Nevada State Railroad Museum
V & T Locomotive Roster

No. - Name Type Builder C/N Year
Built		 Cyl.
Size		 Drivers/Weight

Remarks
1 - Lyon 2-6-0 Booth 11 1869 14x22 40 in. - 44,000 lbs. Retired in 1880. Scrapped by V&T after 1900.
2 - Ormsby 2-6-0 Booth 12 1869 14x22 40 in. - 44,000 lbs See Note 1 below.
3 - Storey 2-6-0 Booth 13 1869 16x24 48 in. - 54,000 lbs See Note 2 below.
4 - Virginia 2-6-0 Baldwin 1946 1869 16x24 48 in. - 55,000 lbs Scrapped by V&T after 1918.
5 - Carson 2-6-0 Baldwin 1947 1869 16x24 48 in. - 55,000 lbs See Note 2 below.
5 - 2nd #5 2-8-0 Am. 66302 1925 19x26 51 in. - 150,000 lbs Bought in 1947, ex NCB #5. Scrapped 1950.
6 - Comstock 2-6-0 Baldwin 2094 1870 16x24 48 in. - 55,000 lbs Sold Aug. 1881 to Ore Rwy & Nav. for $9,500.
7 - Nevada 2-6-0 Baldwin 2200 1870 16x24 48 in. - 55,000 lbs See Note 2 below.
8 - Humboldt 2-6-0 Baldwin 2198 1870 16x24 48 in. - 55,000 lbs See Note 2 below.
9 - I.E. James 2-4-0 Baldwin 2199 1870 14x22 48 in. - 55,000 lbs Sold 1907 to Willett & Burr. Scrapped 1946.
10 - Washoe 2-6-0 Baldwin 2719 1871 16x24 48 in. - 55,000 lbs Sold Aug. 1881 to Ore Rwy & Nav. for $9,500.
11 - Reno ** 4-4-0 Baldwin 2816 1872 16x24 56 3/4 in. - 65,000 lbs See Note 3 below.
12 - Genoa + 4-4-0 Baldwin 3090 1873 16x24 56 3/4 in. - 65,000 lbs See Note 4 below.
13 - Empire + 2-6-0 Baldwin 3091 1873 16x24 48 in. - 70,000 lbs See Note 5 below.
14 - Esmerelda 2-6-0 Baldwin 3094 1873 16x24 48 in. - 70,000 lbs Sold 1901 to Mexican Govt. Rwys.
15 - Aurora 2-6-0 Danforth 884 1872 17x22 49 in. - 71,500 lbs Sold 1881 to Ore Rwy & Nav. for $9,500.
16 - Ophir 2-6-0 Danforth 885 1872 17x22 49 in. - 71,500 lbs Sold 1881 to Ore Rwy & Nav. for $9,500.
17 - Columbus 4-4-0 CP Sac 5 1873 17x24 58 in. - 78,000 lbs Scrapped by V&T in 1917.
18 - Dayton * 4-4-0 CP Sac 6 1873 17x24 58 in. - 78,000 lbs Snowplow engine. Sold to Paramount in 1938.
19 - Truckee 2-6-0 Baldwin 3685 1875 17x24 48 1/4 in. - 75,000 lbs Sold May 1901 to Verdi Lumber (1 Roberts).
20 - Tahoe ! 2-6-0 Baldwin 3687 1875 17x24 48 1/4 in. - 75,000 lbs Sold 1942 to C.C. Bong Const., El Monte, CA.
21 - J. W. Bowker + 2-4-0 Baldwin 3689 1875 14x22 48 1/4 in. - 65,000 lbs See Note 6 below.
22 - Inyo * 4-4-0 Baldwin 3693 1875 16x24 57 in. - 68,000 lbs See Note 7 below.
23 - Santiago 2-6-0 Baldwin 3889 1876 17x24 48 1/4 in. - 75,000 lbs Sold Oct. 1901 to Boca & Loyalton (#3).
24 - Merrimac 2-6-0 Baldwin 3891 1876 17x24 48 1/4 in. - 75,000 lbs See Note 8 below.
25 - 1st #25 4-4-0 Rhode Is 2173 1889 18x26 62 in. - 100,000 lbs See Note 9 below.
25 - 2nd #25 * 4-6-0 Baldwin 25016 1905 17x24 60 in. - 90,000 lbs Sold 1947 to RKO Studios.
26 - no name 4-6-0 Baldwin 31341 1907 18x24 56 in. - 121,000 lbs Burned in 1950, scrapped.
27 - no name * 4-6-0 Baldwin 39453 1913 18x24 56 in. - 121,000 lbs Donated to people of Nevada 1950.


* Presently owned by Nevada State Railroad Museum.
+ Presently owned by California State Railroad Museum.
! Presently owned by Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
** Presently owned by Old Tucson Studios

The Virginia & Truckee Locomotive Roster was compiled by the staff of the Nevada State Railroad Museum. If there are any corrections or suggestion please forward them to the Collections Manager.

Notes

Note 1: Sold March 1875 to M.C. Gardner for $4,500 at Lake Tahoe, named Mountaineer. Returned 1882, scrapped. Boiler to power Carson shops until 1902.

Note 2: Locomotives 3, 5, 7 and 8 were sold in March 1881, Feb. 1883, Oct. 1883 and May 1882, respectively, to D.O. Mills (Onderdonk Construction), contractor for the Canadian Pacific Railway line of the Canadian government in British Columbia. They were lettered CP # 1 Yale, # 4 Savona, #5 Lytton, and #3 Westminster. All resold 1887 to Intercolonial Railway in Nova Scotia; becoming ICR numbers 188, 190, 191, 189. ICR rebuilt 188 and 190 to 0-6-0 type in 1898 and 1908 respectively. The 191 and 189 were also rebuilt in 1896. All four renumbered ICR 1023, 1025, 1026, 1024. Subsequently, all became Canadian Government Railway with same numbers. First two were later Canadian National Railway numbers 7082 and 7083; were scrapped 1920 and 1926. Number 1026 was sold in 1917 to Canadian Car & Foundry Co. and the 1024 was scrapped in 1918.

Note 3: Other dimensions of the Reno: 130lb boiler pressure; 11,920 tractive force; 45,500 lbs on drivers. Sold to MGM Pictures for $5,000.

Note 4: Same dimensions as Reno. Sold 1938 to Eastern Railroads to play Jupiter in RAILROADS ON PARADE at N. Y. World's Fair. Presented to Railroad & Locomotive Historical Society; played in R. R. Fair at Chicago, 1948-49; turned over to the Pacific Coast Chapter, R&LHS.

Note 5: Was renumbered #15 in 1910. Sold to Pacific Portland Cement Company (501), Gerlach, NV. Presented to R&LHS, 1938.

Note 6: Other dimensions of Bowker: 130 lb. boiler pressure: 9900 lb tractive force; 48,000 lbs on drivers. Renamed Mexico in 1877. Sold 1896 to Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber (3). Presented to Pacific Coast Chapter, R&LHS, 1937. Used in the movie Union Pacific, and in RAILROADS ON PARADE at N. Y. World's Fair.

Note 7: Inyo has 11,920 tractive force. Sold to Paramount Pictures in 1937. Used in movies High, Wide & Handsome, Union Pacific, and others.

Note 8: Sold March 1901 to Verdi Lumber Co. became their # 2 Donkey. Sold to Boca & Loyalton was their # 4, later to Western Pacific 123. Retired in 1924 and scrapped in June 1930.

Note 9: 64,000 lbs on drivers. Was originally Union Pacific # 655; bought by V&T Nov. 1901: wasn't suitable for V&T tracks, so sold early in 1902 to Towle Bros. Lbr. railroad near Emigrant Gap, Cal. Ended service at American Fruit Express line at MacDoel in far northern California, where it was scrapped in 1937.

V & T records show that, in addition to their own locomotives, they used engines rented from the Central Pacific RR during the 1870s. These engines included CPRR Gazelle (84), Eagle (115) and Gray Eagle (118). Southern pacific engines were also used during the 1904-06 Tonopah boom years on the V&T.

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