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Railroad museum accepts full-sized replica of V&T’s first locomotive

by Nevada State News
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Historical photo: The Lyon locomotive – the first one ordered and used by the Virginia & Truckee Railroad in in 1869 – sits on tracks in Carson City in the late 1800s. The locomotive was scrapped in the late 1890s. Photo courtesy of Nevada State Railroad Museum.