Virginia & Truckee RR 4-4-0 No. 11 'Reno'
Virginia City, Nevada, United States 		Location: Virginia & Truckee Railroad
Status: Restoration
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Posted: Mar 8, 2022 @ 18:03:23 by Keiji Muramoto
This Fourth of July weekend, Virginia & Truckee No. 11 "Reno" will be attending the Great Western Steam Up event at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City.
Posted: Aug 25, 2021 @ 11:08:47 by Keiji Muramoto
Breaking news on the "Reno": as of today (August 25th, 2021), the "Reno" has officially left Arizona and is now owned by the Virginia & Truckee Railroad in Virginia City, Nevada, for preservation and an eventual rebuild. Welcome home, "Reno".
Posted: Jun 24, 2009 @ 20:06:50 by Nick.
I must revoke my comment below, as of earlier this year, Old Tucson put a sunflower stack on her, and painted Reno on the cab, other then that, nothing has changed.
Posted: Dec 25, 2008 @ 10:12:56 by Nick
No, this is what she looks like, she was made to look like what was said bellow for a time, but she was returned to what she looks like in the photo for "Into the West" she once again played UP #119 while the Bowker(V&T #21) played the Jupiter. So even though this could be a ten year old photo, this is what she looks like.
Posted: Oct 12, 2008 @ 19:10:56 by Jay
Ok, something's wrong with this database. What I wrote before was replaced with a repost of what someone else said! What I said before was that I believe there has been some restoration to its V&T livery. It still has no. 119 on the tender, but it now has "Reno" painted on the cab, and an old time stack.
Posted: Jul 23, 2008 @ 23:07:45 by Jay
Virigina & Truckee No. 11 "Reno" was the first locomotive purchased by V&T RR specifically to pull passenger trains. Built in 1872 by M. baird & Company aka "Baldwin" the Reno was delivered during construction of the extenion of railroad between Reno and Carson City. The locomotive had the honor of pulling the first scheduled train from Reno to Virginia City. This locomotive needs to be in a railroad museum like the Nevada State Railroad Museum were Reno can be meticulously return well care for.
Posted: Jul 12, 2008 @ 14:07:22 by James F.
This Locomotive was also in the movie "Tombstone". Looking very nice!
Posted: Jul 12, 2007 @ 15:07:15 by Sam Willard
This steamer is beautiful, They should change her from the U.P. 119 look back to looking like the old V&T loco she once was
Posted: Aug 23, 2005 @ 18:08:50 by peter m. preston
Viriginia & Truckee No. 11 "Reno" was the first locomotive purchased by V&T RR specifically to pull passenger trains. Built in 1872 by M. baird & Company aka "Baldwin" the Reno was delivered during construction of the extension of railroad between Reno and Carson City. The locomotive had the honor of pulling the first scheduled train from Reno to Virginia City. This locomotive needs to be in a railroad museum like the Nevada State Railroad Museum were Reno can be meticulously return well care for.
Posted: Apr 14, 2005 @ 09:04:55 by Coalsmoke
The fire at Old Tucson Studios destoyed the backhead guages and fittings as well as the sides of boiler above the firebox. The top shell of the boiler was damaged as well. All of these things could be repaired easily enough by manufacturing new boiler sheets and aquiring new guages and such. But the boiler was damaged long before the fire when the studio, misguidedly, tried to convert the engine to compressed air operation. The result is that the entire boiler will have to be replaced in order for the locomotive to ever steam again. It also pains me to see the way Old Tucson Studios is treating the engine by leaving it exposed to the elements year round and using pyrotechnics on it. The "Reno" is a priceless historical artifact and should be donated to a museum instead of being repeatedly being blown up for motion picture entertainment.
Posted: Apr 8, 2005 @ 08:04:52 by Ed Kelley
Reno is NO LONGER operable. Damaged badly in a fire about 10 years ago and cosmetically spruced-up to an extent.
Posted: Mar 26, 2004 @ 24:03:56 by Chris Elpatric

This locomotive was in several movies like Denver Raton & Southern with Clint Eastwood and Wild Wild West witih Will Smith as the UP #119.  The locomotives fuel is wood not oil.  It is the oldest surviving locomotive off the Virginia & Truckee Railroad and was their most beloved engine apart from the Inyo (V&T #22).  The locomotive is still in operating service but is not used.  Unless a new 1800s movie comes out or if this engine is needed the Reno (V&T #11) will remain on static display.

Posted: Jul 14, 2003 @ 04:07:46 by Doug Bailey

Actually, the name Baldwin Locomotive Works didn't appear until 1909, long after Matthias Baldwin's death. The name of company changed many times. The following quote lists the various names under which Baldwin operated:

"Baldwin had been forced by hard financial times to take on a series of partners between 1839 and 1846, and the firm's name changed repeatedly as a result. It was known as Baldwin, Vail & Hufty (1839-1842); Baldwin & Whitney (1842-1845); M. W. Baldwin (1846-1853); and M. W. Baldwin & Co. (1854). After Baldwin's death in 1867 the firm was known as M. Baird & Co. (1867-1873); Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co. (1873-1890); Burnham, Williams & Co. (1891-1909); it was finally incorporated as the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1909."

So, as you can see, the company that built this locomotive was known as "M. Baird & Co." at the time the locomotive was built. Throughout our database we've generally followed the convention of calling locomotives "Baldwin" if they were built by a prececessor company. Why we didn't in this case, I can't remember.