Nevada State Railroad Museum

I have many more pictures from Rio Vista, but for a change of pace I think we'll pay a visit to the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City.  While this is of course a state-funded operation, a significant role is played by volunteers.

This is the entrance building and visitor's center.

Naturally, the favorite home-town railroad is the famous Virginia and Truckee.  The entrance building has some cosmetically restored locomotives and a car on permanent display.

And this is the Inyo.

Then one of the Kimball cars, #4.   It's not open to the public, to preserve it.

They did a beautiful restoration job on this car.  The conductor you see at the far end is a dummy.  No comments, I know what you're thinking.

This car is equipped with Miller Hook couplers.  The plate on the end of the platform you see in the picture above has the patent information.   (The picture below has been turned upside down so you can read it.)

 There's also a large collection of highly-detailed models, of which these are only a few.  It appears almost the entire roster of V&T steam has been modeled, as well as the McKeen car, which we'll see up close next time.

And this is the clock which provided the V&T with standard time:

The museum has a number of narrow-gauge pieces, so there's a lot of dual-gauge trackage outside.

The gallows turntable is dual-gauge, four rails.

This recently restored narrow-gauge engine was on display, but not operating.

And pulled by a standard-gauge shop goat.

Next time we'll see some of what's in the much bigger carbarn and shop.