The state commission building the V&T Railway voted, again, to sell five railroad passenger cars that have cost more to maintain than they were to buy.
The majority of members on the Nevada Commission for the Reconstruction of the V&T Railway said Monday the cars cost too much and were unneeded.
The commission first voted to sell the cars in July.
Commissioner Ron Allen said he'd put the cars up for sale. Allen also said in July he would sell them. He led the call to buy the cars in 2006.
The cars cost $25,000 to buy. They cost at least that much to move from a San Francisco museum and store in Portola, Calif.
The cars should be sold for junk if no one will buy them, said Commissioner Dwight Millard. The only purpose of the commission is to build an 18-mile tourist railroad from Virginia City to Carson City, he said.
"When we operate a train set, we've gone a long way beyond our mandate to build a railroad," he said.