Virginia and Truckee 27

Virginia and Truckee 27 is a steam locomotive with an attached tender car, built during Nevada's mining boom in the late 1800s. The tender carried coal and water to fuel the engine on its journeys between remote mines and towns.

Built during Nevada's silver rush, this locomotive served the Virginia and Truckee Railroad moving ore from mines near Virginia City to processing centers. It played a role in the railroad's expansion that made mining operations more efficient and profitable.

This locomotive represents how railroads were vital to Nevada's mining operations and connected remote mining camps to commercial centers. It shows the mechanical ingenuity that miners and engineers developed to move ore across difficult terrain.

The locomotive is on display at the Nevada State Railroad Museum where you can walk around it and examine its mechanical details up close. The museum setting allows you to see how the engine and tender worked together as a complete system.

This locomotive retains its original working configuration from the mining era, preserving details of 19th-century steam engine design that few examples still have intact. Visitors can observe mechanical features that modern locomotives completely lack.

Location: Nevada

GPS coordinates: 39.15000,-119.76722

Latest update: December 14, 2025 11:21