VIRGINIA & TRUCKEE RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Drawing by Richard C. Datin from the Stephen Drew Collection.
Established in 2009, the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Historical Society is dedicated to the promotion of research and preservation of the history of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, 1869 -1905, the Virginia and Truckee Railway 1905-1950, and the affiliates, the connecting rail lines and the Comstock area in general, as well as aiding in the conservation of artifacts of this period including Virginia & Truckee locomotives, rolling stock, equipment, buildings, and documentary materials. Join now!
1875
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POSTINGS
Sep: The V&T's approximately 2,000-foot-long spur track is completed to the Rock Island mine on American Flat.
Sep: Steel rails are being laid from Lake View through Washoe Canyon.
Oct 2: The reorganized Bank of California reopens all of its agencies on the Comstock.
Oct 15: V&T Director and ex-Union Mill & Mining Co. Superintendent "Abe" Edgington died in Sacramento at
Oct 18: Savage miner Frederick Bulotti is run over by the J. W. Bowker on "E" Street and dies of his injuries.
Oct 22: The 84-mile narrow gauge Eureka & Palisade Railroad is completed; Edgar Mills is E&P President.
Oct 26: The Great Virginia City Fire destroys a half-square mile in the heart of the city, including the V&T passenger and freight depots, the new V&T car shed, 10 V&T flat cars, 10 CP flats, and the "E" Street yard.
Nov 1: The V&T side track is completed to the Caledonia and Overman mines in Lower Gold Hill.
Nov 15: The V&T passenger train runs into a herd of cattle near Huffakers, throwing the tender, baggage, and express cars off the track.
Nov 26: The rails are laid across the Ophir ore trestle, in front of the hydraulic ore dump under construction.
Nov 26: H.M.Yerington succeeds Andrew J. Ralston as V&T Vice President.
Nov 28: 46 trains operate over the V&T.
Nov: Chief Engineer Charles L. Anderson begins surveying a potential V&T southern extension from Carson City to Genoa.
Dec 6: The newly repaired baggage and express car are smashed in a flying switch maneuver.
Dec 9: Rail is laid on the V&:T's new trestlework serving the Con Virginia ore dumps.
Dec 19: The V&T takes delivery at Reno of the CP Commissioners/Directors Car, later V&T Coach No. 17.
Dec 21: The V&T puts in a switch for the new Imperial ore dump, under construction just below the Homestead Tunnel.
Dec 31: For the calendar year, the V&T freight car mileage totals 2,958,743 miles; total freight moved 651,862 tons; total freight moved one mile 15,085,453 tons. The V&T pays stockholder dividends of $360,000 — $30,000 per month.
Dec: The annual Comstock bullion production for 1875 exceeds $26 million.
