The Nevada State Railroad Museum, located in Carson City, Nevada, preserves the railroad heritage of Nevada, including locomotives and cars of the famous Virginia and Truckee Railroad. Much of the museum equipment was obtained from various Hollywood studios, where they were used in movies and television. The museum is operated by the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs. Opened in 1980, it was originally named the Virginia & Truckee Railroad Museum, often shortened to V&T Railroad Museum, but was renamed the Nevada State Railroad Museum in 1985.
Museum activities consist of operation of historic and narrow gauge railroad equipment, including train rides, handcar rides, lectures, an annual railroad history symposium, changing exhibits, and a variety of special events. The Museum also has an ongoing research and restoration program. The museum's current exhibit commemorates the 150th anniversary of the completion of the First transcontinental railroad, featuring V&T Coach No. 17, which was originally built for the Central Pacific Railroad and had carried Leland Stanford to the Golden spike ceremony at Promontory Summit, Utah. The Wabuska station, a historic station from Wabuska, Nevada was relocated to the museum grounds. The building is still used as a working railroad station where tickets for the museum train rides are purchased.
Collection Standard gauge steam locomotives Locomotive Image Type Built Retired Acquired Notes Notes Dardanelle & Russellville #8 4-4-0 "American" Cooke Locomotive & Machine Co. 1888 1945 1987 Stored, awaiting restoration Virginia & Truckee #1 "Lyon" 2-6-0 "Mogul" Original: H.J. Booth 1869 - Replica: Stan Gentry/NSRM 1995 - 2019 Under construction Virginia & Truckee #12 "Genoa" 4-4-0 "American" Baldwin 1873 1908 2022 Display On 2 year loan from CSRM Virginia & Truckee #18 "Dayton" 4-4-0 "American" CP's Sacramento shops 1873 1938 1978 Display On 2 year loan to CSRM Virginia & Truckee #21 "J. W. Bowker" 2-4-0 "Porter" Baldwin 1875 1917 2022 Display On 2 year loan from CSRM Virginia & Truckee #22 "Inyo" 4-4-0 "American" Baldwin 1875 1926 1978 Under rebuild Virginia & Truckee #25 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler Baldwin 1905 1955 1971 Operational Virginia and Truckee Railroad Engine No. 27 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler Baldwin 1913 1948 1993 Display on loan to Comstock History Center
Narrow gauge steam locomotives Locomotive Images Type Built Retired Acquired Notes NotesCarson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming #1 "Glenbrook" 2-6-0 "Mogul" Baldwin 1875 1937 1981 Operational Dayton, Sutro & Carson Valley #1 "Joe Douglass" 0-4-2 "Olomana" Porter 1882 1904 1994 Static display Southern Pacific #8 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Baldwin 1907 1955 1975 Static display, on loan to Sparks, NV
Motor locomotives Locomotive Images Type Built Retired Acquired Notes Notes NSRM #99 "Dinky" Davenport 7-Ton 1924 1988 1988 Operational Tidewater Oil Co. #1005 Fate-Root-Heath 1944 Operational
Motorcars Locomotive Images Type Built Retired Acquired Notes Notes Chicago Great Western #1000 McKeen Motor Car 1910 1964 Parts Donor Nevada Copper Belt #22 Hall Scott Motor Car 1914 1947 1996 Body Only Tucson Cornelia & Gila Bend #401 Edwards Motor Car 1926 1955 1988 Operational Virginia & Truckee #22 McKeen Motor Car 1910 1945 1996 Operational Virginia & Truckee #99 Thomson-Graf-Elder 1921 1941 1980 Parts Only
See also Nevada State Railroad Museum Boulder City – a museum located in Boulder City, Nevada.
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Nevada State Railroad Museum