NevadaNorthernFan901
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Darn, But you just keep getting better! Keep up the awsome route. I am so getting this route when it is done, either if it payware or freeware.
Virginia & Truckee
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By the end of 1876, two more water tanks were added, to a total of 4. The turntable was also rebuilt.
The UM&M dump in the cut fell down and was removed.
The new roundhouse is now complete. The plan was to next replace the old roundhouse with 4 stalls that matched the new ones, but the declining revenues of the Comstock put this plan on hold.
Finally, a tunnel was built in the cut under the Chollar dump trestle, allowing tailings to be dropped over the tracks.
By the end of 1876, two more water tanks were added, to a total of 4. The turntable was also rebuilt.
The UM&M dump in the cut fell down and was removed.
The new roundhouse is now complete. The plan was to next replace the old roundhouse with 4 stalls that matched the new ones, but the declining revenues of the Comstock put this plan on hold.
Finally, a tunnel was built in the cut under the Chollar dump trestle, allowing tailings to be dropped over the tracks.
Shortline2
Joined: 28th Oct. 2002
Hi Curtis,
I love the history telling through images, just love it!!
Thanks for posting and doing this!
Also love that last image, with the "dump tunnel", that idea of making a tunnel, then covering it is a old one it seems when railroads and mining areas are combined.
I love it, got several in my area of love too, including an all steel one.
Thank you for the views and all the work spending on doing this Trainz work, you do great work!
Linda
I love the history telling through images, just love it!!
Thanks for posting and doing this!
Also love that last image, with the "dump tunnel", that idea of making a tunnel, then covering it is a old one it seems when railroads and mining areas are combined.
I love it, got several in my area of love too, including an all steel one.
Thank you for the views and all the work spending on doing this Trainz work, you do great work!
Linda
Thanks, Linda! That particular tunnel didn't last too long - it's gone by 1914 (stay tuned! 
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By the end of 1878, the roof cupolas were gone from the old roundhouse roof. A new shed was built to store cordwood for the locomotives; keeping it a bit drier.
The last vestiges of the coal dump are gone now.
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By the end of 1878, the roof cupolas were gone from the old roundhouse roof. A new shed was built to store cordwood for the locomotives; keeping it a bit drier.
The last vestiges of the coal dump are gone now.
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As the mining activity on the Comstock winds down, activities on the V&T also slow down. However, activity still continues, and in 1890, the wood A-frame turntable is replaced by an iron table. Some smaller changes are also visible - the patches on the old roundhouse roof from the cupola are now gone, and the car shops building now has a square main door - perhaps one day someone wasn't fast enough on the brakes?
As the mining activity on the Comstock winds down, activities on the V&T also slow down. However, activity still continues, and in 1890, the wood A-frame turntable is replaced by an iron table. Some smaller changes are also visible - the patches on the old roundhouse roof from the cupola are now gone, and the car shops building now has a square main door - perhaps one day someone wasn't fast enough on the brakes?
Oops! I skipped 1914... The previous post has been edited, and 1921 moved here:
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In 1921, the east-most two stalls of the old roundhouse were decommissioned and were likely removed around the same time. In addition, at some point in time, they painted the roofs red instead of green (evidence at one site shows shingles with red paint over green.)
The ore cars are long gone by now; the last ones disposed of before they had to be inventoried (and taxed!) in 1916.
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In 1921, the east-most two stalls of the old roundhouse were decommissioned and were likely removed around the same time. In addition, at some point in time, they painted the roofs red instead of green (evidence at one site shows shingles with red paint over green.)
The ore cars are long gone by now; the last ones disposed of before they had to be inventoried (and taxed!) in 1916.
NevadaNorthernFan901
Member
Nice Work!
Pencil do you know there is a company that is starting to mine again on the Comstock?
Pencil do you know there is a company that is starting to mine again on the Comstock?
NevadaNorthernFan901
Member
There is a company that started mining this year, They pretty much have full control of the Comstock (Claims and Land rights.) They plan on strip mining, this is going to ruin the historical past. They found 4 million ounces of gold so far and large values of silver, and the company is Comstock Mining.
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1937: Traffic continues to fall to the Comstock. Where once was up to 30 trains daily is down to a daily motorcar, with a steam train once a week.
The roundhouse has lost two more smoke jacks, and time looks like it's running out for this branch.
1937: Traffic continues to fall to the Comstock. Where once was up to 30 trains daily is down to a daily motorcar, with a steam train once a week.
The roundhouse has lost two more smoke jacks, and time looks like it's running out for this branch.
I love this historical approach!!
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1938. Abandonment of the branch between Carson City and Virginia City is approved. By this time, the last of the old roundhouse had fallen / been pulled down.
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Although the branch was officially abandoned in 1938, it wasn't until 1941 that the rails were pulled for scrap. The turntable was removed and sold locally for use as a bridge. The remaining buildings were left in place, and, without any maintenance, slowly began to return to the desert.
Although the branch was officially abandoned in 1938, it wasn't until 1941 that the rails were pulled for scrap. The turntable was removed and sold locally for use as a bridge. The remaining buildings were left in place, and, without any maintenance, slowly began to return to the desert.
cascaderailroad
New member
Some of my favorite RR places no longer exist ... That's why you can recreate them in Trainz, as if they never faded away.
In my world the PRR with all its eary 1900's trackwork, still exists, through till today.
A PRR DD40X (none ever existed), running along side a PRR steamer, and a SD70 (reskinned PRR of course) !:hehe:
My version of the Wopsy RR exists in all its glory today, as it was in reality completely obliterated in the early 1920's.
In my world the PRR with all its eary 1900's trackwork, still exists, through till today.
A PRR DD40X (none ever existed), running along side a PRR steamer, and a SD70 (reskinned PRR of course) !:hehe:
My version of the Wopsy RR exists in all its glory today, as it was in reality completely obliterated in the early 1920's.
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Shortline2
Joined: 28th Oct. 2002
Thanks Curtis for that image series on how life goes on a railroad from the old days!
It was an interesting series, a little sad we never get to see the crumbling structures before they disappeared, but did not expect to either as modeling that would been more work then often needed.
What would been fun was to have all the versions of such a structure used on that area, go through the various stages of its life, and then, one day in Trainz, years from now, we open the route we have it on, and suddenly it has started to fall apart, now, that would create head lines. LOL
Thanks for sharing the images.
Linda
It was an interesting series, a little sad we never get to see the crumbling structures before they disappeared, but did not expect to either as modeling that would been more work then often needed.
What would been fun was to have all the versions of such a structure used on that area, go through the various stages of its life, and then, one day in Trainz, years from now, we open the route we have it on, and suddenly it has started to fall apart, now, that would create head lines. LOL
Thanks for sharing the images.
Linda
Exactly, about a mile from where I live the only two rails left from the SFN&C, a short lived Interurban of the early 1900's, are enshrined in the asphalt of Washington St. with a memorial plaque overgrown with bushes to one side. Some 700 feet away is the old SP station with four Pullman cars, stranded when SP ripped out their track. (all are tourist shops now)
Thanks for this memorial, Curtis, I've really enjoyed the tale of the Carson City Branch.
Norm