CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada State Railroad Museum has acquired a 1907 Virginia & Truckee Passenger car from the Southern California Railroad Museum, with the car arriving at the museum in Carson City last week.
Coach-Smoker-Baggage car No. 20 was the last new passenger car acquired by the Virginia & Truckee, the museum said in a Facebook post announcing the acquisition, and is one of a handful of surviving cars built by the Hicks Locomotive & Car Works in Chicago Heights, Ill. Transported by truck from its prior home in Perris, Calif., it arrived in Carson City on Thursday, Dec. 9, and was moved into the museum annex by the museum’s Virginia & Truckee 4-6-0 No. 25, built by Baldwin in 1905. The Ten-Wheeler was being prepared for weekend Santa Train operations.
Acquisition of the car was supported by the Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum and the Nevada Board of Museums and History. Delong Heavy Haul of Las Vegas transported the car from California.
