Snow Train

Nevada Mining Photograph Collection

The Virginia and Truckee Railroad pulling into Virginia City after a deep snowfall. It took the power of 4 steam engines to plow the snow off the tracks.

Date Uploaded: March 4, 2026

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Source: Special Collections and Archives, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Source URL: https://special.library.unlv.edu/ark:/62930/d1vx06660

Source Caption: A Virginia &Truckee Railroad train with a snow plow on the front of the engine, in a snow-covered railyard in Virginia City, Nevada. Caption: "V. & T. Express, Virginia City, Nevada. Jan 15-1916."

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