#29 takes a tour around the edge of American Flat. Our apologies for not taking some shots of the flat itself. The train stops short of where existing construction to finish the stage to Moundhouse picks up. We tried, but the wind wouldn’t stop for us.
This video should have shown me following a new passenger car being trucked into the Virginia and Truckee Railroad in Virginia City, Nevada. I was out in Lovelock in the morning and got a shot as the new-old Erie and Lackawanna passenger car passed by with two escorts. Unfortunately, I did something pretty stupid. I assume the car would follow the same route as the previous two car deliveries. On both those deliveries I acted as the rear pilot car and we came down 95-Alternate through …
WARNING: I posted this video because it shows a little history. At the same time, the track movements are sped up 4x to compress the time it takes to watch, resulting in jerky camera movements. Plus it gets dark, and so the video is not that easy to see for some of the video. Having said that, around 8:25 as we head back uphill you’ll see some shots of the firebox and the flames leaping out. This footage probably won’t be included in the upcoming Unauthorized Biography of the Virginia and …
