SP5103 Wrote:
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> You have to understand Nevada politics. There are
> more people in Clark County (Las Vegas) than the
> entire rest of the state. Clark and Washoe county
> (Reno/Sparks) are mostly Californian Transplantsliberal, the rest of the
> state is primarily conservative. What Vegas wants,
> Vegas gets.
>
> So yes, there are two Nevada State Railroad
> Museums - one in Carson City, and the other in Las
> Vegas - both the same state agency. Carson has
> mostly the V&T equipment (though #25 visited the
> other years ago) while Las Vegas has some UP
> equipment (including the other 844) and I think
> much of what used to be Heber
> Creeper/Tipanangos(sp?) they bought at auction
> long ago. The two museums might have separate
> "friends" groups to support them. At one point, I
> heard a rumor that they were trying to push their
> way into Ely too which the locals weren't amused
> about. I heard that one building (freight house?)
> in Ely yard actually belongs to the state.
>
> (former resident of Carson, VC and Lamoille)

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