Steam and Diesel Trains run May through October
Our Season Begins May 27, 2017! https://www.virginiatruckee.com/
See our daily train times schedule and fares. All Aboard!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSNSmql8cg4
The V&T Railroad offers daily scenic, narrated steam and diesel train rides winding through the hills of the Comstock from Virginia City to Gold Hill and back, where, during the Big Bonanza in the 1870’s, miners worked one of the richest deposits of silver and gold ever found. This shaped mining throughout the world over the next 50 years.
The Virginia & Truckee is by far the most famous of all American short lines and was brought back to life by Robert C. Gray in 1976, who was one of the passengers on the last train to Virginia City in 1938. Today the V&T is 140 years old and still steaming for you to relive the days of gold and silver mining on the Comstock.The V&T family wishes you and your families a happy and prosperous year. We invite you to peruse our website and check out what’s in store for 2017. See you soon! https://www.virginiatruckee.com/
Upcoming Events in Virginia City, Nevada
Independence Day Celebrations: July 1–4
Civil War Battle Trains: September 2–4
For more events and V&T’s special event theme trains in Virginia City, please see our 2017 schedule here!Virginia City-Gold Hill
Historic Route • 4-mile Roundtrip
Route Highlights
• Original V&T 1870 Depot, 166 F Street
(three blocks to C Street, free parking)
• Tunnel No. 4 – last tunnel before Virginia City
• Comstock mines and mills
• Pass by eight mines including Hale & Norcross, Savage, Potosi, Chollar, Julia,
Yellow Jacket, Crown Point and the Ward Bullion
• Gold Hill – where the Comstock Era gold strikes began
• Fully narrated tour
Schedule‡
• Daily – May-October, 2017
• 7 hourly departures – 10:30am to 4pm
• 35-minutes roundtrip
| Fares‡ | Steam | Diesel |
| Adult | $12 | $10 |
| Child (ages 5-12‡) | $5 | $5 |
| All-day Pass | $24 | $18 |
For more information click here or call 775-847-0380
Carson City-Virginia City
Sisters in History Route • 24-mile Roundtrip
Route Highlights
• Scenic route through the Virginia Range
• Tunnel No. 2 – 566 feet long
• American Flat – site of a once-bustling mining town
• Scales/water stop – 260,000 tons of ore valued at billions of dollars were weighed at this location
• Possible wild mustang sightings
• Overman Open Mining Pit – 120 feet deep
• Fully narrated tour
Schedule†
• STEAM TRAIN
• Runs Saturdays & Sundays, May-October, 2017
• Also runs Fridays, July 1 through August 12, 2017
• Depart Carson City (Eastgate Depot) 10:00am -
Arrive Virginia City (F Street Depot) 11:30am
Depart Virginia City (F Street Depot) 3:00pm -
Arrive Carson City (Eastgate Depot) 4:15pm
• Complimentary shuttle to C Street in Virginia City
| Fares† | Steam Roundtrip |
| Adult | $52 |
| Senior – 65+/Veteran | $48 |
| Child – ages 3-16† | $32 |
For more Information 877-724-5007 or 775-291-0208.
One-way tickets are available, please call: (775) 291-0208.
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