Question: Information: - The Virginia and Truckee Railroad ( reporting mark VT ) was built to serve the Comstock Lode mining communities of northwestern Nevada . At its height , the railroad 's route ran from Reno south to Carson City , Nevada . In Carson City , the mainline split into two branches . One branch continued south to Minden , while the other branch traveled east to Virginia City . The first section constructed from Virginia City to Carson City was constructed commencing in 1869 to haul ore , lumber and supplies for the Comstock Lode . The railroad was abandoned in 1950 after years of declining revenue . Much of the rail infrastructure was pulled up and sold , along with the remaining locomotives and railcars . In the 1970s , with public interest in historic railroads on the rise , the old lines were rebuilt by private investors , with an eye towards re-opening the lines . Today , the privately owned Virginia & Truckee Railroad Company operates as a heritage railroad , headquartered in Virginia City . The present route is 14.1 miles ( 22.7 km ) long . The Virginia & Truckee Railroad owns and uses the service mark '' Queen of the Short Lines . '' The V&T Railroad runs up to 7 trains per day , many in steam behind locomotive # 29 , a 2 - 8 - 0 Consolidation , or an ex-US Army GE 80 ton diesel from Virginia City from Memorial Day until the end of October each year . The public Nevada Commission for the Reconstruction of the V&T Railway has rebuilt the line from Gold Hill ( connection with the current V&T Railroad ) to Carson City , running the first train over the line in 68 years on 14 August 2009 . The Commission acquired a 1914 2 - 8 - 2 Mikado steam locomotive ( The McCloud no. 18 ) , which had been in use by the Sierra Railroad , out of Oakdale , California on special lunch and dinner trains . When the no. 18 arrived on the V&T , boiler problems were discovered , and the locomotive awaited repair at the Virginia and Truckee shops in Virginia City . She went to Hollywood for the filming of Water for Elephants . She... - Nevada (Spanish for "snowy"; see pronunciations) is a state in the Western, Mountain West, and Southwestern regions of the United States of America. Nevada is the 7th most extensive, the 34th most populous, and the 9th least densely populated of the 50 United States. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's people live in Clark County, which contains the Las VegasParadise metropolitan area where three of the state's four largest incorporated cities are located. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Nevada is officially known as the "Silver State" because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the "Battle Born State", because it achieved statehood during the Civil War (the words "Battle Born" also appear on the state flag); as the "Sage-brush State", for the native plant of the same name; and as the "Sage-hen State". Nevada borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast and Utah to the east. - Motive Power is a bi-monthly railway related magazine that focuses on diesel locomotives in Australia. The first issue was published on 23 August 1998. Its headquarters is in Sydney. The content includes photographs of locomotives & trains, news about newly delivered and repainted locomotives, technical articles, and fleet listings of the various Australian railway operators. Articles about railway photography itself are sometimes included, as well as articles and advertisements about railway modelling. - Arizona (O'odham: "Al onak" [ai onak]) is a state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western United States and the Mountain West states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is one of the Four Corners states. It has borders with New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, and Mexico, and one point in common with the southwestern corner of Colorado. Arizona's border with Mexico is 389 miles (626km) long, on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California. - Utah (or ) is a state in the western United States. It became the 45th state admitted to the U.S. on January 4, 1896. Utah is the 13th-largest by area, 31st-most-populous, and 10th-least-densely populated of the 50 United States. Utah has a population of more than 3 million (Census estimate for July 1, 2016), approximately 80% of whom live along the Wasatch Front, centering on the state capital Salt Lake City. Utah is bordered by Colorado to the east, Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the north, Arizona to the south, and Nevada to the west. It also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast. - Decatur is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city was founded in 1829 and is located along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. In 2015, the city's estimated population was 73,254. - The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States fought from 1861 to 1865. The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the Confederate States of America. The Union won the war, which remains the bloodiest in U.S. history. - A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin "loco" "from a place", ablative of "locus", "place" + Medieval Latin "motivus", "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term "locomotive engine", first used in the early 19th century to distinguish between mobile and stationary steam engines. - Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces. The holiday, which is observed every year on the last Monday of May, originated as Decoration Day after the American Civil War in 1868, when the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans founded in Decatur, Illinois, established it as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the Union war dead with flowers. By the 20th century, competing Union and Confederate holiday traditions, celebrated on different days, had merged, and Memorial Day eventually extended to honor all Americans who died while in the military service. It marks the start of the unofficial summer vacation season, while Labor Day marks its end. - The "Grand Army of the Republic" (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (U.S. Navy), Marines and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War for the Northern/Federal forces. Founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, and growing to include hundreds of posts (local community units) across the nation, (predominately in the North, but also a few in the South and West), it was dissolved in 1956 when its last member, Albert Woolson (18501956) of Duluth, Minnesota, died. 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With a population of around 1.7 million people and an area of , Idaho is the 14th largest and 39th most populous of the 50 states. The state's capital and largest city is Boise. After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'virginia and truckee railroad' exhibits the relationship of 'inception'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - 1 - 1829 - 1861 - 1865 - 1866 - 1868 - 1896 - 1998 - 2015 - 2016 - 4 - 50
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1868