Friends of The Nevada State Railroad Museum

Official Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum Website.

2180 South Carson Street
Carson City, Nevada 89701
Phone (775) 687-6953

"Demonstrating the Historic Railroads of Nevada, Featuring the Virginia & Truckee Railroad
Collection of Locomotives, Rolling Stock and Artifacts"

Museum Hours:
Open Every Day from
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

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News and Upcoming Events...

SEE HOW EAST FINALLY

MET WILD WEST

JOIN THE NEVADA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM IN CARSON CITY

ON SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2008

as we celebrate the 139th anniversary of the Union Pacific's and Central Pacific's driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory - the final link completing the First Transcontinental Railroad.

Watch a dramatic reenactment headlined by the legendary "Inyo" locomotive and then stay for an old-West photo op and train ride.

To top the day off, the museum is also unveiling "Nevada's First Railroad - The Central Pacific," an incredible exhibit showcasing Nevada's first railroad.

NEVADA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM, CARSON CITY - 775.687.6953

Reenactment takes place 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Train rides from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

2180 S. Carson Street, Carson City, NV 89701

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Train Ride Fees for 2008...

Steam Trains:
Adults ... $5.00
Senior (65 and over) ... $4.00
Children (up to age 12) ... $3.00

Motor Car:
Adults ... $4.00
Senior (65 and over) ... $3.00
Children (up to age 12) ... $2.00

About The Museum...

The Nevada State Railroad Museum houses over 60 pieces of railroad equipment from Nevada's past and is considered one of the finest regional railroad museums in the country. Included in the collection are 5 steam locomotives and several restored coaches and freight cars. The bulk of the equipment is from the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, America's richest and most famous short line.

Museum activities include operation of historic railroad equipment, hand car races, lectures, an annual railroad history symposium, changing exhibits, and a variety of special events.

The museum is located at 2180 S. Carson Street (US 395) in Carson City and is open daily, year-round, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. The Museum is closed New Year's, Thanksgiving and Christmas days. Admission, Adults $4; Seniors, 65 and over $3.00; Children under 18, free.

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HISTORY HAPPENS PROJECT

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Photos Taken Symposium Sunday, October 2007

The INYO and Coach #4 see the light of day

Wednesday Evening at the Museum

May 14

"The Trains We Rode"

Presented by Russ Tanner

(You know Russ Tanner, don't you)

1900 (7 PM)

Regular Museum Admission Applies

(Friends Members Free as usual)

NOTICE

The Board of Trustees has established

a By-Laws Revision Committee

whose charge is to collect all changes proposed, debate them, vote on a recommendation to make or reject each change and pass them all on to the Board with those recommendations.

Click on Document Button to go to a collection of documents including a copy of the existing By-Laws, Notice of Meetings and Instructions on how to submit a proposed change to the Revision Committee

The NSRM Model Railroad:

A Work in Progress

Museum volunteers have performed most of the work of creating the model-railroad exhibit at the Nevada State Railroad Museum (for details, please click here). Volunteers have laid and wired the trackage and constructed all of the structures and scenery. Car and locomotive maintenance has also been, and will remain, an ongoing volunteer responsibility.

FNSRM member-volunteers Mike Dunn, Jim Flegal, Keith Hall, Chris Martinovich, Paul Martinovich, Patrick Mobley, Arnt Tonnessen and Jim Trout have been active in building the model railroad exhibit. Most of them are also members of a local model railroad club, the Carson City Railroad Association. Other CCRA members have helped with construction.

Regular work sessions for this project occur at the museum on Thursdays between 6:30 and 8:30 PM. At present, scenery construction is the focus of these sessions. New workers from among the membership of the Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum are always welcome.

Museum Volunteers also operate the model railroad; on Saturday and Sunday afternoons for the visiting public, and for school groups as scheduled. All of the volunteers named above have participated in operating the model railroad, as have Jerry Barth, Bill Kohler, Dell Lindstrom, Chuck Sanicola, Russ Tanner and Richard Whiston. This, too, is an activity for which additional volunteers are always welcome. If you would like to participate, please contact Frank Ackerman, NSRM Curator of Education, at 775-687-4942 or gfackerm@clan.lib.nv.us.

Click on SP 4294 to go to Model railroad Photo page

Now that we have a Model RR Photo page, how about a Volunteers At It Photo page?

What you see is just a start, if you have some good photos email them to Webmaster@nsrm-friends.org

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Click on Volunteer of your choice to access photos

Locomotive Stories of the V&T...

Locomotive Stories of the V&T tells the story behind the mighty locomotives that powered the Virginia and Truckee Railroad. The exhibit uses sixteen models crafted by George L. Richardson as the backdrop for a series of stories about the historic railroad's locomotives that once served northern Nevada and the Comstock. With names like Inyo, Dayton, and Reno, some of these locomotives are as famous as the railroad itself.

In addition to the model locomotives the exhibit also contains historic photographs of the locomotives at various stages of their careers. Other interesting artifacts on display include the sextant and leather-covered notebook used by I. E. James while he was surveying the route of the V&T Railroad in the 1860s.

Have a Group? Want to Arrange for a Tour?...

Contact the Museum at 775-687-6953

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