Memorial Day weekend fun continues at Carson City's Nevada State Railroad Museum
Visitors to the Nevada State Railroad Museum on Memorial Day weekend will see the fully restored 1875 locomotive Glenbrook under steam for public viewing and can take a ride on the steam train pulled by the Virginia & Truckee locomotive No. 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday and Monday.
Train rides are $8 for adults age 12 and older, $4 for ages 4-11, free for children age 3 and younger and half price for museum members. Museum Admission is $6 for adults and free for museum members and ages 17 and younger. The indoor exhibits are open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Glenbrook is an 1875 narrow gauge 2-6-0 locomotive which first operated on the railroad of the Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company. Following the decline of Comstock mining in the 1890s, the locomotive worked on the Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company, pulling trainloads of tourists between Truckee and Tahoe City.
It was set aside for preservation in 1926, but ultimately was sold to the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad in California. In 1943 it was purchased and donated to the Nevada State Museum for preservation, making it the first piece of railroad rolling stock to belong to the state.
For more information, contact (775) 687-6953.
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