CARSON CITY, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — The Nevada State Railroad Museum is hosting a lecture this evening on how Hollywood first came across the V&T Railroad. When Hollywood in the first half of the ...

CARSON CITY – A railroad operator selected today by the Virginia & Truckee Railway commission will either make the future $40 million tourist track profitable, or steam it into bankruptcy, a railroad ...

It seems somehow appropriate snow was falling in Virginia City on Monday morning as crews from the Nevada State Railroad Museum and Comstock Historic Center prepared the Virginia & Truckee Railroad ...

Open up any Nevada history book and you might be remiss if it fails to mention the Comstock Lode, Virginia City, or mining. When miners discovered both gold and silver in the Virginia City foothills ...

CARSON CITY – A California company will operate the reconstructed Virginia & Truckee Railway in 2010, which is expected to attract 73,000 riders and make a $420,000 net income in its first year. The ...

Editor’s Note: Nevada 150 is a yearlong series highlighting the people, places and things that make up the history of the state. The sky was clear in the capital city on a bright Saturday morning at ...

The Virginia & Truckee Railroad will be steaming through summer with additional theme trains: “Run to the Roundhouse Nellie” murder mystery and barbecue and Toast of the Canyon. How about a barbecue ...

The hottest travel ticket this time of year is from Carson City to the North Pole. More than 17,900 people are expected to ride V&T Railroad’s Polar Express this year. Based on the popular children’s ...

A few year ago, I found some local stories in one of Nevada’s early newspapers when I was doing micro-fiche research at the Nevada State Archives and I saved them. I only have a one-page copy that is ...