Nevada’s Virginia and Truckee Railroad por Stephen Drew
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(The Virginia & Truckee: Nevada¡¯s Bonanza Railroad) By Stephen E. Drew
La historia del Virginia & Truckee Railroad es muy interesante! Haga un paseo de regreso a la historia con el original Tren Virginia & Truckee, partiendo desde Virginia City atravesando por el T¨²nel n¨²mero 4 hasta Gold Hill, todo en Nevada. El Tren Virginia & Truckee es por mucho el m¨¢s famoso de todos los paseos cortos en trenes en Am¨¦rica. En los d¨ªas de abundancia y fama al menos 45 trenes por d¨ªa llegaban y part¨ªan de Virginia City. El presidente de los Estados Unidos, Grant y dignatarios del mundo viajaron en estos trenes. La l¨ªnea fue terminada en 1869 y en los siguientes 73 a?os sac¨® millones de d¨®lares en oro y plata de las minas en Virginia City. Hoy, 65 a?os despu¨¦s que el ¨²ltimo tren dej¨® el Comstock, usted otra vez puede pasearse en estas hist¨®ricas v¨ªas del tren. Una excitante locomotora de vapor o una locomotora de diesel impulsar¨¢ el tren que usted use. Tendr¨¢ la oportunidad de escoger en viajar en un carro de tren abierto o en un Caboose, los cuales tienen 80 a?os de antig¨¹edad. El tren a¨²n sigue la ruta original de hace 135 a?os, y pasa justo en medio de las m¨¢s famosas minas de Comstock. Las ruinas pueden ser vistas claramente desde el tren. Un conductor le narrar¨¢ el viaje. El primer tren parte a las 10:30 de la ma?ana y aproximadamente cada hora, hasta las 4 de la tarde, por un viaje redondo que dura 35 minutos. El tren estar¨¢ operando todos los d¨ªas hasta el 31 de Octubre.
Stephen Drew ha estado investigando V&T durante m¨¢s de cuatro d¨¦cadas. Es el curador en jefe jubilado del Museo del Ferrocarril del Estado de California en Old Sacramento.
Para leer m¨¢s:
Beebe, Lucius and Charles Clegg. Virginia & Truckee: A Story of Virginia City and Comstock Times. Carson City, Nevada: Nevada State Railroad Museum, 1991.
Wurm, Ted and Harre Demoro. The Silver Short Line: A History of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Glendale, California: Trans-Anglo Books, 1983.
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