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This beautiful mural depicts the Virginia & Truckee
Railroad engine #22 - the Inyo - leaving the historic
Carson City Engine House that used to stand at 911
North Plaza Street near the Nevada State Capitol.
The mural, which was painted in 1993, is located on
the south wall of Heidi's Dutch Mill Restaurant, located
at 1020 N. Carson Street. This train shop was used
continuously for over 80 years and handled all of
the servicing and repair of the V & T steam locomotives.
At one time, 29 steam locomotives called this building
home, and the machine shop fabricated and repaired
equipment for mines, mills, lumber companies throughout
Nevada and eastern California. In 1878, the shop employed
over 150 workers. The facility was closed in May 1950,
the structure was torn down in 1991.
The Inyo was recently feted as the Grand Marshal
of the annual Nevada Day Parade. The photo below shows
the locomotive leaving the Nevada State Railroad Museum
to join the parade.
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Photographed by Mark
Sedenquist, 10/28/06
Posted on RoadTrip America 11/06
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