Virginia & Truckee No. 22 Inyo

Virginia and Truckee No. 22 also named 'The Inyo', is a 4-4-0 "American" type steam locomotive it was built by the Baldwin locomotive Works in 1875 for the Virginia and Truckee Railroad.
The Inyo was use to pull both passenger and freight trains on the Virginia and Truckee Railroad until it was retired from the Virginia and Truckee Railroad on September 9, 1926.
The Inyo was kept in generally working order to provide a source of spare parts for another V&T locomotive, the "Reno".
The Inyo was sold to Paramount Pictures in March 1937 for $1,250. Though not rebuilt by the studio as was the "Dayton" (another V&T locomotive also purchased by the studio at the time), the locomotive was repainted and renumbered for use in motion pictures.
The Inyo is also affixed to a lengthy mountain range and a large county in Eastern California.
Today, it is now currently owned by the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City, NV. Most recently, in 2022, it participated in the Nevada State Railroad Museum's Great Western Steam Up event between July 1 and 4 alongside Virginia & Truckee No. 25, Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company No. 1, nicknamed Glenbrook, and visiting locomotives Eureka & Palisade No. 4, nicknamed Eureka, Southern Pacific No. 18, Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company No. 2, and several others.
== List of Films and TV shows ==
The Inyo has starred in the following films and television shows:
* High, Wide and Handsome, 1937 starring Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott, and Dorothy Lamour.
* Union Pacific, 1939 starring Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Akim Tamiroff, Lynne Overman, and Robert Preston. 
*Buckskin Frontier, 1943 starring Richard Dix, Jane Wyatt, and Albert Dekker. 
*Duel In The Sun, 1946 starring Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotton, and Gregory Peck. 
*Harvey Girls, 1946 starring Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger, Angela Lansbury, and Virginia O'Brien. 
*The Virginian, 1946 starring Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Sonny Tufts, and Barbara Britton. 
* Red River, 1948 starring John Wayne, Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, and Montgomery Clift.
*So Dear to my Heart, 1948 starring Burl Ives, Beulah Bondi, Harry Carey, Luana Patten, and Bobby Driscoll.
*Rails into Laramie, 1954 starring John Howard Payne, Mari Blanchard, Dan Duryea, Joyce Mackenzie, Barton MacLane and Ralph Dumke.
* The Great Locomotive Chase, 1956 starring Fess Parker, Jeffery Hunter, John Lupton, Jeff York, and Slim Pickens. The locomotive starred as both the William R. Smith, 3 unnamed Western & Atlantic locomotives, and the Texas.
*Last Train to Gun Hill, 1959 starring Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn.
*The Man who shot Liberty Valance, 1962 starring James Stewart and John Wayne. The engine was dolled up as C. M. & W. R. R. #22.
* McLintock, 1963 starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.
* The Wild Wild West, 1965 - 1969 starring Robert Conrad and Ross Martin.
== Trivia==
*In 1969 and 1974 the locomotive participated in ceremonies for the centennial of the Golden Spike were the Inyo was decorated to look like the Central Pacific's Jupiter.
*From the 1890's, #22 hauled the V&T’s crack Lightning Express between Virginia City and Reno, with onward service to San Francisco on the Central Pacific Railroad.
*The locomotive is sometimes on static display but it's still operates but only special occasions. (Just like William Mason).
* This locomotive appeared in many other movies, including The Texans (1938), Union Pacific (1939), Buckskin Frontier (1943), Duel In The Sun (1946), Harvey Girls (1946), The Virginian (1946), So Dear To My Heart (1948), Red River (1948), Rails into Laramie (1954), as The Texas in Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) and Last Train from Gun Hill (1959), as well as featuring in the 1960's television show "Wild, Wild West", And Thunder on the Rails (2000).
*The locomotive was actually chosen as the Grand Marshal of the Parade in Nevada in 2006.
*In the summer of 1956 the Inyo was being saved from retirement for the role of the Texas in "The Great Locomotive Chase".
*This locomotive was given a nickname "The Brass Betsy".
*In 1986 The locomotive used to be a guest appearance at Expo 86.
*When she operates at The Nevada State Railroad Museum she was restored to her 1892 appearance.
*On May 10–12, 2019 The locomotive is decorated as the Central Pacific's Jupiter for the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad.
==See also==
*Gallery
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