It is very much a duet for steam whistle and train conductor. “Twooooooooooo, wheeeeeeeeeeeeee, twooooooooo, twooooooo, twoooo.” “What is it that makes everyone come out for a train?” asks Virginia ...

On this train, whistles are blown when deer and wild horses are sighted in the canyon below, the conductor tells passengers. The whistles sound again before the train stops on a ridge to let the 225 ...

CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Virginia & Truckee Railway is once again bringing the beloved holiday classic to life with its annual Polar Express Train Ride. Tickets officially went on sale Monday, ...

Gov. Jim Gibbons begs to “respectfully disagree” with two Republican U.S. senators who say it is “silly” and “wasteful” to spend federal tax dollars on a historic Nevada train line. On Tuesday, ...

After 80 operating years as one of the most glamorous transport agencies of the old American West, the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, running from Reno to Carson City and Minden, Nev., closed its books ...

Massive search underway for hiker missing since Memorial Day in Desolation Wilderness A large-scale search and rescue operation is underway in El Dorado County for an overdue hiker last heard from in ...

The Virginia Truckee Railroad holiday steam trains depart from the original 1870 depot in Virginia City. The Candy Cane Express will begin on the Friday after Thanksgiving and run on Saturday and ...

Celebrate Halloween with a spirited collection of themed train rides on the Virginia Truckee Railroad. Passengers will board at the F Street 1870s Depot in Virginia City and journey to the Gold Hill ...

VIRGINIA CITY – As St. Mary’s noon bell tolled Thursday, a team of train experts and volunteers prepared to move the Virginia & Truckee No. 18 Dayton steam locomotive into its new home at the Comstock ...

Ask a 3-year-old what sound a train makes, and the child will give out a “whoo whoo,” even a child who has never seen a train in person. From Johnny Cash songs to “Petticoat Junction,” said author and ...