Virginia & Truckee No. 12 Genoa

Virginia & Truckee RR No. 12 named, The Genoa is a type 4-4-0 "American Standard" steam locomotive that was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in January 1873, for the Virginia and Truckee Railroad.
The Genoa was the second V&T passenger locomotive although it does pulled mixed and occasionally freight trains.
For twenty-eight years, #12 hauled mainly passenger trains on the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, but it also hauled freight trains, between Carson City, Virginia City and Reno, NV, on the V&T.
The locomotive was retired from service in 1908, and it went into storage in the Carson City shops.
In 1938, #12 was sold to Eastern Railroads in New York and, in 1940, presented to the Pacific Coast Chapter of the RLHS and shipped to the Western Pacific Roundhouse in Oakland, CA.
Today the engine was on static display at the California State Railroad Museum restored to her 1902 appearance. But for now it and Virginia & Truckee No. 21 J.W. Bowker were donated to the Nevada State Railroad Museum. Reportedly, she is in a good enough condition to be able to operate.
==Trivia==
* It was restored to look like Central Pacific's #60 "Jupiter" for the 1939-40 New York World Fair and, in 1969, also appeared as "Jupiter" at the Golden Spike Centennial at Promontory, UT.
* The engine went to the 1948 Chicago's Railroad fair in 1948 where it was once again appeared as the "Jupiter".
* That year, it was donated to the State of Nevada and loaned to the museum. After its last wood-fired operation under steam in May 1979, #12 was restored to its 1902 appearance.
* The Genoa was the regular power on the new Minden Branch line between 1906-1907.
* The engine was to be named "Wm Sharon" however it was changed before it was deliver.
* In 1955 she used to ran a fan trip on the Stockton Terminal & Eastern Railroad.
* In 1957 the Genoa made a trip to San Francisco.
*Bachmann's HO scale "American 4-4-0" model is based on the dimensions of the Genoa (and identical sister engines Reno and Inyo). Despite being for sale for several decades, the model was never offered in Virginia & Truckee livery, even after it was completely re-tooled in 2015. In their 2021 catalog, Bachmann finally announced a version of the model painted and lettered as the Genoa.
* The company that built this locomotive was known as "M. Baird & Co." at the time the locomotive was built.
*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.
*This engine was the basis for Beau from Thomas and Friends.
==See also==
*Virginia & Truckee No. 12 Genoa/Gallery
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