Feather River Short Line #8 is currently in the custody of the Gold Hill Historical Society. From what I understand(probably a lot of hearsay), the previous custodian, John Tyson, backed away from the locomotive and turned it over to the Gold Hill group. The original intent was to supplement the V&T operations but, like so many good intentions, politics and personalities got in the way and currently there is a rift between the society and the V&T. I hear that the Gold Hill bunch is looking for a coach to pull behind the 8. The only problem is they don't have a railroad to operate on. The locomotive did a pretty decent job of handling the Virginia City to Gold Hill train but the Carson City to VC run would probably be another matter.