Virginia and Truckee 18 Dayton
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| Type and origin | |
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| Power type | Steam |
| Builder | Central Pacific Railroad's Sacramento Shops |
| Serial number | 6 |
| Build date | September, 1873 |
| Specifications | |
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| Configuration: |
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| • Whyte | 4-4-0 |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Driver dia. | 60 in (1,524 mm) |
| Loco weight | 78 short tons (70.8 t) |
| Fuel type | Wood |
| Boiler pressure | 130 psi (0.90 MPa) |
| Cylinders | Two, outside |
| Cylinder size | 17 in × 24 in (430 mm × 610 mm) |
| Performance figures | |
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| Tractive effort | 12,716 lbf (56.56 kN) |
| Career | |
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| Operators | Virginia and Truckee Railroad |
| Numbers | 18 |
| Official name | Dayton |
| Current owner | Nevada State Railroad Museum, loaned to Virginia City Comstock History Center |
| Disposition |
static display |
| Official name | Virginia and Truckee RR. Engines No. 18, The Dayton; and No. 22, The Inyo |
| Designated | December 18, 1973 |
| Reference no. | 73002245 |
static display
The Virginia and Truckee 18 Dayton is a historic standard gauge steam locomotive. The Dayton is on display in Virginia City, Nevada. It spent its working life on the Virginia and Truckee Railroad.
The locomotive was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, along with the Inyo, because of their association with the Virginia and Truckee Railroad and transportation development in Nevada
The Dayton, a 4-4-0 "American", was built in 1873 by the Central Pacific Railroad, in Sacramento, California, and was based on the design of the CP's 173 engine. The locomotive weighs 78,000 pounds (35,000 kg), has 60 inches (150 cm) driving wheels, and carried 2,500 US gallons (9,500 l; 2,100 imp gal) of water and 3 cords of wood. A large snow plow was fixed to the front of the locomotive in 1879, and it performed snow clearing duties on the Virginia & Truckee lines during the winters for most of its operational life, in addition to its normal passenger hauling duties.
In 1906 the locomotive had the honor of opening the branch line between Carson City, Nevada and Minden, Nevada, but after that it was used less frequently. In 1908 it was converted to burn oil rather than wood. In 1937, the locomotive, minus the plow, was sold for $1,000 together with No. 22 Inyo to Paramount Pictures who then had the locomotive overhauled at the Southern Pacific Railroad shops at Sparks, Nevada. Paramount had the locomotive repainted and renumbered for use in motion pictures.
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