Rebirth of the Virginia & Truckee R.R.: Amazing Revival of a Steam Railroad

by Ted Wurm

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0932916163
• ISBN13: 9780932916167
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: May-Murdock Publications
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Interesting Book About the Virginia & Truckee Railway

This book is a relatively short (~80 pages) paperback book on the history of the Virginia and Truckee Railway. It is also the story of the rebirth of the railroad from an abandoned line with only a name to a fully operating tourist line in Nevada. The book is well written and split into two parts. The beginning is a fairly short summary of the original railroad; where it went, how it started, and how it died. The second part chronicles the work of one individual as he worked to rebuild a ghost railroad into a going tourist operation. The book is filled with photos from the original line and the now tourist short line. It's a nice, quick read and is designed as a book to be sold to tourists who take the train. While not a detailed study or history of the line, it is a good book for some quick history.