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Model Railroad Exhibit

During the coming year the Nevada State Railroad Museum will present several model railroad exhibits telling the story of Nevada railroads in the 20^th Century.

An HO-gauge model railroad is being constructed at the museum by Carson City Railroad Association (CCRA) members. Scenery on the layout will depict a generic Nevada landscape suitable as a backdrop for trains of any era.

When this layout is operating, the models present at any given time will represent one era or theme. If it’s 1949, a diesel-powered San Francisco Overland, a V&T mixed train headed by No. 26 and the California Zephyr all might be running. Or, three or four trains representing evolution of motive power and rolling stock might be present at the same time.

An exhibit next to the model railroad utilizes fifty-foot freight-car models to compare sizes of four common model-railroad scales. HO-scale model locomotives and cars, and a G-gauge locomotive comprise four other exhibits.

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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.