McKeen Motor Car Company started out of the U.P. (Omaha) Erecting Shops in 1904-1005, The purpose of the Motor Car was to assist railroads from having to use steam engines and passenger cars to move riders for relatively short distances thus saving expenses of operating larger steam engines. The Virginia & Truckee Railway purchased McKeen Motor Car No. 22 in 1910 and ran it successfully until 1945 between Carson City and Reno to the North, and Minden to the South. No. 22 was scraped (all except the body) after the last run in 1945 in which what remained was turned into a Restaurant
and later into a Plumbing Shop. In 1995 the body was donated to the V&TRR. It took 14 years to restore No.22 to its present operating condition thanks to many Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum. This video is of one of the early rides of No. 22 put on for a Toy Train Convention held in Reno, NV. Enjoy.