ton diesel and the Feather River #8 also thay just got #18

[DouglasSteam40]

@SierraRailway This is not true. It has nothing to do with being a valid company as far as running it is concerned. The Virginia & Truckee Railroad Company does not own the #8 and for it to get out of the Gold Hill Historical Society's yard at the Gold Hill Depot, which they lease from Storey County, they will have to get on the V&T railroad's track, not the commissions. This requires a track agreement.

[SierraRailway]

madrabidfireman

The #8 will run on the V&T, but the Feather River Shortline is not a valid company in Nevada. They need to become a valid company for #8 to operate on the railroad. Besides, more locomotives means more trains, though #8 will likely be used for the Gold Hill excursions.

[madrabidfireman]

The #8 will never run on the V&Tand The #29 just pulled 3 cars up from carson last weekend(10/02/2011). She did just fine! Nuff said!!!!

[SierraRailway]

I am going to get some recordings of #29's whistle and use it as Sierra Railway 22's whistle on my videos.

[SierraRailway]

They should seriously take the combine #25 and put it on the passenger trains. It could SOOO pass for an original V&T car. Now, to find another car or small building for the gift shop...

[bcschmerker]

@SierraRailway Which is consistent with what I've read of Beebe and Clegg. The new Lyon is the Strasburg's re-creation of Union Iron Works Ser. No. 11, the first of three 2-6-0's out of San Francisco that were used in the V & T's original construction.

[virginiatruckee]

@spfilms4449 Nice video, just toclear up a few things I see in the comments, the Lyon still won't be an original V&T engine as it's a reproduction. #18 McCloud is owned by a government commission and is only leased to the V&T. There is talk it will be renumbered as a V&T loco. #18 ran its first revenue service recently, there's a video on my virginiatruckee channel. Before that #18 was shipped to Fillmore for work in the movie Water for Elephants. There's a new Alco "D2" diesel, too!

[SierraRailway]

railfan2472

yes, she's awaiting a call to service. she was restored to operable condition prior to the move down to Gold Hill.

[SierraRailway]

Why don't they ever run around the trains anymore? it looks better pulling the train tender first than pushing it bay window first.

[CGiordano464]

ok guys, I was wrong and u were right. i talked to the guys at my club the other day and said that it will be a traveling engine like wat u guys r sayin. I thot it was gonna be a V&T engine strictly but i here it will be traveling throughout the US so will be cool to see it!