Virginia and Truckee Railroad -- New Car, Unloading Trucks

This video should have shown me following a new passenger car being trucked into the Virginia and Truckee Railroad in Virginia City, Nevada. I was out in Lovelock in the morning and got a shot as the new-old Erie and Lackawanna passenger car passed by with two escorts.

Unfortunately, I did something pretty stupid. I assume the car would follow the same route as the previous two car deliveries. On both those deliveries I acted as the rear pilot car and we came down 95-Alternate through Fernley.

Instead this car went down 95 through Fallon. I missed this "detour" and didn't catch up with the car again until it was parked at Hwy 50 and Hwy 341, at the base of Gold Canyon.

This video mostly shows the trucks being unloaded, then I am posting two more videos from the next day showing the car being unloaded.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• virginia
• truckee
• railroad
• railway
• reconstruction
• passenger
• car
• train
• erie
• lackawanna
• loader
• backhoe
• chains
• construction
• equipment

[CoastStarlight11]

Lovelock Nevada is my hang out; UP main line goes right through the center of town with tons of spots for RR shots.

Nice vid!!!

[DouglasSteam40]

Too much money. Cranes are expensive because the money counter starts when they leave the yard and until they tie up for the day.

[unknownsilant]

Why not just use a crane?; its alot easier to control and saves time and space...

[trainguy7470]

Nice video!. Wish Conway Scenic did more stuff like that.