The Bluestone Mining & Smelting RR Heiser No. 1 hauls passengers around the Nevada State Railroad Museum during the Great Western Steam Up. The Bluestone Mining & Smelting Company and the Mason Valley Mines Company operated a rail line of 2.5 miles from the mine to a connection with the Nevada Cooper Belt Railroad Co., at Mason.

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PHOTOS: Locomotives steam up in Carson City

The Great Western Steam Up attracted a reunion of V&T locomotives that became a common everyday fixture during the railroad’s golden years.

• By Staff Report
• July 11, 2022