The Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum (NSRM)
provides resources and services for the Museum, including fund raising, advocacy, and volunteer work ranging from visitor service to restoration and operation of the equipment in its collection.
Of Interest
Tanks A Lot
Visit the annex and see our latest acquisition -- Kennecott Copper Company 5000 gallon tank car. We don't know where or when it was made, but we do know that the car is 39 foot long and was used as a water car for fire fighting. The tank is riveted with a one dome and the trucks are early cast side frame with poling pockets.
Anyone want to volunteer some elbow grease and a bit of Naval Jelly to shine it up?
The Friends at work
Just what do the Friends do? Just about everything from being the steam train
crew to giving tours, from selling tickets to working at the Museum store.
Take a look
HO Model Railroad
Museum
volunteers are building an HO scale railroad for permanent exhibit at the Museum
that shows the changing nature of Nevada's railroads during the 20th century,
both technologically and in terms of their impact on the State's economy.
Friends and other volunteers operate trains on weekends and group-tour days. At other times a push-button enables visitors to operate a train on demand.
Carson City Events
Find out what’s going on in the area
from the
Capital City Arts Initiative
(CCAI) web log and
website. The web log features arts
and culture news around town, in northern Nevada, throughout the nation and
around the world. Keep current with their
calendar of
events and their newsletter, the
CCAI News Flash .
Local Exhibits
Comstock History Center, Virginia City
Now through April 2009
Beebe & Clegg on the Comstock
The
Comstock History Center in Virginia City, in cooperation with the Center of
Railroad Photography and Art of Madison, WI, presents photographs and ephemera
by two of the best known names in the field of railroad photography and history:
Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg.
Beebe & Clegg on the Comstock is on display in the main exhibit hall at the Comstock History Center, 20 North “E” Street (the corner of Union and "E" Streets) in Virginia City and can be reached at (775) 847-0419. The Center is open to the public Thursday through Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information, please call Bert Bedeau at the Center, (775)847-0281 or visit the Department of Nevada Cultural Affairs website.
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What's Happening at the Museum
Advisory to January Visitors
Due to the installation of a state of the art fire suppression system, the Jacobsen Interpretive Center may be closed intermittently starting January 5. The Inyo, flat car, box car and Whistlin' Billy will be removed to the Annex during this time.
If you plan on visiting the Interpretive Center during January, it is advisable that you call the Museum at (775) 687-6953 the day of your visit to ascertain its hours of operation. The Annex will remain open during construction. Admission fees will be waived until the project is completed.
Wednesday Night Program
February 11
The Southern Pacific Railroad in Iran: 1943-45
During the Second World War, American railroads provided railway battalions that served in every land-based Theater of Operations. The Southern Pacific Railroad sponsored units serving in India, Europe, and Iran.
Join Frank Ackerman, Curator of Education and Acting Museum Director of the Museum, as he chronicles the SP's efforts in Iran where the mission included logistical support of the Russian Army. Find out the real story behind the war effort in this Wednesday night program.
For more information, please call the Museum,(775) 687-6954.
Upcoming Monthly Wednesday Evening Programs
January at 7:00 p.m.
Canceled due to construction
February 11 at 7:00 p.m.
The Southern Pacific Railroad in Iran: 1943-45 presented by Frank Ackerman
March 11 at 7:00 p.m.
Railroad Rhythms presented by the Little Toots
Evening programs are held at the museum's Jacobsen Interpretive Center on the second Wednesday of the month. Regular museum admission charges apply. For more information, please call the Museum, 687-6953
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