Virginia City, MT had no railroad. The Northern Pacific reached Alder some 10 miles distance in 1902. Charles Bovey, savior of both Nevada City and Virginia City built the line we run on in 1964. The official website can be seen here:
http://www.virginiacitymt.com/AlderGulch.asp
I'm contemplating picking up the Bachmann model and creating it's prototype. Now it should be noted she looked nothing like this in FCM service. No smokebox extention, short stack and centered headlight. Would be fun to model in both service lives.
http://www.virginiacitymt.com/AlderGulch.asp
I'm contemplating picking up the Bachmann model and creating it's prototype. Now it should be noted she looked nothing like this in FCM service. No smokebox extention, short stack and centered headlight. Would be fun to model in both service lives.