I would love to see them reopen the entire line. Perhaps they could run trains through there again. Who knows maybe the railroad will make it into Carson City once more.

It's amazing how much of the orginial right-of-way is still left after all of these years, despite the urbanization of Carson & Reno. I'd like to see the Fernley & Lassen (a subsiduary of the Southern Pacific Railroad) that operated between Fernley Nv. & Westwood, Ca. via Susanville & Pyramid Lake.

OMG! This is a surprise and a real find. Having arrived in Reno in late 1950 and seeing where some of the ROW was, I had often wondered about the remainder of the route. Thanks for a job well done. BTW, if I remember correctly it was the 1950 flood in Reno which took away the V&T bridge over the Truckee and I don't think anyone knows where that ended up. So again, thank you, thank you, thank you.

this is why alot of rail beds been put to trails to preserve the bed and right away. be nice to see a train through silver valley and over lookout in Idaho again

You know, if they ever restore the Caron to Reno line(which they most likely won't, I'm just sayin), then they'd have to do alot of re-routing in Reno and Carson, but I can imagine them restoring much of the washoe valley tracks. It'd be cool to see trains going across the old highway again, I wish I was around to see it back in the old days. =(

As a life long Nevadan and fan of the Virginia & Truckee, it disgusts me to see all of the urbanization along and over the old V&T road bed. Sad but a fact of modern life.

So,cool! Nice work. Thank You!

Ryan, What a great thing you have done. Sorry I am but slow getting this !!

Have you considered making a video in the same fashion of the railroad from Carson City to Minden? Please do!

Very cool video!! I was so sad when it ended before Gardnerville/Minden though haha

Very nice; very nice indeed. How about doing the Eureka and Palisade? Or the old SP Jawbone Branch? Or maybe the Boise Traction Company in Treasure Valley Idaho?

Id love to see this done on the milwaukee road.

The T&T all the way---Ludlow--Beatty----Goldfield----B&G--!!! T&G Carson & Colorado! RR

They should make a comeback as commuter rail soon Reno-Carson City 🚅🚄🚄🚆

Reno Carson City and Lake Tahoe should really need to get a light rail streetcar and commuter rail and other rail system to avoid traffic 🚊🚈🚋🚉🚆

Astounding how much of the original roadbed between Carson City and the Union Pacific's Reno Yard (originally the junction to the Central Pacific, and site of the engine-shed conflagration that killed #26 the night of 1 May 1950 - Reno Fire traced it to flammables in the pit apparently ignited by burning oil that dropped from the firebox) has been taken up with projects after the tracks were pulled up; not much of the original right of way was left untouched. Speaking of a future Forgotten Railroads, how about one on the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway, Marin County, CA, USA (1896-1930)? Much of the original roadbed is still used by CalFire for access to the brush that fueled several conflagrations that the railway helped combat.

I agree this was very good. Other ideas, NWP narrow gauge (make Ken B happy), the SN Oakland to Chico.

Wonderful. The only addition that would have been nice: use 2 colors, green for the line and maybe orange/red for when track still exists.

A wonderful video! Thanx for the animated map !

Where did you find this map overlay? I'm planning out a project mapping out and filming what the line looks like now while also telling this railroads history. I suppose I could use your video, but I'm also curious where you attained this information. Many thanks in advance.

Didn’t the tourist operation have to build new track on the row to extend it toward Carson City, well the outskirts? But the section from Carson City to Reno was built upon in areas? I see in this video that the red line even goes right down a residential street. That means that at some point after the original railroad’s abandonment and removal, a housing subdivision was built right over the row. Sort of impossible to rebuild the railroad on the original row there now.

yes. . .make more. how about the Corizo Gorge railroad that ran east from San Diego?

Does Carson City have an original V&T station like Virginia City? But the tourist railroad’s station is located outside of Carson City? Would it be at least possible to rebuild the line into downtown Carson City? Isn’t there a railroad museum in Carson City with old trains on display, etc.?

that was incredible. well done. maybe burlington northern through the black hills?

perhaps the old SP line going from Benson,Arizona,thru Bisbee,then on to Douglas Arizona.When the copper mines and smelter were operating, Douglas was the second busiest city in Arizona.The depot in Douglas is a grand building.Most of the railbed still exists.

In fact, if they did, then thay could have one of the old steam locomotives pull a frieght train.

You know, when we lived in Reno, what irritated us the most was how HIGH the ticket prices were! Before it opened, there were people in Virginia City who thought they could use the V&T to comute to Carson City. Ha! With the prices they were asking, it was out of the question! That's been some time ago - I hope they've lowered their prices since then!!!!!!! They were really, really expensive. -- Bob

so sad 😢

Pretty neat!

I understand Carson City had a robust train infrastructure then, but how would passenger trains turn once they arrived in Reno? Was it just an extra locomotive on siding oriented for southbound traffic then collecting cars, and the NB locomotive then moved on switching tracks to orient SB as convenient?

Are the segments of Truckee to Reno and Carson City to Virginia City available?

will never happen again.

they would never be able to recreate this segment ever again.

This is sad.

well thats progress for ya but I bet lots of tracks are buried like this too