Virginia & Truckee Railroad – Carson City

The Virginia Trckee Railroad on the way to Gold Hill

V&T Railroad’s Summer Season Opens Memorial Day Weekend

Authentic period train retraces Old West from Carson to Virginia Cities The 2016 Virginia & Truckee Railroad season chugs full steam ahead starting Memorial Day weekend, May 28-29. Authentic period steam trains ride through the heart of Nevada’s 1860s silver boom towns where legends of the Wild West were born and live on today along ...
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Johnny Bartholomew: Hero on the V&T Railroad

by Mark McLaughlin A In its heyday during the 1870s, Virginia City rivaled cosmopolitan San Francisco and the Barbary Coast as the most exciting and wildly indulgent city in the Far West. An important key to Virginia City’s reputation as a bustling metropolis teeming with millionaires and high society was the glamorous, but hard-working Virginia ...
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OATBRAN Part II, Putting Away the Bikes and Breaking out the Skis- OATBRAN Ride continues on US Highway 50 across Nevada. My last write-up featured the start from Lake Tahoe to the Lunch Stop at Bean Flat between Austin and Eureka. This the continuation of the ride and includes *Notes to the Mochila”. In honor of the Pony Express, we ask each rider to carry a saddlebag [...]
Bicycling Nevada in August- by Curtis Fong, “the Guy from Tahoe” August with its hot daytime temps and thunder showers is the Dog Days of Summer when it comes to bicycling events in Nevada. Still, August is still a great time to get out and ride, no matter where you are in Nevada. Road Biking in Northern Nevada and [...]
Bicycling Nevada – July is Looking Hot!- by Curtis Fong, “the Guy from Tahoe” The Bicycling Season in Nevada has started and is going strong with many exceptional June events and more upcoming in July. America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride on Sunday June 3 was sold out and had 3000 participants with 1040 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team in Training bicyclists coming [...]
Jampacked June for Bicycling in Nevada- by Curtis Fong, “The Guy From Tahoe” Holly Molly! Did you see how fast that Peloton was moving through Carson Valley? Amazing Race! Women’s Stage 2 The 13th Annual Tour of California, Men’s Stage 6 and Women’s Stage 2, provided excitement and drama as both races came through the Carson Valley and climbed up and [...]

Baker Correspondence – February 2019
Sheepherders’ Gathering a Success Foks traveled from as far as 700 miles to make it to the 16th annual Sheepherders’ Gathering at the Border Inn. Friday night offered up fun stories about sheepherding (mis)adventures, music, and cowboy poetry by Waddie Mitchell. Saturday’s events included a film screening, more great cowboy poetry, and a delicious Basque [...] Continue Reading
Carson City Correspondence – February 2019
In most of Northern Nevada, the four seasons — Wind, Smoke, Avalanche, and Flood — come and go with the unpredictability of the weather. In Carson City, though, we can depend on the regularity of a fifth season — Silly. It arrives in early February of odd years (I’m pretty sure that isn’t by accident) [...] Continue Reading
Elko Correspondence – February 2019
Winter Greetings from Elko. There is plenty to see and do in Elko if you are getting cabin fever. Here are a few events to consider. Skiing at the SnoBowl The season at our local ski hill is off to a good start, and it looks like there will be good conditions throughout this month [...] Continue Reading

Virginia & Truckee Railroad – Carson City

V&T Railroad’s Summer Season Opens Memorial Day Weekend

Johnny Bartholomew: Hero on the V&T Railroad

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