Seventeen Circles Down the Mountain on Nevada's Virginia & Truckee Railroad

from Nevada Yesterdays · host Michael Green

The story of Nevada's Virginia and Truckee Railroad, built in 1869 to transport Comstock silver. Learn how financier William Sharon bluffed counties into funding "the crookedest railroad in the world," featuring 17 circles down the mountain.

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