Great Western Steam Up Volunteers  - Community

Fri 07/01 - Mon 07/04 @ 09:30 AM to 05:00 PM

Outreach

The volunteers of the Nevada State Museum, Carson City are helping the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City by assisting with the ticket booth at the Great Western Steam Up July 1st-4th. Each day there will be a morning shift from 9:15 am-1:45 pm and an afternoon shift from 1:30pm-5:00pm. Please volunteer for one of these shifts to help the NSRM, be with friends, and enjoy the event before or after your shift. The Great Western Steam Up, celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the completion of Nevada’s famous Virginia & Truckee Railroad with an exciting pageant of steam locomotion, train rides, food, live entertainment, “lost art” demonstrations and more from 8:00am-5:00pm each day! Fun for families and railroad enthusiasts. Ride behind visiting narrow- and standard-gauge steam locomotives, watch the daily pageant of the steam locomotive, view historical vehicle and equipment displays, enjoy local food trucks, listen to live entertainment, interact with handcraft vendors and more! View the largest reunion of existing Virginia & Truckee locomotives assembled in over 75 years, including the famous Reno, No. 11. OVER 10 operating steam locomotives representing six historic Nevada railroads, including: Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge No. 18, the “Slim Princess” Eureka & Palisade No. 4, Eureka Santa Cruz Portland Cement No 2, the Chiggen Bluestone Mining & Smelting Heisler No. 1 Nevada County Narrow Gauge No. 5 (formerly Tahoe)Carson & Tahoe Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co., Glenbrook Virginia & Truckee No. 22, Inyo Virginia & Truckee No. 25 Cortez Mining Co. Anne Marie For more information go to www.greatwesternsteamup.com.

Volunteers Registered: 23 (1 available)