We were down in Sacramento on some business and stopped by “Time Tested Books” at 1114 21st St. when we had some time to kill. It seems that to find items about Nevada the best strategy to to look elsewhere. The local antique stores and used book sellers are usually sold out here but in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘V&T’
Photo of the “Canary”
Here’s a photo of the “Canary” “rail bus” that was mentioned in the last post. Thanks to Scott of aroundcarson.com for sending this in and giving us some visual perspective. Scott’s comment,
“Here’s a photo of the Canary. From the looks of it, I would have bet on the cows.” This one was reprtedly painted yellow, [...]
Canary Kills Three Cows
The May 3rd, 1926 Nevada State Journal reprted that the “Canary” auto rail bus carrying passengers on the V&T rail line between Carson City and Reno ran into a herd of cows in Washoe Valley killing 3 of them. The accident occured at 8 pm near the Hiedenreich Ranch near Franktown as cows were being [...]
