V&T Locomotive #2: "Ormsby"

Roy D. Graves Pictorial Collection

One of the few photographic records of V&T Locomotive #2, the Ormsby. This was one of the first engines to arrive on the railroad in 1869, but by 1875 it had been replaced by more powerful locomotives and sent to work on a logging railroad at Lake Tahoe. This photo was taken when the engine was working for the M. C. Gardner Lumber Company on Tahoe's south shore. Gardner gave it the name "Mountaineer". By 1882 the engine was back in Carson City, where it was scrapped.

Date Uploaded: July 9, 2026

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Source: Silver Short Line

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