Virginia & Truckee No. 25

Virginia & Truckee #25 was built in 1905 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philidelphia, Pennsylvania.
During the Tonopah mining boom, traffic increased on the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, and needing newer and more powerful locomotives suddenly was a top priority for the railroad. The #25, a 4-6-0 steam locomotive, became the first new locomotive the V&T ordered since 1876, after #25 was finished in 1905. When the locomotive arrived, it went into service hauling freight trains.
The V&T #25 was originally a coal burner, but in 1907 it was converted into an oil burner, and became also a back-up locomotive. On occasions, the locomotive would haul both freight and passenger trains between Reno, Virginia City, and Carson, when the need for the engine to be used for back-up arose. From 1911 and 1937, the locomotive operated over 80,000 miles during it's service on the V&T. In 1938, V&T #25 was the locomotive that pulled the last scheduled passenger train to Virginia City. 
The locomotive's small movie career began in 1941, when the Virginia & Truckee sold the locomotive to RKO Pictures after the railroad was looking for bigger, and more powerful locomotives. For ten years, the locomotive was featured in a number of motion pictures. 
Finally, after being sold to other groups or people, including Robert C. Gray, who at the time was planning to rebuild a segment of the V&T, in 1971, the State of Nevada purchased the locomotive, and it was then donated to the Nevada State Railroad Museum. Today, the locomotive occasionally operates during selected steam-ups, which are during each year. It is one of only two locomotives that ran on the original, pre-preservation V&T still in operation, the other being #22 Inyo.
==Gallery==
4759574582 d4be61c768 b.jpg|V&T #25 during a steam-up.
2009.jpg|V&T #25 during another steam-up.
Steamlocomotive25.jpg|V&T #25 at the Nevada State Railroad Museum.
62440077470d1133806az.jpg|No. 25 with the Inyo and Dayton
Ws047.jpg|#25 portraying as Nebraska & Pacific Railroad #25 in the 1948 film Whispering Smith
V&T_25_in_3_Godfathers_1948.jpg|#25 as #9 in "3 Godfathers" 1948.
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