Interesting Book About the Virginia & Truckee Railway
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This book is a relatively short (~80 pages) paperback book on the history of the Virginia and Truckee Railway. It is also the story of the rebirth of the railroad from an abandoned line with only a name to a fully operating tourist line in Nevada. The book is well written and split into two parts. The beginning is a fairly short summary of the original railroad; where it went, how it started, and how it died. The second part chronicles the work of one individual as he worked to rebuild a ghost railroad into a going tourist operation. The book is filled with photos from the original line and the now tourist short line. It's a nice, quick read and is designed as a book to be sold to tourists who take the train. While not a detailed study or history of the line, it is a good book for some quick history.
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