Nevada’s Virginia and Truckee Railroad — Stephen Drew
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L’histoire du Virginia and Truckee Railroad est tr¨¨s int¨¦ressante. Faites un tour dans le pass¨¦, en parcourant l¡¯historique chemin de fer, le ? Virginia City & Truckee Railroad ?, situ¨¦ entre les villes de Virginia City et de Gold Hill. La ligne ? Virginia City & Truckee Railroad ? est de loin la plus c¨¦l¨¨bre de toutes les lignes courtes am¨¦ricaines. Durant son apog¨¦e, il y avait jusqu¡¯¨¤ 45 trains par jour qui faisaient le va et vient entre les deux villes. De nombreuses personnalit¨¦s venues des Etats-Unis dont un Pr¨¦sident, comme de nombreuses c¨¦l¨¦brit¨¦s venues du monde entier, sont mont¨¦es sur ce train. La ligne a ¨¦t¨¦ achev¨¦e en 1969 et durant les 71 ann¨¦es qui suivirent, des millions de dollars en minerai d¡¯or et d¡¯argent des mines de Virginia City ont ¨¦t¨¦ transportes. Apres 65 ans d¡¯inactivit¨¦, vous pouvez aujourd¡¯hui de nouveau parcourir le fameux chemin de fer ¨¤ bord d¡¯un train tract¨¦ par une machine ¨¤ vapeur. Vous pouvez voyager en voitures couvertes, ou ¨¤ ciel ouvert. Vous passerez ¨¤ travers 140 ans d¡¯histoire, et un guide se chargera de raconter le pass¨¦ tumultueux des anciennes mines et des ruines aper?ues du train. Bon voyage !!
Stephen Drew fait des recherches sur les V&T depuis plus de quatre d¨¦cennies. Il est le conservateur en chef ¨¤ la retraite du California State Railroad Museum ¨¤ Old Sacramento.
Pour plus de livres:
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. Rebirth of the Virginia & Truckee R.R.: Amazing Revival of a Steam Railroad. Ross, California: May-Murdock Publications, 1992.
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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